Can the Royals revive the Jewel on the Hill?
While Lalitha Mahal Palace can be a luxurious Palace Hotel, the truly luxurious hotel in Mysuru, if revived, has to be the Rajendra Vilas Palace atop the Hill. It was and still can be a luxury hotel with a hill station feel in the heart of a city, an unmatchable USP.
Three years ago speaking to SOM, Pramoda Devi Wadiyar, ‘Trustee’ of the property, when asked if she was willing for a joint venture to run the Rajendra Vilas, she said, “I am willing to consider it and have had a discussion. However, my first priority is to retain the property. I do not want to relinquish the ownership at any cost. In the last three-and-a-half years, I have cleared a lot of liabilities. Today my ancestors and my husband can be proud of me.”
Mysore/Mysuru: Will Tata Group that runs the prestigious chain of Taj Hotels take over the iconic
Lalitha Mahal Palace Hotel in Mysuru?
According to reliable sources from Bengaluru, the Tata Group has offered to run the luxury hotel at a virtual meeting that was chaired by Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa. The meeting was convened to discuss investment opportunities in Karnataka. The Tata Group was represented by Tata Sons Chairman N. Chandrasekaran and other top executives of the company.
The meeting was also attended by Puneet Chhatwal, Managing Director of Indian Hotels Company Limited (IHCL), a group company of TATA’s under which the Taj Hotels are managed.
Why 2021 could be the hospitality industry’s wonder year
Why 2021 could be the hospitality industry’s wonder year | India Today Insight
‘Revenge travel’ is the new trend and the Indian hospitality sector is looking to make the most of 2021 with over 20 hotel launches
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If ‘New Normal’ was the oft-quoted, overused coinage of 2020, ‘Revenge Travel’ threatens to be its counterpart for this year. Unlike the violent connotations of its etymology, what it implies is people cashing in on missed opportunities for travel with extra trips, followed by a splurge on leisure tourism. Of course, this has spurred hope and optimism in the beleaguered hospitality industry that had been paralysed during the lockdown and has been limping back to normalcy since the last quarter of
Thursday 24 December, 2020 | 4:10 PM
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Indian Hotels Company (IHCL), South Asia’s largest hospitality company, announced the opening of a new amã Stays & Trails heritage bungalow – Ambika Vilas in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. Located in God’s own country, the sprawling villa with three suites is a living legacy built in the early 1900’s by a young aristocrat, who served the government and the armies of the king of Travancore.
The beauty of the bungalow lies in its architecture, which blends harmoniously into its surroundings. Based on the principles of an ancient science of carpentry – ‘Thatchusastra’, which believes that every man-made structure has a life and personality of its own, the interior of the house merges seamlessly into the garden to create a holistic living space.
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