Profit before tax grew 50.07% to Rs 18.94 crore in Q2 FY26 as against Rs 12.62 crore posted in the year-ago period.

Total expenses increased 5.68% to Rs 96.34 crore in Q2 FY26, compared with Rs 91.16 crore in Q2 FY25. The cost of materials consumed was Rs 10.98 crore (up 3.19% YoY), employee benefits expense stood at Rs 25.51 crore (up 6.55% YoY), and finance cost stood at Rs 3.64 crore (down 19.29% YoY) during the period under review.

On a half-year basis, the company’s net profit jumped 119.68% to Rs 21.99 crore on 17.73% rise in revenue from operations to Rs 218.13 crore in H1 FY26 over H1 FY25.

IHCL’s iconic brand Taj has been ranked as India’s Strongest Brand 2025 and the World’s Strongest Hotel Brand 2025, according to Brand Finance-UK. OHL proudly includes three Taj-branded hotels in its portfolio. As part of its commitment to environmental stewardship under IHCL’s ESG+ framework called Paathya, OHL hotels have achieved renewable energy consumption of 61%, demonstrating a strong focus on sustainability, it added.

Oriental Hotels (OHL) is an associate company of The Indian Hotels Company (IHCL). The company has seven hotels – Taj Coromandel, Chennai Taj Fisherman’s Cove Resort & Spa, Chennai Taj Malabar Resort & Spa, Cochin, Vivanta Coimbatore, Vivanta Mangalore; Gateway Madurai and Gateway Coonoor.

Shares of Oriental Hotels shed 0.35% to Rs 126.75 on the BSE.