Investor Vijay Kedia urged Anand Mahindra to carry out a strategic rethink at Mahindra Holidays & Resorts India, arguing the company’s India domestic tourism opportunity is being undervalued. Despite strong demand for experiential family travel and healthy occupancy with Club Mahindra’s brand strength, losses from its overseas Holiday Club business are, in his view, dragging overall valuation. Kedia suggested options like ring-fencing, restructuring, demerging or cutting exposure to the European subsidiary so India operations can be assessed independently.
India’s big QSR players are facing a sharp shift as food delivery platforms like Zomato change customer control. Despite still-rich valuations, stocks tied to brands such as Westlife and Jubilant have stumbled. Margin pressure, slower growth hovering in single digits, and empowered local competition are eroding the old advantage of scale—raising a new question: who owns the customer now?
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