A leader in the premium hospitality segment, ITC-Welcomgroup Hotels have had the privilege of hosting world leaders, Heads of State and discerning guests from across the world and within.

As one of India’s most dynamic hospitality chains, ITC-Welcomgroup has set standards for excellence in the hotel industry by pioneering the concept of branded accommodation. The chain has developed three brands of accommodation ITC One', 'Towers' and the 'Executive Club' to differentiate between the needs of various travelers and provide high levels of service.

First to introduce branded cuisine, its restaurants Bukhara, Dakshin and DumPukht are renowned for their delicious and authentic Indian cuisines from the different regions of India. ITC-Welcomgroup also showcases international cuisine in its specialty restaurants West View and Pan Asian.

ITC-Welcomgroup has strategically customized its hotels and appropriately categorized them to fulfill the service and budgetary needs of travellers. With its exclusive strategic tie up with Starwood for its top of the line premium brand the 'Luxury Collection', the group is strengthening its international marketing stance. ITC-Welcomgroup was also instrumental in bringing the 'Sheraton' brand to India, with which it enjoyed a three-decade exclusive partnership.

ITC-Welcomgroup's properties are classified under four distinct brands:

ITC Hotels - Luxury Collection

In 2007, ITC-Welcomgroup entered a new phase in its collaboration with Starwood Hotels & Resorts. ITC-Welcomgroup now has an exclusive tie-up with Starwood in bringing its premium brand, the 'Luxury Collection', to India. These are super deluxe and premium hotels located at strategic business and leisure locations. The seven hotels which are part of this collection are: ITC Maurya in Delhi, ITC Maratha in Mumbai, ITC Sonar in Kolkata, ITC Grand Central in Mumbai, ITC Windsor & ITC Royal Gardenia in Bengaluru, ITC Kakatiya in Hyderabad and ITC Mughal in Agra.

WelcomHotels offer five-star hospitality for the discerning business and leisure traveller. Currently there are three hotels under this brand namely, WelcomHotel Rama International Aurangabad, WelcomHotel Vadodara and WelcomHotel Grand Bay Vishakhapatnam. Four other ITC-Welcomgroup Sheraton Hotels – Sheraton Rajputana Hotel Jaipur, Sheraton Chola Hotel Chennai and Sheraton New Delhi offer warm, comforting services to the global traveller and a chance to connect.

Fortune Hotels offer full service properties all over India, including smaller towns and cities, ideal for the budget traveller. Fortune Hotels have a strong presence in Ahmedabad, Thiruvananthapuram, Calicut, Darjeeling, Jamshedpur, Vapi, Hyderabad, Gurgaon, Indore, Ootacamund, Madurai, Jodhpur, Vijaywada, Chennai, Visakhapatnam, Mahabalipuram, Kolkata, Bengaluru, Navi Mumbai, Tirupati and Port Blair, while several more hotels are expected to be commissioned soon in other key locations in India.

WelcomHeritage brings together a chain of palaces, forts, havelis and resorts that offer a unique experience. WelcomHeritage endeavours to preserve ancient royal homes and the historical Indian grandeur and opulence for the future Indian generations. WelcomHeritage provides a fine range of hotel services inside these architectural legacies present in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, West Bengal, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Punjab, Haryana, Assam, Sikkim, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Maharastra, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh and Puducherry.

WelcomEnviron

WelcomEnviron is ITC-Welcomgroup's vision for a green world. It's a multi-faceted programme started in order to propagate environmental causes in the cities where ITC-Welcomgroup's hotels are located. With the guiding principle of 'Reduce, Reuse and Recycle', each hotel has its own programme, encompassing local participation, creating awareness among employees and internal conservation.

ITC Green Centre

The ITC Green Centre in Gurgaon, the headquarters of ITC's Hotels Business is the physical expression of this commitment to sustainability - Ecological, Social and Economic. This building is one of the world's largest green buildings with space of over 170,000 square feet and the first non-commercial complex in the country to be awarded the United States Green Building Council-Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design's (USGBC-LEED) platinum rating - the highest in the order.

ITC Welcomgroup - Empowering Differently-abled people

ITC-Welcomgroup has established that if provided with an opportunity to work and become self-sufficient, people who are differently abled can significantly contribute to the workplace, families and the community. ITC-Welcomgroup has taken a positive step in this direction by employing people who are differently abled across its hotels. ITC-Welcomgroup believes that everyone should be treated with sensitivity and empathy. The models it has created have been effective and have succeeded in sensitising other employees to the needs of those differently-abled. Keeping in mind their specific skills, over 100 differently abled have been employed in diverse functions like housekeeping, teleworking, bakery and as musicians. Special badges for the visually impaired, whistles for hearing impaired employees to use in an emergency and sign language classes for the staff to communicate with them are just a few examples of how ITC-Welcomgroup has created an atmosphere of sensitivity and caring.

