New Delhi, March 23 -- The 442-room Grand Hyatt Gurgaon, located on Golf Course Extension Road, sits amidst a mixed-use development surrounded by office towers, upscale cafes like Parisian Cafe, and restaurants such as Remy's Pizzeria. The self-contained retail and commercial district allows visitors to effortlessly move from meetings to dining to their hotel rooms without leaving the 29-acre integrated complex.

Developers across India are increasingly betting on such clustered, mixed-use projects to maximise convenience and footfall, attracting business travellers and affluent residents with the promise of a seamless, integrated lifestyle, analysts and industry executives said. Hotels are no longer seen as standalone properties, but as ...