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Heritage village resort on an expansion spree

Sayoni Bhaduri - Jaipur

Heritage village resort, Chokhi Dhani is on an expansion spree. Subhash Vaswani, managing director, Chokhi Dhani, informed, "We are planning to set up 15 locations by 2008 from current seven. We are in the process of acquiring land in four strategic locations and signing up for franchise in four more locations in the next three months." The new locations include New Delhi, Kolkata, Agra, Nasik, Ahmedabad, Bangalore and Hyderabad. He further informed, "We are also looking to expand in some locations in Middle East and South Pacific Asia."

Chokhi Dhani Resorts started in Jaipur in 1989 and is spread over an area of 10 acres. Today these resorts have expanded to various parts of India including Indore, Pune, Mumbai, Panchkula, Surat, Haridwar and Jaisalmer. The resorts not only provide luxury accommodation, but also have entertainment areas complete with local rides and cultural art forms as well as food outlets serving authentic regional food.