IPO-bound Ventive Hospitality to buy, develop hotels as temple tourism rises
Live MintBengaluru: Ventive Hospitality Ltd, a joint venture between Pune-based real estate developer Panchshil Realty and global asset manager Blackstone, is looking to expand its hotel business to capitalize on a surge in leisure travel and temple tourism in India, senior company officials told Mint. Our key markets are the business growth markets," Asheesh Mohta, senior managing director and head of real estate acquisitions, India, at Blackstone, told Mint in an interview. While Ventive Hospitality is a relatively new joint venture between Blackstone and Panchshil, the partnership of the duo goes back to 2008-09, when Blackstone invested in the latter's commercial office project in Pune. Hospitality is a new real estate asset class for Blackstone in India, though it has funded large office parks that also have hotels.