Absolute Hotel Services has signed four new hotels in India as members of U Hotels & Resorts. All four properties are scheduled to open within Q3 and Q4 2011.

The 75-room KBJ Stupas, Kushinagar; 75-room KBJ Five Colours Bodhgaya; 75-room KBJ Touchstone Khajuraho and 111-room KBJ La Casa Bella Goa will be branded as members of U Hotels & Resorts adding to the 133-room KBJ Grand Varanasi which was announced late last year. All hotels and resorts will feature luxury amenities, innovative food and beverage concepts, meeting rooms and facilities for leisure travelers.

Following the Buddhist circuit, Kushinagar is 53 km west of Gorakhpur and respected as the site of Buddha’s Mahaparinirvana and His final liberation.

Bodhgaya, in the Indian state of Bihar, is famous for being the place of Gautama Buddha’s attainment of enlightenment. Bodhgaya is the most important of the main four pilgrimage sites where Mahabodhi Temple is located and is also a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Khajuraho is a town in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, southeast of New Delhi and is one of the most popular tourist destinations in India for famous temples and erotic sculptures. The Khajuraho group of monuments has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site and also considered to be one of the seven wonders of India.

Goa, on the west coast of India, needs little introduction. It is a land of swaying palms, miles of golden sands, lush greenery, churches, temples and a unique cultural synthesis of the east and west.

Mr. Mohit Kamboj, Managing Director of KBJ Group, said, “We see a huge requirement of quality hotel rooms in these locations and significant growth of visitors from South East Asia following the Buddhist circuit. With the U Hotels & Resorts brand essence and requirement of specification make it faster and easier for us to develop more hotels to serve the need of market, based on our total investment funds, because the brand is all about the unique concept of service delivery.”