The Biju Patnaik International airport authorities has floated a request for proposal (RFP), inviting private parties to submit their proposals according to set norms for setting up a 100 room high end three star outside the operational area to facilitate visitors and other services to passengers, officials and staff.

The Airports Authority of India (AAI) will provide an acre of land adjacent to the current car parking area of the airport. The private party will construct the hotel at its own cost and maintain it for 30 years, airport sources said.

Airport director Suresh Chandra Hota said that after getting the proposals, they will invite tenders. The private party for the project will be selected on the basis of competitive bidding. The selection will be based on whichever party quotes higher revenue to be paid to the airport.

AAI sources said the hotel project is part of integrated development on the city side of the airport. The AAI has selected two other airports for the project apart from Bhubaneswar. They are Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport, Kolkata, and Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport, Amritsar.

The estimated cost of the Bhubaneswar hotel is Rs 35 crore. It will have 100 rooms, besides a food and beverage outlet that will include a coffee shop and a lounge bar. There will be a conference hall to accommodate 250 persons. A budget hotel as well as a five-star are also in the offing but will come up in different stages.

The AAI will provide land for the project, initially the land will be given on lease for 30 years and the lease period might be extended for next 30 years which is likely to be completed by the third financial quarter of 2019, said sources. The bidding for the project will begin on September 5 and they expect the hotels to come up by 2020.

Since the hotel will be located close to the airport area, the construction will be done according to the National Building Code 2016-Bureau of Indian Standards. Infrastructure will be built for security, parking, internal road network, water supply, solid waste management and sewage treatment plant, said the director.

A new technical tower for Air Traffic Control with state-of-the-art facilities and increased capacity is also on the cards.

The hotel will be a boon for businessmen who now have to go inside the city for hotels. During emergencies, too, passengers can be accommodated in the airport hotel. The facility will also attract more international carriers to the city.

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