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Sinclairs Hotels Ltd. owns and operates hotels and resorts at Siliguri, Darjeeling, Dooars, Ooty and Andamans. Its subsidiary, Savannah Hotels Pvt Ltd, is the owner of a 104 key upscale business hotel at Whitefield in Bengaluru. Each property enjoys premier status in its location for guest comfort, service, food and conference facilities.

History and Growth
The company was founded in 1971 as a private limited company by a local entrepreneur from Kolkata. The first hotel was set up in Siliguri in the year 1976. The next hotel was started in Darjeeling in 1981. The company made a public issue in the year 1986 and its shares were listed in Bombay and Calcutta Stock Exchange. In 1990, Dr Niren Suchanti and Navin Suchanti acquired majority control of the company. Presently Dr Niren Suchanti is the Chairman and Navin Suchanti is the CEO and Managing Director of the company.

Thereafter, the company acquired a hotel in Port Blair in 1991 and another one in Ooty in 1995. In 1999, it commissioned a resort property Sinclairs Retreat Dooars in Chalsa in the picturesque Dooars region of West Bengal, India.

In December 2007, three established private equity firms Xander Advisors of USA, Morgan Creek of USA and Meridia Capital of Spain invested around Rs 490 million in the company's equity to fuel its growth plans.

In 2011, it acquired a majority stake in Savannah Hotels Pvt Ltd, which owns a 104 room upscale business hotel in Whitefield Bengaluru.

The company is constructing two more properties - a 46 room resort in Kalimpong, a quaint little hill town in West Bengal and a club cum hotel in Burdwan, one of the richest districts in West Bengal. It is also building a 112 room business hotel in Rajarhat, the upcoming IT hub in Kolkata.

Business model
Sinclairs Hotels Ltd. owns and operates all the six properties owned by them as well as operates the property owned by its subsidiary.

Future
Sinclairs is presently implementing three greenfield projects at Kalimpong, Burdwan and Kolkata. The resort hotel at Kalimpong and the tourist resort with banqueting and club facilities at Burdwan are in an advanced stage of construction. On implementation of these projects, Sinclairs total room inventory will be around 600.