Re-admission to AIM

India Hospitality Corp. 24 July 2007 For Immediate Release 24 July 2007 India Hospitality Corp. Announces Re-admission to Trading on AIM New York, NY. - July 24, 2007 - India Hospitality Corp. (LSE: IHC, IHC or India Hospitality), today announced that its ordinary shares and warrants have today been re-admitted to trading on the AIM market of London Stock Exchange plc following the completion of its acquisition of India-based Mars Restaurants Private Limited (MRPL or Mars), an emerging hotel and restaurant company, and SkyGourmet Catering Private Limited (SCPL or SkyGourmet), an airline catering company operating out of four locations in India, in a transaction involving cash and shares and valued at approximately US $110 million. About Mars Mars was incorporated in 2000 by Mr. Sanjay Narang and his management team with the objective of operating and managing restaurants. Since its incorporation, Mars has diversified into bakery outlets and operating and managing food courts and hotels. For the nine months ended December 31, 2006, MRPL had audited revenues of approximately US $7.2 million. MRPL currently employs over 550 people. About SkyGourmet SkyGourmet was incorporated in 2002 and is headquartered in Mumbai. SkyGourmet currently provides inflight catering services to a number of domestic and international airlines, including Jet Airways, Kingfisher Airlines, Air India Express, Indian Airlines, Malaysian Airlines and Air France. It has operations in Mumbai, Bangalore, New Delhi and Pune. For the nine months ended December 31, 2006, SCPL had audited revenues of approximately US $11.7 million. SkyGourmet currently has over 1,150 employees. About India Hospitality Corp. IHC is a blank-check company created to acquire Indian businesses or assets in the hospitality, leisure, tourism, travel and related industries, including but not limited to hotels, resorts, timeshares, serviced apartments and restaurants. In August 2006, IHC raised US $103 million in an IPO and private placement and is listed on AIM, a market operated by London Stock Exchange plc, under the ticker IHC. The Company was sponsored and advised by Hayground Cove Asset Management LLC, a New York-based investment management firm with approximately US $2.8 billion in gross assets under management. For Further Information Contact: Investor Relations Contact: ICR Inc. William Schmitt 203-682-8200 Media Contact: Buchanan Communications Richard Darby, Isabel Podda, Susanna Gale +44 207 466 5000 Nominated Adviser and Broker: Deutsche Bank Mumtaz Naseem +44 20 7545 8000 Deutsche Bank AG is authorised under German Banking Law (competent authority: BaFin - Federal Financial Supervising Authority) and with respect to UK commodity derivatives business by the Financial Services Authority; regulated by the Financial Services Authority for the conduct of UK business. Deutsche Bank is acting exclusively for IHC and no-one else in connection with the acquisition and related transactions and other matters referred to in this announcement and will not be responsible to anyone other than IHC for providing the protections afforded to clients of Deutsche Bank AG nor for providing advice in relation to the acquisitions and related transactions or any matter referred to in this announcement. Deutsche Bank is IHC's nominated adviser and broker for the purposes of the AIM Rules for Companies. Its responsibilities as IHC's nominated adviser and broker under the AIM Rules for Nominated Advisers are owed solely to London Stock Exchange plc and not to IHC, any director of IHC or any other person. No offer or invitation to purchase or subscribe for ordinary shares in or warrants to purchase or subscribe for ordinary shares or warrants of IHC is being made by this announcement. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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