The Fern Hotels & Resorts, India's leading environmentally sensitive hotel chain will be opening 8 new hotels in the first half of 2021, informed Noshir A Marfatia, Senior Vice President - Sales & Marketing, The Fern Hotels & Resorts.

This will take the tally to 82 hotels across 67 locations, the senior VP informed. Two new hotels are opening in January'21 in Junagadh (Gujarat) and Kevadia (Statue of Unity). The other new hotels will be opening in Gujarat, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh.

"This will propel the key count to 4800 plus keys across all their hotels, he added. And this comes after successfully opening 2 Fern hotels in December itself, in Daman and Gangtok (Sikkim). We are also now in advanced stages to open two more hotels, one in Mumbai and another in Thane. That will take our presence in the city to 8 hotels," Marfatia added.

He further noted that last year was a difficult one from the business point of view, however the company did exceptionally well at all their resort locations. "We now hope to see increased footfalls at all our city hotels as well, in this year. We have put into place enhanced hygiene standards across all our properties since the lockdown, and our guests are reassured on their health and safety when they stay at any of our hotels," said Marfatia.