Indian Hotels posts Q4 net loss on provisions

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Reuters MUMBAI
Last Updated : May 30 2013 | 8:38 PM IST

MUMBAI (Reuters) - Indian Hotels Co Ltd on Thursday posted a 3.4 billion rupee net loss for the January-March quarter, as it booked a provision of 4.2 billion rupees for its investments including in U.S.-listed luxury hotel group Orient-Express Hotels Ltd .

Indian Hotels, part of the salt-to-software Tata group conglomerate, owns and operates Taj hotels and resorts worldwide and had reported net profit of 652.1 million rupees a year earlier.

Net sales were nearly flat at 5.6 billion rupees in the quarter.

($1 = 56.1850 rupees)

(Reporting by Aditi Shah; Editing by Tony Munroe)

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First Published: May 30 2013 | 8:29 PM IST

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