Hilton Garden Inn Saket in New Delhi is expected to start offering services in 2008-09 will be the first of the Hilton-DLF joint venture Hotels to become operational.

Hilton Hotels Corporation (NYSE: HLT) has announced that its joint venture company with DLF plans to develop 10 hotel projects in India, under the full service Hilton brand, business hotel brand, Hilton Garden Inn and long stay brand, Homewood Suites by Hilton. The announcement marks the first stage of development for the Hilton-DLF joint venture company which will culminate in the opening of the first Hilton Garden Inn hotel in Saket in 2008.