The India Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC) is a

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, retail and education company owned by

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, under Ministry of Tourism. Established in 1966, it owns over 17 properties under the

Ashok Group The Ashok Group is a chain of hotels owned and operated as Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) of the India Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC) in India. The Group is headquartered in New Delhi * The Ashok, Delhi (Built in 1956, the property ...

of Hotels brand, across India. One of the hotels the government developed was the Akbar Hotel in

Chanakyapuri Chanakyapuri (Sanskrit: चाणक्यपुरी; IAST: Cāṅakyapurī ) is a neighbourhood and diplomatic enclave established in the 1950s in New Delhi. It is also a sub-division of the New Delhi district and plays host to the majority ...

, which was built from 1965-69. It remained a hotel until the mid-1980's when it was converted into office space. There were plans in 2007 to convert it back into a hotel in time for the

2010 Commonwealth Games The 2010 Commonwealth Games (Hindi: 2010 राष्ट्रमण्डल खेल), officially known as the XIX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Delhi 2010, was an international multi-sport event that was held in Delhi, India, ...

List of properties

Properties that are operated by the ITDC in 2022 were: * Ashok Hotel * Hotel Samrat * Kalinga Ashok * Pondicherry Ashok In 2011 ITDC owned hotels were: * Hotel Patliputra Ashok, Patna, Bihar * The Ashok, New Delhi, Delhi * Samrat Hotel, New Delhi, Delhi * Janpath Hotel, New Delhi, Delhi * Hotel Jammu Ashok, Jammu, J&K *

Lalitha Mahal The Lalitha Mahal, now renamed Lalitha Mahal Palace Hotel, is a luxury hotel-turned royal resident and the second largest palace in the southern Indian city of Mysore, Karnataka, after the Mysore Palace. It is located near the Chamundi Hills, ea ...

Palace Hotel, Mysore, Karnataka * Hotel Kalinga Ashok, Bhubaneswar, Orissa * Hotel Jaipur Ashok, Jaipur, Rajasthan ITDC managed hotel: * Hotel Bharatpur Ashok, Bharatpur, Rajasthan ITDC Joint Venture hotels: * Hotel Lake View Ashok, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh * Hotel Brahmaputra Ashok, Guwahati, Assam * Hotel Ranchi Ashok, Ranchi, Jharkhand * Hotel Pondicherry Ashok, Pondicherry, Pondicherry * Hotel Donyi Polo Ashok, Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh * Hotel Nilachal Ashok,

Puri Puri () is a coastal city and a municipality in the state of Odisha in eastern India. It is the district headquarters of Puri district and is situated on the Bay of Bengal, south of the state capital of Bhubaneswar. It is also known as '' ...

, Orissa Other former properties were: * Akbar Hotel *

Halcyon Castle ] Halcyon Castle (now called The Kovalam Palace) was built in 1932 in the princely state of Travancore, in the modern-day state of Kerala, India. It was constructed by M.R.Ry Sri Rama Varma Valiya Koil Thampuran, the consort of Maharani Sethu Lak ...

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