UK’s leading hotel chain, Premier Inn announced its foray in India into the mid-market segment with the launch of its first hotel in Bangalore. The 105-room-hotel which had become operational and offered facilities like a multi-cuisine restaurant, gymnasium bar and conference rooms.

Premier Inn, part of Whitbread Plc, UK’s leading hotel and restaurant group, plans to launch properties in New Delhi in late 2010 and Pune in early 2011. The group is planning an investment of Rs 400 crore in the next three to five years for developing these properties. It was looking at around 750 rooms through these five hotels.

Premier has 590 hotels with 40,000 bedrooms located in the UK and Dubai.