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Encalm plans hotels and highway motels as it targets ₹5,000 crore in five years
Encalm Hospitality, based in Gurugram, plans to grow beyond airport lounges and build a ₹5,000-crore business over the next five years.
Airport hospitality currently brings in about 90% of its revenue.
The company is considering land in Delhi and Chennai for premium hotels and plans to develop motels along highways.
It also wants to expand its restaurant and airline catering businesses.
Encalm reported revenue of about ₹908 crore in the 2025 financial year and expects turnover of ₹1,200 crore in FY26.
Expanding beyond airports could reduce its dependence on airports operated by the GMR Group, while competition is increasing as airport operators build their own lounge brands.
Encalm says it expects its first lounge at an airport operated by the Airports Authority of India to open in Vadodara in the next three to four months.
Encalm Hospitality plans to build premium hotels in Delhi and Chennai and develop motels along highways as it expands beyond airport lounges.
The Gurugram-based company is targeting a ₹5,000-crore business over the next five years.
Airport hospitality currently generates about 90% of Encalm’s revenue, and the company is seeking to reduce its dependence on airports operated by the GMR Group.
Encalm reported revenue of about ₹908 crore in FY25 and expects turnover to reach ₹1,200 crore in FY26.
Its expansion plans also include growing its restaurant and airline catering businesses.
- Who
- Encalm Hospitality, led by group chief executive Vikas Sharma.
- What
- The company plans to expand into hotels, highway motels, restaurants and airline catering, targeting a ₹5,000-crore business.
- When
- Over the next five years. Encalm plans to spend the next two years consolidating its existing businesses.
- Where
- It is considering hotel land in Delhi and Chennai and plans to develop motels along highways.
- Why
- It aims to grow beyond airport lounges and reduce its dependence on airports operated by the GMR Group.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
We want to become a ₹5,000 crore company and we want to spend the next two years consolidating our existing businesses, making them more efficient, and then increase revenue from there
We are also looking at land parcels in Delhi and Chennai. For Delhi, it will be around the airport.
Encalm was founded.
Encalm began operations.
Transit by Encalm opened at Hyderabad airport.
Encalm’s SkyPlates catering business began operations in Hyderabad.
SkyPlates began operations in Delhi.
Encalm expects its first lounge at an Airports Authority of India-operated airport to open in Vadodara.
Two five-star airport hotels are expected to open in Goa and Visakhapatnam.
- Revenue target
- ₹5,000 crore over five years
- Current revenue mix
- Airport hospitality accounts for about 90%
- FY25 revenue
- About ₹908 crore
- FY26 turnover expectation
- ₹1,200 crore
- Hyderabad airport hotel
- Transit by Encalm has 57 rooms and around 80% occupancy
- Catering capacity
- More than 50,000 meals a day in Delhi, 12,500 in Hyderabad and 5,000 in Bhogapuram
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