As many as 133 hotel projects are in the pipeline in South India, to be completed by 2010. 30 are planned in Karnataka in the 3-star and 5-star categories, 61 in Kerala, 20 in Andhra Pradesh in the 3-star category, 18 in Tamil Nadu primarily in the 2-star and 3-star categories and four in Pondycherry in the heritage category. These would involve an investment of $1,2 billion and are expected to add about 4,000 rooms. Chennai alone is expected to reach 2,700 rooms from 1,200 rooms in the 5-star category during the same period.