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The European Touch

Sarovar Hotels and Resorts is looking to conquer new frontiers after the acquisition by the Louvre Group.

Among the first to adopt the online travel agency or the OTA model in India, Sarovar Hotels and Resorts is now looking as far as Somaliland, which is yet to be recognised as an independent nation.

The Managing Director of one of India's fastest growing hotel management companies, Sarovar Hotels and Resorts, Ajay Bakaya is on an overdrive. He could have meetings in Delhi, Nairobi, Bengaluru and Jaipur, and a trip to Africa, all in one week. He is perpetually on call for the 75 hotels that he runs. The group's target is to hit the 100 hotel mark before 2019 sets in.

Bakaya, a key player in the group's short haul to success, terms the Europe based Louvre Hotels Group's

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