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  Jinling Hotels and Resorts, a major Chinese hotel conglomerate group, has chosen Bangalore, India as a prime location for three of its hundreds of hospitality facilities. Bangalore, the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka and India's third largest city, boasts a number of prestigious learning institutions, as well as a major industrial base. It has become commonly recognized as one of India's most important business centers. Bangalore is also known as Bengaluru.
  
  

The Ista Bangalore Hotel

• This 143-room luxury business hotel, located in the heart of India's version of California's Silicon Valley, features every corporate convenience imaginable from hotel-wide WiFi to fully appointed conference centers. In their 2007 review of new hotels, Conde Nast Traveler positioned the Ista Bangalore hotel among the very best in the world. Travel & Leisure magazine ranks the five-star Ista Bangalore hotel among the 26 best business hotels in South Asia. Room rates begin at $209 per night as of 2010.
  
  Ista Bangalore
  
  1/1 Swami Vivekananda Road
  
  Ulsoor, Bangalore - 560 008, India
  
  91-80-2555-8888
  
  Istahotels.com
  
  

Fortune Park JP Celestial Hotel

• Opened in 2007, the 130-room Fortune Park JP Celestial hotel is a four-star rated luxury business hotel, located next to one of India's showplace race courses in Bengaluru. Situated near the center of India's well known technology hub, the hotel features all the amenities expected of a hotel of its rank. Room rates start at $117 per night as of 2010.
  
  Fortune Park JP Celestial
  
  5/43, Race Course Road
  
  Bengaluru - 560 009, India
  
  91-80-4044-1234
  
  fortunehotels.in
  
  

Fortune Select JP Cosmos Hotel

• Built about 500 yards from the Bangalore Cantonment train station, the Fortune Select JP Cosmos hotel provides the business traveler convenient access to both rail transportation and the new Devanhalli international airport. With 134 rooms, the Fortune Select JP Cosmos maintains all the facilities necessary to accommodate both the business traveler and the tourist. Guests are treated to WiFi, mini-bars, banquet room and conference center--and all the amenities expected in a four-star hotel. Room rates start at $117 per night as of 2010.
  
  Fortune Select JP Cosmos
  
  No. 49 Cunningham Crescent Road
  
  Bengaluru - 560 052, India
  
  91-080-42434243
  
  Fortunehotels.in