Turnaround Company: New Management with New Goals in Hotels 

THE WORLD’S FIRST CARBON NEUTRAL
HOTEL BRAND OFITS KIND

Promoted by Eco Hotels UK PLC, Eco Hotels and Resorts (formerly known as Sharad Fibres and Yarn Processors Limited) is a BSE listed company involved in the business of hotel operations.

Promoted by Eco Hotels UK PLC, Eco Hotels and Resorts
(formerly known as Sharad Fibres and Yarn Processors Limited) is a BSE listed
company involved in the business of hotel operations.

 

Eco Hotels UK Plc has come out with an open offer during FY
2022-23 in which many shareholders including erstwhile promoter shareholders
have sold their shares to Eco Hotels UK Plc. Pursuant to closure of open offer
Eco Hotels UK Plc holds 66.43%.

It works on three important planks – People, Planet and
Profit.

Its primary aim is to establish standards in the mid segment
hotels in India. It aims to operate 20,000 plus rooms in a short span of ten
years.

Operating net carbon zero hotels is one of the main planks.

New built hotels constructed using 3D Volumetric Construction
Technology, which takes less than one year to complete a 100 room hotel and
which emits almost 60% less CO2, is the main plank of company’s net carbon zero
objective.

Operation of Hotels undertaken under EBOT model of the
company will help it fulfil its objective.

The company also intends to open pure veg hotels at places
keeping in mind the customer preferences.

 

Vision:

3 Ps People, Planet and Profit

 

CONCEPT

World’s
first carbons net zero hotel brand of its kind.

 MARKET

India
followed by BRICS and N11 economies.

 POSITIONING

3 star premium & 2 star value hotel brands.

 

 

 The Company has three business models- 

  1. Taking hotels on long term lease to operate
    them 
  2. Taking hotels in management contract 
  3. EBOT (Enterprise Build Operate and Trade) is
    an investment model which involves construction and project management of
    newly built hotels using  3D volumetric construction technology. The
    technology will help construction of a 100 room hotel in just one year
    where the conventional construction technologies take 3 to 4 year to
    complete. The model has been conceived for sovereign and other foreign
    funds but it is very well suitable to Indian investors too.

 

EBOT FRANCHISE
PROGRAMME

Eco Hotels has developed a proprietary franchise model
called EBOT. This model offers a turnkey, asset and hotel management solution
that will efficiently create optimised hotel properties for an investor. A fee
is charged for the Enterprise and Build phases of the programme.

ENTERPRISE

COMPANY FORMATION:
A company is incorporated which is fully owned by the investor. Bank accounts
are opened and the investment is placed in the Company account. The investor
operates the Company on instructions from Eco Hotels, which carries out the
ongoing statutory compliance on behalf of the investor.

LAND:

Eco Hotels will source land that fits the location criteria
for the hotel (based on independent third-party report), carry out due
diligence on title, negotiate the price and carry out acquisition on behalf of
the investment company.

PROJECT REPORT:

Eco Hotels will engage a reputed IPC such as CBRE, HVS,
Knight Frank etc to prepare a detailed report which will validate the location,
viability (no of rooms, average room rate and occupancy rate) and market size
of the proposed hotel.

FINANCE:

 Optimum structuring
of finance is critical to the viability of hotels in India. Overseas investors
are recommended to gear their equity outside India as cost of borrowing is high
within India. Investors are recommended to gear on a 1:1 debt equity ratio over
a longer term of ten years. Eco Hotels will secure the debt finance in India
based on its existing relations with Indian banks.

BUILD

DESIGN:
Eco Hotels has specifications for all parts of the hotel which forms the master
design template. Depending on the size of the land, local planning guidelines
and the number of rooms that are to be built, the master design template is
adjusted for planning permission.

PLANNING
PERMISSION
: A local architect will be engaged by the in-house team to
secure planning permission from local authorities.

CONSTRUCTION:
The Project Management role will be played by the in-house development team.
The investor’s company will enter into a tri-partite construction contract with
a modular buildings contractor and Eco Hotels. This contract will include
detailed costing as well as a fixed time and cost guarantee for the completion
of the construction provided by the modular contractor.

OPERATE

Once the building construction is completed, the investor’s
company will hand over the property to Eco Hotels to operate either on a hybrid
lease with a minimum return for the equity invested or a percentage of the
total revenue, whichever is higher.

TRADE

Eco Hotels is obliged to maintain the asset on a full repair
and insurance basis. In consideration for this, Eco Hotels will get a carried
interest of 20% of gain in capital growth of the asset when it is sold by the
investor. The hurdle rate is set at 10% per annum before the carried interest
is calculated.

 

 

CONDUCTING
BUSINESS RESPONSIBLY

To ensure that the Eco Hotel concept holds promise not just
on paper, but earns the targeted profits too, we carried a set of methodical
exercises…

Full attention is given to the following crucial points:

Careful fine-tuning of the position, service and value
proposition of the brand.

Detailed research to validate whether the idea has a strong
market.

Commercial analysis of brand and market fit.

A detailed set of non-negotiable standards that govern the
brand.

Manuals detailing staff training, property design

Eco-lodge brand prototype operating in Kochi, Kerala since
June 2012.

