** Shares of Brigade Hotel Ventures BRIA.NS rise 0.5% to 83.93 rupees
** ICICI Securities initiates with "buy" rating, 117 rupees PT implying 43% upside to last close
** Brokerage highlights plans to 2x operational rooms by FY30 with 9 new hotels, 34 billion rupees ($385.09 million) capex
** Forecast 17% revenue, 20% EBITDA CAGR over FY25-28 on premium hotel ramp-up, margin expansion
** BRIA has strong growth potential as new high-end hotels open and start contributing more meaningfully to profits - ICICI Securities
** Says, co's valuation at around 20% discount to peers Lemon Tree LEMO.NS and Chalet Hotels CHAL.NS
** BRIA up around 3% since listing on July 31
($1 = 88.2900 Indian rupees)
(Reporting by Nishit Navin in Bengaluru)
((nishit.navin@thomsonreuters.com))