Vegetarian restaurant chain Saravana Bhavan to open hotels

Chennai based vegetarian restaurant chain Saravana Bhavan is planning to open hotels chains in India.

The group is soon launching a hotel in Chennai followed by many other openings.

The South Indian Restaurant chain which has entered 20 countries with over 63 outlets in these countries and about 37 in India will be focusing on hotel part of the business for coming fiscal.

“We will not be opening more restaurants this fiscal, this year will be focused on hotel openings,” said Shiva Kumar, MD, Saravana Bhavan.

Adding to the opportunity the brand is seeing in India, Kumar added, “In India there is plenty of scope and growth and our brand has lots of potential to grow as people like eating south Indian food.”