US-based hospitality major – Vantage Hospitality Group is in the process of identifying a “master partner” for its India operations. The group plans to launch its Value Inn Worldwide brand of mid-market and luxury hotels in the country.

One among the fastest-growing hotel group, which has 900 properties under its different brands, looks forward to have 300 hotels in the country in five years under its ‘freestyle brand affiliation model�’. Vantage is in talks with a few prominent groups, said by a company official.

Vantage is eyeing places like Goa, Jaipur and Tamil Nadu for the hotels in the first phase. The group, which grew from two to 900 hotels in ten years, added 135 properties in 2009