MUMBAI, 5 November 2025: JLL, a leading real estate professional services firm in India, has appointed Gaurav Sharma as Head of Hotels & Hospitality Group for India and Senior Director Hotel Capital Markets, Asia.
In this strategic role, Sharma will lead the company’s hospitality practice across the Indian market, leveraging his extensive experience to capitalise on emerging opportunities in India’s rapidly evolving hotel and hospitality sector.
Sharma will be based in Delhi and will report to JLL’s Hotel & Hospitality Group, Asia Pacific CEO Nihat Ercan.
Sharma’s appointment marks his return to JLL India, where he previously led the capital markets team for North India from 2006 to 2012, and comes at a pivotal time as India’s hospitality sector demonstrates exceptional growth momentum.
According to JLL analysis, the hotel sector in India has delivered outstanding performance with Revenue per Available Room (RevPAR) surging 10.5% year-over-year as of YTD September 2025, building on 2024’s record-breaking achievements that included over 42,071 new keys and approximately 25 significant investment transactions. This robust trajectory is evidenced by unprecedented development activity, with 182 hotel signings totalling 22,469 keys in the first half of 2025, a jump of 16% from the same time last year, reinforcing the sector’s strategic expansion beyond traditional urban centres as more than 70% of new signings concentrate in tier 2 and 3 cities.
(Source: JLL)
