India Franchisees: Hotel franchise opens first hotel in India, Golden Tulip Jaipur is the first of six Golden Tulip hotels to be opened in the next year in India. Since the opening of a development office in New Delhi last year, The Golden Tulip Hotels, Inns & Resort franchises are aiming at expanding its Indian franchise business.

The Franchising company has already signed new hotels currently being built in Goa, Bangalore, Hyderabad & Vizag and is looking for franchisees and sites to jointly develop hotels primarily in all state capitals and holiday

The Domino's Pizza Franchise to invest $63 million in India for franchising: The Domino's Pizza franchise in India, part of US Domino's Pizza Inc, is planning to invest Rs.2.5 billion ($63 million) within the next three years to open new franchising outlets across India. 'We want to be a 500 stores company by 2010, the money would be utilised in expanding as well as on upgrading the company's existing manufacturing facilities and supply chain logistics. The company has set a revenue target of Rs.10 billion by 2010 but did not

Gloria Jeans Coffee franchise sets up shop in India: Coffee Bar franchise brand Gloria Jeans is setting up shop in India, in collaboration with the Landmark Group. Gloria Jeans Coffee franchises will be for sale in India by February. The company has tied up with Citymax India, the Indian arm of Dubai-based retail company, Landmark. The plan is to invest about Rs 70 crore to setup 50-60 franchised stores around India in the next three years. We will be the first coffee brand in India to actually start franchising. Franchising in coffee

The Juice Zone franchise looks to India opportunities: Hoping to cash in on the growing awareness about health in India, Juice Zone fast food franchises are looking to enter the Indian franchising market. The company, signed up the Cogent Group as master franchisee for India and is planning to set up about 100 Juice Zone franchises in the country over the next five years. The first franchise business in India will be set up in Gurgaon, near Delhi later this year and a further 24 franchises will be developed across India next year. The company