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separate joint-venture deals, the companies announced. IHG has signed a deal with hotel investment firm Duet Group to build 19 Holiday Inn Express properties, totaling about 3,300 rooms, in India during the next five years. The development will concentrate on "major metros and key secondary cities," including New Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore. Marriott, meanwhile, announced a preliminary agreement with New Delhi-based investment company Samhi Hotels to build by 2015 about 15 Fairfield by Marriott hotels, totaling about 2,500 rooms, in such Indian cities as Bangalore, Chennai and Hyderabad.