Lemon Tree Hotels
Lemon Tree Hotels is an Indian hotel chain. It owns and operates 100 hotels with a total of 9700 rooms in 64 cities across India.[2] According to the Horwath Report, Lemon Tree Hotels is India's largest hotel chain in the mid-priced hotel sector as of 30 June 2017. [3] HistoryLemon Tree Hotels was founded in 2002 by Patu Keswani.[4] It opened its first hotel with 49 rooms in May 2004.[5] In 2019, the company acquired Berggruen Hotels Private Limited for an enterprise value of ₹ 605 crores. At the time of acquisition, Berggruen Hotels owned 936 rooms and managed 975 rooms under the "Keys" brand in 21 cities across India.[6] Lemon Tree Hotels went public and was listed on the National Stock Exchange of India on 9 April 2018.[7] OperationsThe company operates under 7 brands, namely Aurika Hotels and Resorts, Lemon Tree Premier, Lemon Tree Hotels, Red Fox by Lemon Tree Hotels, Keys Prima, Keys Select, and Keys Lite.[8] Corporate social responsibilityCurrently, about 20% of group employees are from deprived and disabled segments of the population.[9][10] All Lemon Tree Hotels adopt a stray dog from that area and make it a mascot. Stray dogs are groomed and given specific duties in the hotels.[11] It is the largest corporate adopter of stray dogs in India.[12] References
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