BHOPAL: The Oberoi group of hotels and the Lemon Tree hotels have expressed their wish to open their units in the state capital.

With a view to attract investment in Madhya Pradesh, urban administration and development minister Babulal Gaur and tourism minister Tukojirao Puar on Tuesday held a joint discussion with hotel and urban development sector investors  in New Delhi.

The ministers invited investors to invest in the state and set up their units. The programme was part of the campaign launched for making the proposed global investors summit, scheduled to be held at Indore from October 28 to 30, a success.

In the meeting, investment potential of the state was projected through a presentation made by Phillips group.

Jaideep Dang of Oberoi group of hotels and the national director of Lemon Tree Hotels, Vikramjit Singh expressed their wish to open their units at Bhopal.

Puar invited the representatives of Oberoi and Lemon Tree hotels to Bhopal and assured that the state government would extend every possible help to them in opening hotels.

Gaur also held discussions with representatives of CREDAI for investment in urban areas of Madhya Pradesh and invited them to the state.

UAD principal secretary SPS Parihar and Madhya Pradesh State Tourism Development Corporation managing director Raghavendra Singh were also present on the occasion.