Hotel Leelaventure to raise another Rs 2,500 crore to ease-off debt

20 Feb 2013 Evaluate

After selling its IT park building in Chennai to Mukesh Ambani-promoted Reliance Industries (RIL) for a consideration of Rs 170.17 crore, Hotel Leelaventure, in a bid to ease its debt burden, is now planning to raise another Rs 2,500 crore. The company is planning to do so by selling more assets and liquidating its stake in a couple of hotels.

Further, the company also expects that the housing projects that are coming up in Bangalore and Pune, jointly with local developers, to fetch around Rs 350 crore in the next couple of years. Further, the company is also mulling to offload its 74% stake in any two of hotels to raise a sum of around Rs 2,000 crore by the end of next year.

In a big relief for the debt-laden hospitality, lenders, back in late September 2012, agreed for a 24-month moratorium on outstanding principal amount of Rs 3,000 crore from a consortium of 17 banks and also 23-month moratorium on the interest portion.

Earlier, the consortium of bankers at the corporate debt structuring meet held on September 12, had asked the hotel major to repay the entire outstanding principal amount over a period of eight years beginning from 2014. With this now, the total interest, at 11% per annum, will be converted into Funded Interest Term Loan (FITL) and will be required to be serviced from January 2014.

Hotel Leelaventure operates hotels and resorts in India. It also operates spas; and offers facilities for meetings and events, weddings, and social celebrations. The company’s portfolio includes luxury hotels and resorts primarily in Mumbai, Bangalore, Goa, Kovalam, Gurgaon, and Udaipur.

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