VATIKA GROUP OPENING A NEW WESTIN IN GURGAON IN MARCH 2010

One of the few developers to meet the Commonwealth Games deadline

Vatika Group today announced that it will open the Westin Hotel in Gurgaon by March 2010, seven months before the commencement of the Commonwealth Games in October 2010. The opening of the Westin Hotel will help to meet the hotel room needs for the mega event next year as the city is already facing an acute shortage of over 10,000 rooms.

The new Westin Hotel is strategically located at the emerging central business district of Gurgaon and will provide travelers easy access to key convention and commercial offices which have started to shift towards Gurgaon area due to lack of sufficient land for development of sizeable projects in New Delhi. The hotel will feature 311 rooms, five dining outlets, 17,500 square feet of meeting and function space, an approximately 16,000 square feet health and spa center, as well as retail outlets.

Mr. Gaurav Bhalla, Deputy Managing Director – Vatika Hospitality, said “We have kept our commitment of completing the Westin Hotel in Gurgaon before the commencement of the Commonwealth Games by announcing its opening in March 2010. Vatika has been diligent and focused to achieve and respond to the city’s increased need for lodging due to the upcoming Commonwealth Games in the City.”

The decision to venture into the hospitality business was merely an extension of group’s aim to transform all aspects of human Endeavour. Therefore we launched various brands of specialty restaurants namely the Fox, Coriander Leaf, 56 and Jing apart from the Westin tie up.

The Vatika Group has a portfolio of projects that span office spaces, retail, residential, hotels, resorts, specialty restaurants, and business centers. The group has 3 major township projects spread over total of approximately 1800 acres namely Vatika Infotech City in Jaipur, Vatika India Next in Gurgaon and Vatika City Central in Ambala.

The Group has also completed 90% of its first residential project called Vatika City in Gurgaon and houses 500 families. The group’s commercial projects are spread across Gurgaon and Jaipur. Gurgaon has 5 operational projects with clients like SAP, Starwood, HDFC, Xerox, Etisalat, Lenovo, Glaxo Smithkline, MSD pharma etc.

About Vatika:

The Vatika Group of companies, incorporated in 1986, has its business interests in Commercial and Residential Real Estate development, Business Centers, Farmland Development, Facilities Management, Shopping Malls, Hotels, Resorts and Restaurants. Today the Group has developed some of the finest projects in commercial real estate and hospitality and is renowned for its excellence in the real estate and hospitality business. For more information, please visit www.vatikagroup.com.

About Westin Hotels & Resorts:

Westin Hotels & Resorts, with more than 155 hotels and resorts in more than 31 countries and territories, is owned by Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE:HOT). Starwood Hotels & Resorts is one of the leading hotel and leisure companies in the world with approximately 850 properties in more than 95 countries and 145,000 employees at its owned and managed properties.. For more information, please visit www.starwoodhotels.com.