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Man-Made ‘Megalopolis’ Aamby Valley City Joins
Fast-Growing Worldhotels Stable in India
(Hong Kong, February 25, 2011) – Global network for independent and unique hotels, Worldhotels
has welcomed luxury „megalopolis‟ Aamby Valley City in India‟s Western Ghats as a Deluxe
Collection affiliate.
Independent India‟s first planned, self-contained, aspirational city is a man-made paradise of 324
designer villas, timber chalets and even tent-style rooms designed around 10,000 acres of gardens
and man-made lakes near Pune. The impressive city infrastructure includes its own Airport, which is
equipped with high-end all-weather landing system to ensure optimized safety capable of take-off and
landing under zero visibility conditions.
With breathtaking vistas against a mountain backdrop and historic Koyarigarh Fort, it incorporates a
floodlit championship golf course, world-class spa, discotheques, safari parks, themed fine dining
restaurants and 24-hour coffee shops, cinemas and theatres for performing arts.
Leisure and recreational facilities extend to a plethora of entertainment and cultural programmes
along with horse and chariot riding, trekking, fishing, water sports and lake cruises aboard a replica
18th century French ship.
Two hours from India‟s commercial capital, Mumbai, it is a unique MICE venue with extensive
technology for conferences extending to fiber-optic technology, video conferencing and high-end
audio and visual systems.
Welcoming Aamby Valley City (www.aambyvalleycity.com) as a new affiliate, Worldhotels Vice
President Asia-Pacific Roland Jegge said: “This visionary resort is an entirely new experience in
hospitality quite unlike anywhere else in India.
“Whether for a fantastic weekend getaway or as an inspiring venue for wedding or MICE events, it is
in a league of its own and is a destination in its own right.”
Mr Vivek Kumar, CEO, Aamby Valley added, “We are extremely delighted to be affiliated with
Worldhotels in the Deluxe Collection. Aamby Valley being Independent India‟s first planned hill city, I
am sure this affiliation will help us further enhance our global positioning”. He further added, “Aamby
Valley is a destination synonymous with luxury, lifestyle, entertainment and leisure, and with this
affiliation we are one step ahead in our commitment of making Aamby Valley, one of the Top Five
destinations of the World”.
Aamby Valley City joins a fast-expanding portfolio of Worldhotels affiliates in India including the new
5-star business hotel Matthan Hotel in Bangalore‟s IT business hub, The Claridges in New Delhi and
Surajkund, Asiana Hotel in Chennai, Hotel Sahara Star at Mumbai‟s domestic airport, and Pride Park
Premier, a four-star business hotel in Delhi‟s business park district of Gurgaon.
Aamby Valley City
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� Aamby Valley City is being developed as an integrated Hill City spread over an area of 10,600
acres (4,294 hectares). It is positioned as a premium, self-contained city addressing the various
socio-physical infrastructure requirements like school, hospital, captive utilities (power, water,

telecommunications etc.), shopping facilities, and recreational areas. The project envisages
development of a gated community of high end villas, condominiums, an airport, an international
school, a hospital, a 18 hole championship golf course, a town plaza, a community centre,
hospitality services like hotel and resorts and a business district. Apart from this the City boasts
of a well planned professional security systems, IT & Communication network, a well designed
and modern Water treatment and Solid Waste & Sewerage Treatment Systems & Networks and
a State of the Art Water treatment Plant.
� Aamby Valley City is located at a distance of 120 km from Mumbai, 90 km from Pune and lies 25
km off the town of Lonavala on the Mumbai Pune Expressway. Aamby Valley City is associated
with: High Quality Living (Comfort, Convenience, Wellbeing and Leisure), Luxury and Spacious
Homes, High Quality Recreational and Leisure facilities, Exclusivity, Social Status,
Comprehensive and Well developed and maintained physical infrastructure, social infrastructure
and support.
� Aamby Valley is conceived and executed to the scale and magnitude of the current day in order
to provide a well differentiated and unique positioning of an “Exclusive Premium Gated City” and
not being limited to a conventional real estate project. The luxurious quality and style of Aamby
Valley life have redefined City living. This paradigm shift in lifestyle has been very well accepted
and has also become the new benchmark. We are fully committed in making Aamby Valley to
be one of the Top Five destinations of the World
About Worldhotels:
� Worldhotels is an exclusive collection of the world's most unique independent hotels. Under the
banner "Unique Hotels for Unique People", it now has 450 affiliate properties in 250 destinations
and 65 countries worldwide.
� Celebrating 40 years of excellence, the company's mission is to offer business and leisure
travellers easy access to a wide range of 4 and 5 star hotels with character and distinction. Each
hotel in the Worldhotels portfolio has passed a rigorous selection process and meets the group‟s
stringent quality standards. Over 1000 quality criteria are anonymously tested on an annual
basis.
� Worldhotels' guests benefit from an extensive selection of partnerships, including frequent flyer
programmes from 18 of the world's leading international airlines, including Air France/KLM,
United Airlines, Cathay Pacific and Lufthansa.
� Through an unparalleled range of services covering global marketing, sales, training, and ecommerce
as well as state-of-the-art distribution and technology, Worldhotels gives independent
hotels the collective strength of a global hotel brand whilst still allowing them to retain their
individual character and unique identity.
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Issued on behalf of Worldhotels by Grebstad Hicks Communications.
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Kong)
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Grebstad Hicks Communications
(Singapore)
Ms. Shanthi Regupathy
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Worldhotels
Mr. Roland Jegge
Tel: 65 6227 5535
E-mail: rjegge@worldhotels.com
Aamby Valley City
Shazmeen Kara
shazmeenk@aambyvalley.com
+91 9820343662
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