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India Hospitality Corp. Signs Lufthansa
India Hospitality Corp. Signs Lufthansa.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n India Hospitality's SkyGourmet Wins Contract From Lufthansa\n\n Company Continues to Deliver on Strategy to Internationally Diversify\n\n LONDON, June 16 India Hospitality Corp. (LSE: IHC, IHC or India \nHospitality) today announced that one of its divisions, SkyGourmet Catering \nPvt. Ltd., has signed an air catering contract with Lufthansa for its flights \nto Frankfurt from Pune.\n Lufthansa has steadily been increasing the number of flights between \nGermany and India. Its new six weekly flights from Pune are operated by an \nAirbus A319 and expected to start on July 1, 2008.\n \"SkyGourmet is proud to have entered into this agreement with Lufthansa, \none of Europe's largest and most respected carriers,\" said Chintu Bose, the \ncompany's air catering operations manager in Pune. Bose added, \"We expect to \nsee increased volumes from Lufthansa as it ramps up the number of flights to \nand from Pune.\"\n Meals will initially be catered out of the Gordon House Hotel, which is \noperated by Mars Restaurants Pvt. Ltd., another wholly owned subsidiary of \nIHC. Mars has significantly upgraded the hotel's HACCP (Hazardous Analysis \nand Critical Control Point) certified facilities to cater on behalf of \nSkyGourmet and added a work force of 25 people.\n SkyGourmet has also started catering to Kingfisher out of Pune, and is in \ndiscussions with several international carriers. The addition of Lufthansa as \na client underscores SkyGourmet's increased focus on the international segment \nas it completes the first phase of its capacity expansion across India.\n\n About India Hospitality Corp. \n India Hospitality Corp. (IHC) is a diversified pan Indian hospitality and \nleisure company. In July 2007, IHC closed on the acquisition from Navis \nCapital Partners and its Affiliates of India-based Mars Restaurants Private \nLimited, an emerging hotel and restaurant company, and SkyGourmet Catering \nPrivate Limited, an airline catering company with 1,700 employees operating \nout of four locations in India.\n\n For Further Information Contact:\n\n Media Contact: Mutual Image & Events Management Pvt. Ltd.\n Harsh Wardhan\n +91 11 41416523\n\n Investor Relations Contact: ICR Inc.\n William Schmitt\n +1 (203) 682-8200\n\n Nominated Adviser and Broker: Deutsche Bank AG\n Mumtaz Naseem\n +44 20 7545 8000\n\n Deutsche Bank AG is IHC'...