IHG taps Adani Airports to launch Kimpton in India, plant 1,500 rooms across five airport cities
IHG will develop ~1,500 rooms at five Adani-operated airport cities, debuting Kimpton in Jaipur and seeding Holiday Inn properties in Navi Mumbai, Mangaluru and Thiruvananthapuram. The deal accelerates IHG's India footprint beyond 52 hotels and 98 in pipeline, pushing into luxury-lifestyle turf held by Marriott, Hilton and IHCL.
What happened
IHG Hotels & Resorts · IHG signed with Adani Airport Holdings to develop ~1,500 rooms across five airport-city hotels, debuting Kimpton in India via Jaipur,
Key facts
- 1,500 rooms
- 5 properties
- 52 hotels
- 98 in pipeline
- 400 hotels by 2030
- 350,000 rooms by FY30
- 400-room Aerocity hotel
Why this matters
Adani's airport monopoly becomes a hospitality distribution channel, raising the bar for rivals who now need their own infrastructure-partner deals to match IHG's site pipeline.