Juniper Hotels Ltd. IPO

We are a luxury hotel development and ownership company, and are the largest owner, by number of keys of “Hyatt” affiliated hotels in India as of September 30, 2023. (source: Horwath Report) As on date of this Red Herring Prospectus, we have a portfolio of seven hotels and serviced ... apartments and as on September 30, 2023, we operated 1,836 keys across the luxury, upper upscale and upscale category of hotels across various locations in India, namely Mumbai, Delhi, Ahmedabad, Lucknow, Raipur and Hampi. We benefit from a unique partnership between Saraf Hotels (and its affiliates) and affiliates of, Hyatt Hotels Corporation. Read more

Our Company was incorporated as “Seajuli Finance Private Limited” on September 16, 1985, as a private limited company under the Companies Act, 1956, at Kolkata, pursuant to a certificate of incorporation granted by the Registrar of Companies, West Bengal at Kolkata (“RoC ... WB”). Pursuant to an allotment* of Equity Shares by our Company and in accordance with the provisions of Section 43A of the Companies Act, 1956, our Board passed a resolution on September 2, 1986, wherein our Board noted that our Company had become a deemed public company, and the name of our Company was changed to “Seajuli Finance Limited” with effect from September 2, 1986, pursuant to a certificate of incorporation endorsed by the RoC WB to that effect. Pursuant to resolutions passed by our Board and our Shareholders on August 4, 1995 and August 31, 1995 respectively, the name of our Company was changed to “Seajuli Property & Viniyog Limited” to reflect the business activities of our Company and a fresh certificate of incorporation was issued by the RoC WB on October 13, 1995. Since the incorporation of our Company till October 30, 1996, our Company was involved in the business of making investments. Pursuant to a special resolution passed by our Shareholders on October 30, 1996, the commencement of hotel business of our Company was approved.

Consequent to the amendment in Section 43A of the Companies Act, 1956 by the Companies (Amendment) Act, 2000, the Company was re-converted from a deemed public company to a private limited company pursuant to a resolution passed by our Board on June 13, 2001 and the certificate of incorporation of our Company was endorsed by the RoC WB to that effect. Thereafter, pursuant to a special resolution passed by our Shareholders on October 16, 2003, the name of our Company was changed from “Seajuli Property & Viniyog Private Limited” to “Juniper Hotels Private Limited”, to reflect the main activities, i.e., hotel business, undertaken by our Company and a fresh certificate of incorporation was issued by the RoC WB on December 23, 2003.

Further, pursuant to a special resolution passed by the Shareholders dated October 16, 2003 which was confirmed by an order of the Company Law Board, Eastern Region Bench, Kolkata dated February 18, 2005, the registered office of the Company was shifted from the state of West Bengal to the state of Maharashtra with effect from February 5, 2005 and a certificate of registration of the order of the Company Law Board for change of state was issued by the RoC on April 27, 2005. On the conversion of our Company from a private limited company to a public limited company, pursuant to a resolution passed by our Board on August 4, 2023 and a special resolution passed by our Shareholders on August 7, 2023, our name was changed to “Juniper Hotels Limited”, and a fresh certificate of incorporation dated August 28, 2023 was issued by the RoC.

Hotels in India are segmented into the luxury and upper upscale segment, upscale segment, upper midscale segment, midscale segment and economy segment. The overall demand CAGR for hotels in India is expected to reach 11.6% between Fiscal 2023 and Fiscal 2027. The luxury and upper upscale segments ... had a revenue and supply share, contributing to 35% of the supply share and 55% of the revenue share in 2022. Approximately, 60,000 rooms are expected to be added between 1 October 2023 and 31 March 2027, with approximately 25% of the new supply being in the luxury upper upscale segment. Read more