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Tata Group-owned Indian Hotels Company Ltd (IHCL) on Monday reported a 14.71 per cent year-on-year (YoY) rise in its consolidated net profit for the fourth quarter ended March at Rs 645.43 crore. The country's largest hospitality player had a net profit of Rs 562.66 crore a year ago, a regulatory filing showed. Its Revenue from Operations increased to Rs 2,765.29 crore during the fourth quarter of FY 2025-26, from Rs 2,425.14 crore in the same period of the preceding fiscal. However, the company's total expenses also rose to Rs 2,014.91 crore in the quarter under review from Rs 1,764.26 crore in Q4FY25. The Board of Directors of the company also recommended a dividend of Rs 3.25 per share, subject to the approval of the members at the ensuing Annual General Meeting. Ankur Dalwani, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, IHCL, said, "IHCL Consolidated clocked a double-digit revenue growth this fiscal, reflective of a broad-based performance - led by RevPAR growth of 9
Tata Group-owned Indian Hotels Company (IHCL) on Monday said it has secured trademark registration for the 'Taj' sonic sound, the first sound mark registration for a brand in the country's hospitality sector. The registration legally protects the marquee brand Taj's distinctive sonic identity as a trademark, recognising sound as a core brand asset, India's largest hospitality firm, IHCL, stated. In an increasingly experience-driven marketplace, sonic branding plays a powerful role in shaping emotional memory and deepening consumer recall beyond visual cues. As hospitality brands expand into immersive, multi-sensory experiences, sound has emerged as a critical touchpoint for building trust, familiarity, and emotional resonance. Rajendra Misra, Executive Vice President & General Counsel, IHCL, said, "Being recognised as the world's strongest hotel brand carries with it the responsibility to lead all facets, including how brand equity is protected. This sound mark registration ...
The country's biggest hospitality firm Indian Hotels Company Limited (IHCL) has announced a capital infusion of nearly Rs 220 crore into its wholly owned subsidiary IHOCO BV, based in the Netherlands. The investment amount will be used by IHOCO BV to further invest in its subsidiaries for repayment of debt and operational requirements, Tata Group-owned IHCL said in a late-night regulatory filing to the exchanges on Thursday. IHOCO BV, a wholly owned subsidiary of IHCL, is its apex holding company for overseas hospitality investments. It was incorporated on June 29, 1984. In a regulatory filing, IHCL said it has "infused USD 25 million as equity in its wholly owned subsidiary in the Netherlands, i.e. IHOCO BV. The investment amount will be used by IHOCO BV to further make investment in its subsidiaries, inter alia, for repayment of debt and operational requirements". The transaction involves a cash consideration of Rs 219.69 crore, which would be paid to IHOCO at a conversion rate o
The Indian Hotels Company on Monday said it has signed an agreement with Madison, the hospitality platform of Terminus Group and JV Ventures, for ten new hotels to be operated under the Ginger brand spread across the southern states of India. Madison will invest approximately Rs 500 crore in the construction of ten hotels with over 1,000 keys within the next three years. The ten new hotel sites will primarily be greenfield and brownfield projects, and this partnership has commenced with the signing of a 75-key Ginger hotel in Genome Valley in Telangana, Indian Hotels Company (IHCL) said in a statement. This capital-light arrangement will be an operating lease agreement under the Ginger brand, it added. Ginger represents IHCL's strategic response to capitalise on the growing opportunity in the mid-scale segment in India for the aspirational traveller. The brand spans all city categories and destinations from metros, state capitals, commercial centres, industrial townships, pilgrima