Carlson signs three properties in Pakistan

NEW DELHI: The $28-billion US hospitality major Carlson Hotels Worldwide has signed up for developing three properties in Pakistan. One of the hotels will come up in Lahore, having the Park Plaza hotel brand name, while the two others will be in Islamabad and will be known as Radisson Hotels. All these properties will be up and running by mid-2009. The group also has major plans for South Asia where it plans to develop 75 properties in the next three years. It has 34 operating properties in South Asia, of which 20 hotels are under development at present.