HMSHost International snaps up eight-year, €160+ million Bangalore contracts

INDIA. Airport food & beverage sector leader HMSHost International has been awarded contracts to run 24 outlets at Bangalore International Airport Limited’s (BIAL) Kempegowda International Airport (BLR Airport) in Bengaluru.

The contracts cover 14 outlets at the newly developed Terminal in a Garden (T2) and ten new stores in T1. Together, these tender successes strengthen the company’s footprint at the airport to more than 30 units.

HMSHost International Regional Managing Director India and Middle East Jagvir Rana said, “We are proud to work together with our long-term partner BIAL on this exciting and ambitious new project to create a Terminal in a Garden. As the leading hospitality operator at BLR Airport, we are passionate about bringing BIAL’s vision to life, bringing some remarkable new brands into the country and doing what we do best; creating places to be.”

BLR Airport’s vision to create a ‘Terminal in a Garden’ in the new T2 – a nod to the lauded green aesthetics of Bengaluru – sees architecture working together with nature to create a visual delight, HMSHost said.

BIAL Chief Commercial Officer Kenneth Guldbjerg said, “With our partnership with HMSHost International, we aim to offer passengers unrivalled food & beverage options and an eco-friendly dining experience.

“It is truly exciting for us to bring some of the most successful international F&B brands for the first time to India and the city of Bengaluru, but at the same time highlighting our commitment to sustainability by banning the use of single-use plastics and encouraging sustainable materials in the construction of all our outlets.”

The T1 offer in profile

HMSHost will introduce what it dubbed “culinary darling” Jones the Grocer, featuring a new grab and go concept called Jones Express.

T1 travellers can also experience a new variation from Asian sit-down restaurant P.F. Chang’s; family restaurant Giraffe; popular international fast-food favourite KFC; urban bar Brew’d; Art Deco-inspired Indian bistro Chef’s Talkie; botanical bar The Beer Plot; and revamped versions of South Indian restaurants Tiffin Express and Tiffin Centre.

Coming soon: T2 offer to showcase sustainability and technology

All restaurants are complementary to the ‘Terminal in a garden’ vision of BLR International Airport in design, menu execution and storytelling. The selection of brands – to be announced later – will showcase Bengaluru as the tech capital of the region while highlighting HMSHost’s commitment to sustainability through the use of re-used and sustainable materials in construction.

With this expansion, HMSHost India will operate more than 100 outlets across several key locations including Rajiv Gandhi International (Hyderabad) and Indira Gandhi International (Delhi) airports, Secunderabad Junction train station and several downtown shopping malls.

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