Kathmandu. American international hotel chain Ramada by Wyndham is set to take over the management of the airport hotel near Gautam Buddha Airport in Bhairahawa. Buddha Regency Private Limited is set to operate a five-star hotel located near the airport under construction.
A franchise agreement has also been signed between Buddha Regency and Wyndham Hotels and Resorts. The proposed Ramada by Wyndham hotel will have 100 rooms. The hotel will have all-day dining, bar lounge, assembly hall, meeting room, gym, spa, and swimming pool facilities.
The hotel, which has completed the construction of physical infrastructure and begun interior decoration work, is expected to be operational by 2025.
Siddharthnagar (Bhairahawa) is the administrative headquarters of Rupandehi district of Lumbini province. The city is located 265 km west of the federal capital, Kathmandu, and shares a border with the Indian city of Sunauli in Uttar Pradesh, India.
Narendra Kumar Gupta, Partner, Buddha Regency Private Limited, said, “We are extremely happy and proud to partner with Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, the world’s largest hotel franchising company, to launch the ‘Ramada’ brand in Siddharthnagar.”
“We have signed our first hotel in Bhairahawa, a major gateway city adjacent to Nepal’s second international airport, under the Ramada by Wyndham brand. “This agreement expands our presence in Nepal to five hotels,” added Rahul Macarius, Market Managing Director, Eurasia, Wyndham Hotels & Resorts.
The hotel will create direct employment opportunities for more than 100. Wyndham Hotels & Resorts is one of the world’s largest hotel franchising companies, with approximately 9,200 hotels with 893,000 rooms in more than 95 countries.
