International hospitality major Starwood Hotels and Resorts plans to open eight new properties under its brands - Westin and Le Meridien - by end of 2015 in India as part of its expansion strategy.
"We plan to open 8 hotels in India by 2015. Five hotels will be under the Westin brand while three will be Le Meridien," Starwood Hotels and Resorts, Senior Vice President and Global Brand Leader (Westin and Le Meridien ) Brian Povinelli told PTI.
The three new Le Meridien properties will be at Noida, Mahabaleshwar and Chennai east coast with the latter two being developed as resorts, he added.
"The Westin properties will be at Bekal, Khandala, Jaipur, Kolkata and Noida. Bekal and Khandala will be resorts," Povinelli said.