Hilton To Go Big On Luxury Expansions In India, Eyes 10-fold Growth In A Decade

Global hospitality leader Hilton has unveiled plans to importantly grow its beingness successful India, aiming to double its marque footprint wrong nan adjacent 5 years. As portion of this strategy, nan institution will motorboat its first LXR Hotels & Resorts spot successful India, expected to unfastened successful Bengaluru by 2026.

This improvement was highlighted astatine Hilton’s caller Hospitality Brand Showcase connected May 6, 2025, wherever nan institution presented 10 of its 24 world brands. Hilton besides shared that these caller projects will support its broader imagination of tripling its luxury offerings successful nan adjacent future.

Christopher Nassetta, Hilton’s President and CEO, emphasised India’s value successful nan brand’s world maturation roadmap, describing it arsenic “a captious market” pinch tremendous imaginable crossed each segments—from luxury to budget-friendly stays.

"Indian recreation marketplace is projected to go nan third-largest successful nan world complete nan adjacent 5 to 10 years", said Christopher Nassetta, astatine nan company’s First Immersive marque showcase successful India held successful Bengaluru. "Indian marketplace represents a awesome opportunity crossed marque segments from luxury to premium economy", he added.

Over nan adjacent decade, we will summation our practice 10-fold successful nan Indian marketplace aliases 300-plus hotels. That will bring america to hundreds of hotels. Our ambitions complete nan agelong word are for thousands of hotels," he said.

Echoing this sentiment, Alan Watts, President for Asia Pacific, remarked that pinch a robust beingness of complete 1,000 hotels crossed nan region, Hilton is wished to grow its Indian portfolio tenfold done strategical partnerships.

In Bengaluru, The Den will beryllium added to nan LXR Hotels & Resorts lineup. Meanwhile, nan Curio Collection by Hilton will make its Indian debut this twelvemonth pinch nan motorboat of Slohh by Roach, nan company’s first manner edifice successful nan country.

Further expanding its luxury footprint, Hilton plans to bring nan Signia by Hilton marque to Jaipur by 2028. The metropolis will besides spot nan presence of Conrad Hotels & Resorts and nan ultra-premium Waldorf Astoria by 2027.

DoubleTree by Hilton continues to beryllium nan astir salient marque for Hilton successful India, pinch 11 properties presently successful cognition and different 12 nether improvement successful cities specified arsenic Bhopal, Kochi, Siliguri, and Chandigarh.

Out of the 24 brands Hilton operates globally, astatine slightest 5 are presently coming successful India, including Conrad Hotels & Resorts, Hilton Hotels & Resorts, DoubleTree by Hilton, Hilton Garden Inn, and Hampton by Hilton. To pat into nan increasing request for premium system accommodations successful nan country, Hilton announced plans successful November past twelvemonth to motorboat 150 hotels nether its caller brand, Spark, pinch room rates ranging betwixt ₹4,000 and ₹6,000.

In precocious 2024, Hilton besides signed licensing agreements pinch Olive by Embassy and Nile Hospitality to rotation retired 150 Spark by Hilton hotels and 75 Hampton by Hilton hotels, respectively.

The institution showcased nan soon-to-be-launched brands specified arsenic nan luxury Waldorf Astoria Hotels and Resorts, LXR Hotels and Resorts, Signia by Hilton, nan manner (Curio Collection by Hilton) and focused work (Spark by Hilton) brands.

Hilton has besides collaborated pinch Bollywood character Deepika Padukone arsenic a Brand Ambassador.