National, 02 November 2020: InterGlobe Hotels Private Limited has been conferred the prestigious 7th IGBC Green Champion Awards 2020 under the category of ‘Pioneer in large scale adoption of green buildings in hospitality sector in India’. InterGlobe Hotels Pvt. Ltd. has been involved in the development of around 6 IGBC green ibis hotel projects so far in the country. The award was presented to Mr. JB Singh, President and CEO, InterGlobe Hotels in a virtual event organised recently.
The Green Champion Awards is an annual flagship event organised by Indian Green Building Council (IGBC), part of CII. The award is the most prestigious honour bestowed by IGBC upon the leaders of the green building movement in India. In line with the global spotlight on people and health, the theme for this year is: ‘Hygiene, Health and Wellbeing’ in Green Built Environment. Each year, organisations are felicitated as recognition of the efforts of organisations that strive to further advance green building movement in the country
Commenting on the win, Mr. JB Singh, President and CEO, InterGlobe Hotels, said that, “We are honoured and delighted to be the recipients of the prestigious ‘Green Champion award’. Our teams work with a deep commitment to ensure best ethical practices are adopted, and this recognition would go a long way to motivate us to remain steadfast in this effort. Our belief lies strongly in the fact that we are responsible to confront the challenges of climate change and will continue to remain committed to championing this effort. I would like to congratulate our teams, and everyone involved in our company who continue to work behind the scenes, helping us set new benchmarks.”
This award recognizes IGH’s relentless and incessant commitment to embrace green technology in all its present and upcoming hotel properties. InterGlobe Hotels Pvt Ltd. (IGH) is a joint venture between InterGlobe Enterprises and AccorHotels, established in 2004, to develop a network of ‘ibis’ hotels across India, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. The group’s portfolio has steadily grown at a CAGR of 31% over the last five years and now stands at 17 hotels spread across 14 cities in India.
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InterGlobe Hotels is a joint venture between InterGlobe Enterprises Private Limited and Accor Asia Pacific, established in 2004, to develop a network of ‘ibis’ hotels throughout India, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. This represents one of the most noteworthy financial commitments made to the mid-market hotel segment in India by any Indian corporate entity and international hotel chain. With 17 hotels now open and 6 under development, the company shall have a portfolio of 23 operational hotels with room inventory of more than 4,000 rooms by 2022. InterGlobe as a brand is famous for Insight, Ingenuity and Diligence and it sustains these attributes through delivery of new perspectives, operational excellence and generosity of spirit. By challenging conventional thinking and industry norms, IGH devises creative processes and new implementation methods to bring about operational excellence in their performance. InterGlobe imagines the future through experimentation and exploration and comes out with surprising discoveries in a different way. IGH is a two-time recipient of the Golden Peacock Award for Risk Management.
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