ITC-Welcomgroup has also published a booklet aimed at sharing experiences with the rest of the corporate world and laying down a step-by-step guide to demystify the perceived complexities around employing persons with disabilities.

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ITC Hotel Royal Gardenia, Bengaluru is the first Indian Hotel and world's largest, to get the LEED Platinum rating - the highest green building certification globally.

ITC Welcomgroup was named the Best Premier Hotel Brand at the Galileo-Express TravelWorld Awards 2008 & 2006. ITC WelcomHeritage won the Best Heritage Hotel Brand award in 2006.

ITC Hotel The Maurya received the award for 'Best Luxury Hotel' at the Star Hospitality Awards 2007-08 and the NATIONAL TOURISM AWARD 2007 for 'Best Eco-Friendly Hotel' from Ministry of Tourism.

Sheraton, New Delhi won the Golden peacock Award 2008 for Environment Management. It was also conferred the '6th Annual Greentech Safety Award' in the Service Sector for the year 2006.

The NCPEDP-Shell Helen Keller Award 2008, 2007 and 2006 to ITC-Welcomgroup for the vision, policies and practices demonstrating the belief in equal rights and gainful employment for persons with disabilities.

The National Tourism Award 2007-08 to ITC Grand Central for the best private public enterprise providing facilities for physically challenged guests at the hotel. WelcomHotel, Delhi won the same under the category - Best Eco-Friendly Hotel in 2004-05.

The PATA Gold Award 2005 in the Corporate Environmental category for the WelcomEnviron initiatives of ITC-Welcomgroup.

ITC Sonar, Kolkata has been declared as one of the best hotels in the world by the Association of British Travel Agents (ABTA) in the April 2004 issue of its magazine 'Business & Travel'. ABTA also rated Dublin amongst the top 20 bars and Bukhara the best restaurant in Asia and the finest Indian restaurant in the world.

ITC Maurya is the only hotel in India, to have won the British Safety Council's 'Sword of Honour' thrice.

ITC Maurya, New Delhi is also India's first hotel to be accorded the ISO 14001 certification for its Environment Management Systems. Eight more ITC-Welcomgroup Hotels followed in quick succession: ITC Windsor, Bengaluru; ITC Kakatiya, Hyderabad; ITC Mughal, Agra; Sheraton Rajputana, Jaipur; Sheraton Chola, Chennai; ITC Hotel Park Sheraton & Towers, Chennai, ITC Maratha, Mumbai and ITC Sonar, Kolkata.

ITC Maurya won the Golden Peacock Innovation Management Award in 2008. It is the first hotel in India to be awarded the Golden Peacock Environment Management Award for 2001 by the World Environment Foundation. It won this award again in 2004.

ITC Maurya has been awarded certificate for Excellence in Food Safety Standard from Starwood Asia Pacific Hotels & Resorts in 2008.

ITC Maratha at Mumbai was declared to be the Best Luxury Hotel of the Year 2002, by the Federation of Hotel and Restaurant Associations of India.

ITC Mughal at Agra was Asia's first winner of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture.

ITC Mughal was conferred the Greentech Silver Award for safety and Environment in 2008.

The prestigious 'Golden Fork Award', was also bestowed, by the International Food and Wine Writers Guild, to Bukhara and Dum Pukht restaurants at ITC Maurya.

Bukhara at ITC Maurya in New Delhi has been declared the Best Indian Restaurant in the world by 'The Restaurant Magazine', UK. It has also been voted the Best Restaurant in Asia and is the only Indian restaurant to feature in the list of 50 Best Restaurants in the World for five years since 2002.

ITC Maurya has won Awards for the Best Whisky Restaurant (DumPukht) and the Best Whisky Bar (Golf Bar) in India. Icons of Whisky, the most prestigious Whisky Awards in the World was launched in India for the first time at ITC Maurya in the year 2008.

Kaya Kalp - The Royal Spa at ITC Mughal Agra, launched in May 2008, has been rated the 'World's Best City Spa', by Tatler. It is the only winner from India in 2008 and finds a place, in the prestigious Tatler Spa Guide for 2008 - featuring 101 of the best spas of the world.

ITC Maurya and ITC Mughal have both won the 'Green Hotelier Awards'.

ITC Maurya has also won the International Hotels & Restaurants Association (IH & RA) environmental award twice.

ITC Grand central received the Federation of Hotel & Restaurant Association of India 'Environment Champion Hotel of the Year' in 2008. ITC Maurya won this award in 2002 and 1997 and ITC Mughal, Agra, in 2003.

Fortune Hotels won the Hospitality India Award for the year 2008 in the category of the Best First Class Hotel Chain for the second time since 2006.

Bay Island at Port Blair, Andaman, was presented 'The Tourism For Tomorrow' award by British Airways in 1993.