Anantara Kolkata signing at World Trade Center
Minor Hotels signed a management contract to operate a 170-key Anantara hotel at World Trade Center Kolkata, developed by Merlin Group and Aryan Realty in Salt Lake Sector V.
Kolkata
On 6 April 2026 Minor Hotels signed a management contract to operate an Anantara hotel at World Trade Center Kolkata. The campus is a joint development by Merlin Group and Aryan Realty at Block-BP, Sector V, Salt Lake. Minor Hotels operates the hotel and does not hold equity in the project.
Press reports of the signing describe about 170 guest rooms and suites, two restaurants including a rooftop speciality restaurant, a ballroom, a spa, a gym and a swimming pool. The hotel is scheduled to open in 2032. It is described as Minor Hotels’ first urban Anantara in India. Reports put the hotel cost at about ₹200 crore, inside the wider World Trade Center development, which Merlin Group chairman Sushil Mohta has put at ₹2,400 crore.
William Heinecke, founder and chairman of Minor International, and Sanjay Saraf, co-chairman of Aryan Realty, spoke at the announcement alongside Mr Mohta. Coverage of the signing is listed under In the media.
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