New Delhi, June 21 -- UK-based IHG Hotels & Resorts is accelerating its India expansion, betting on luxury brands, hotel conversions and airport-linked developments to capitalize on surging travel demand.

The company, which operates InterContinental, Crowne Plaza, Holiday Inn and Six Senses, aims to build a portfolio of 400 operational and pipeline properties in the country by 2030, Sudeep Jain, managing director, South West Asia, IHG Hotels & Resorts, told Mint. IHG had 52 operating hotels in India in 2025 with another 98 in the pipeline. As of December 2025, it had 6,963 hotels globally.

IHG's India strategy is part of the broader race among global hotel companies to build a presence across every segment of India's rapidly expanding h...