Bengaluru: In India’s booming wedding economy, most “destination” conversations still default to Udaipur, Jaipur or Goa. But in North Bengaluru, a different kind of destination is being engineered – one that sits along the approach to Kempegowda International Airport and treats weddings like long-term infrastructure, not one-off events.
That strategy has just received a public stamp of approval. Le Roma Hotels & Resorts has been honoured with the Times of India “Fastest Growing South Indian Wedding Venue” award for its flagship property, Le Roma. Behind the win is a deliberate attempt to convert a simple transit stretch into what the brand calls an Airport wedding corridor – a connected cluster of venues and rooms geared for modern celebrations.
Building a corridor, not just a property
Where many hospitality players focus on single assets, Le Roma has spent the last few years assembling an ecosystem. Under its umbrella today are four venues and 400+ rooms aligned along North Bengaluru’s airport side.
The idea is straightforward but powerful:
- Guests flying into Kempegowda International Airport travel a short distance and check into the same ecosystem where every function is planned.
- Families can host mehendi, sangeet, pheras, reception and next-morning brunch without negotiating with multiple, unrelated hotels.
- Local relatives still enjoy the benefits of a Bengaluru location, but in spaces that feel closer to a resort than a city banquet hall.
In effect, Le Roma is treating the airport stretch as a celebration corridor, a repeat-use asset for weddings, retreats and corporate events, rather than a zone of standalone hotels and function halls.
A brand identity built around a bee
If the infrastructure is the skeleton of the brand, the logo is its face and here Le Roma signals its intent clearly.
The group’s identity features a bee inside a hive. For the founders, the bee represents focus, collaborative effort and growth, while the hive stands for community and shared value. It’s a subtle but pointed statement: Le Roma is not just selling rooms and banquet slots. It wants to be seen as a community hub where people gather, work, learn and celebrate.
Inside the organisation, this isn’t just design language. Staff are encouraged to think like hosts and “hive keepers” attentive to how people move through spaces, where friction appears, and how different types of clients can be matched to the right venue within the portfolio.
That community lens also shapes how the brand uses its physical spaces outside of weddings and corporate bookings. At Le Roma Samsara, one of its properties, the group recently hosted a life skills session for students in collaboration with BM International School, briefly turning a hospitality space into a learning environment. It’s a small example, but it aligns with the hive metaphor: the venue is a living, multi-purpose node, not a static backdrop.
The founders: reading land and people over decades
Le Roma’s evolution is closely tied to the experience of its founders, Rohan Steve Salian and Vijaya Salian.
Rohan Steve Salian, Chairman & Managing Director, has spent over 25 years in construction, real estate, precious stones, interiors and now hospitality and wellness. That background in hard assets and design shows up in the way the Airport wedding corridor has been planned not as a string of opportunistic acquisitions, but as a long-range layout of complementary venues.
Vijaya Salian, Co-Founder & CEO, holds an MBA from Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS) and leads business development, operations and finance. She has been responsible for translating big-picture vision into functioning operations, building SOPs, teams and systems that can handle back-to-back events while preserving what the brand markets as accessible warmth.
Colleagues describe her as a leader who “thinks in spreadsheets but speaks in stories” – equally comfortable in a strategy review and in a pre-function briefing with a family. Many clients recall her direct involvement in mapping itineraries, room allocations and flow, which helps anchor the group’s growth in a personal, founder-led feel.
What comes next
For Le Roma, the challenge and opportunity now lie in deepening the corridor’s value rather than merely adding more pins to the map.
In a sector where many venues compete on price and décor alone, Le Roma is trying to compete on structure, story and repeatability – a recognisable corridor, a clear brand symbol, and a founder duo whose track record stretches beyond hospitality.
For couples, corporates and city planners watching how Bengaluru’s outskirts evolve, the brand offers an early look at how airport-adjacent real estate can move from transit to transformation.
More details on Le Roma’s venues, philosophy and upcoming plans are available at