Management:

Mr.Vinod Kumar Tripathi (Executive
Chairman & Director)

Comes with over 40 years of experience in the taxation, finance,
administration, textiles and wind turbine sector along w with other areas.
Formerly, the Commissioner of Income Tax, with his last posting at Mumbai. He
was the Managing Director at National Textiles Corporation (Maharashtra South
and Gujarat) and was President and group director at Reliance Capital Limited
for 14 years. He also worked as Auditor with the office of the Comptroller and
Auditor General of India. As an academic, he taught Political Science at Ewing
Christian College, Allahabad. He has a keen interest in sports and social
activities and he is a poet too and has been awarded the prestigious Sahitya
Academy award, by Maharashtra Urdu Sahitya Academy.

 

Mr.Suchit Punnsoe (Non Executive Director)

Suchit is the founder and CEO of Red
Ribbon Asset Management Plc, the founding shareholder of Eco Hotels UK Plc.
Suchit is a Mainstream Impact Investor taking established products, services,
and technology to Growth Markets such as India. Climate change is a topical
issue that he is passionate about, and he is focused on promoting businesses
that support sustainability. Suchit’s vision of a chain of carbon net zero
hotels rolled out using modern method of construction has resulted in Modulex,
which will aid the rapid roll out of hotels across target markets. He is also a
founding shareholder of the Company.

Ms.Indira Bhargava Ind. (Non-Executive Director)

Ms. Indira Bhargava was the third
woman to be a Central Board of Direct Taxes Chairperson. Before assuming the
post of CBDT Chairperson, Ms. Bhargava was member (investigation) in the Board.
Prior to that, she was also the Chief Income Tax Commissioner in the Mumbai
circle. Ms. Bhargava belonged to Indian Revenue Services, 1970 batch.

Mr.Parag Mehta Ind. (Non-Executive Director)

Mr. Parag Mehta is a Senior partner
of Vinod S. Mehta & Co. With an experience spanning over than 35 years and
is a problem solver due to his vast expertise in all aspects of the CA
practice. He divides his time between Business Advisory Services and M&A.
He represents clients before the Income Tax authorities as well as
Investigation Authorities. He also provides services for Family Wealth Planning
and succession planning. He is also a passionate traveller and does travel
blogging in his free time. Also, he is a movie and a cricket buff.

 

 

Mr.Vikram Doshi (Chief Financial Officer)

Vikram is a qualified Chartered
Accountant and Company Secretary with a rich experience of over 15 years of
experience in finance, accounts, compliance, and audit. In his past assignments
he has worked with Ernst and Young, Reliance Capital Limited and Nayara Energy
Limited gaining exposure and expertise in the fields of finance, accounts,
merger and acquisition, investment banking, taxation, compliances, audits and
process improvement.

Mr.Sameer Desai Co.( Secretary & Compl.
Officer
)

Sameer is a qualified Company Secretary, a Law graduate with
Master in Commerce with 10 years of vivid experience in the field of
secretarial compliance of listed and public entities, compliance with listing
agreement and other SEBI laws, FEMA related compliances, etc. He also got rich
experience in corporate governance, corporate structuring, drafting company’s
charter documents, drafting offer documents drafting and implementing various
statutory policies, etc.

Mr. Rajiv Basrur (Independent Director)

Rajiv Basrur is a highly experienced and seasoned finance professional and an
expert in corporate finance
, with more than 40 years experience at top management levels
in industry and financial services sector, his vast experience ranges from
project management, responsibility for topline, profitability and overall.

Mr. Parag Mehta (Independent Director)

Holding and Ultimate Holding Companies

Eco Hotels UK Plc:

Holding company name is Eco Hotels UK Plc which is based in UK.
Holding Company’s objective is to become a leading owner, developer and asset
manager of three star premium and economy brands in the BRICS and N11
economies, with India being the first target market, where the opportunity for
growth is the greatest.

Red Ribbon AMC:

RRAMC is the ultimate holding company of Eco Hotels India group
and direct holding company of Eco Hotels UK Plc. RRAMC is also situated in UK.

Our Subsidiaries:

Eco Hotel and Resort Limited has a subsidiary named Eco Hotels
India Private Limited in which the latter holds more that 99% stake. Both the
companies operate on an asset light model.

Associate Companies:

Modulex Group – Modulex Construction Technologies Limited is
listed on BSE is affiliated to Modulex Moduler Buildings PLC . Modulex is a
pioneer in construction technology, with a steadfast commitment to carbon
neutrality and innovation, combined with a determination to harness the power
of emerging technologies to meet critical housing and infrastructure needs
across the globe, at pace, and with optimal efficiency.

Modulex is a leading ConstrucTech Company, harnessing emerging technologies
like Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain & Internet of Things (IoT) to meet
the burgeoning housing and infrastructure needs at a pace and with optimal cost
efficiency.

 

PLAN: 6,000 keys by 5 years – 10,000 keys by 2029.

Company Name in BSE : Eco Hotels & Resorts

Bse Code : 

Cmp : 49.20 (20.05.2024)

52 Weeks High/Low : 15.47/49.20 (20.05.2024)

Target : 100 -250 ++

Time Period : 2 Years to 5 Years.

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