HotelChatter - Tag: India Hotels

Agra: "Life-Changing Views" of the Oberoi Amarvilas

KatieK — 2008-11-12T10:05:56-05:00

Though our pockets might not be as deep as that of a Cond� Nast Traveler reader, we’re all for scouring the richie-rich preferences of the rag’s readers to round out our own hotel wish list. Because, duh, rich people have good taste! And CNT’s 2008 Reader’s Choice Awards Top 100 list does not disappoint.

No. 8 on the coveted list, with an impressive score of 97.3--the Oberoi Amarvilas in Agra, Indian--has us particularly giddy. Promising “life-changing views of the Taj Mahal,” the hotel is so close to the wowzer Wonder of the World that guests are shuttled to the monument via golf cart by hotel staffers.

Pune: Langham Place Now Headed for India (With Ice Caves)

amandak — 2008-09-26T13:10:34-05:00

<![CDATA[<img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/Langham_Hotels_Logosmall.jpg" class="imgborder"> Here comes yet another <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Langham%20Hotels">Langham Hotel</a>: this one's going to be the Langham Place, Koregaon Park in the city of Pune in India. Well, here almost comes another Langham, since it's not actually due to open until sometime in 2010.Like other Langhams, this one will be a bit fancy. The big selling point at the moment is a huge atrium including (among other things) palm trees, a resident DJ and three-storey windows. There's also going to be a Portal, which unfortunately is not somewhere you can go to get whisked away to another dimension, but instead this Langham Place hotel plans to:<blockquote> combine its lobby lounge, cocktail bar and business centre in one area called

Pune: Room With an Anti-View: Window to Window in Pune, India

amandak — 2008-08-21T11:46:40-05:00

<![CDATA[You know the scene. You open the door to your brand new hotel room, run over to the window, open the blinds and bam, you are hit with the anti-view. Maybe you are looking down a dirty alley, witnessing a drug deal, staring at an air shaft in the face, or seeing a brick wall. Whatever you are viewing it is not extremely pleasurable. Help out your fellow hotel mavens by uploading your anti-views to the <a href="http://flickr.com/groups/hotelchatter/">HotelChatter/Flickr photo pool</a>, or by <a href="mailto:tips@hotelchatter.com">sending the photo along to us</a>. Remember to tell us the name of the hotel and the room number with the not-so-easy-on-the-eyes view. <img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3873/Anti_View_Pune_Royal_Orchid_Golden_Suites.jpg" class="imgborder"> With a name as grand sounding as the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Royal+Orchid+Golden+Suites/ian/258639">Royal Orchid

Agra : Room With a Killer View: Get the Taj Mahal in Your Sights

amandak — 2008-04-24T09:25:01-05:00

<![CDATA[We are suckers for a room with a killer view.  We find that we are even more likely to forgive some minor hotel inconveniences if we can stare out the window at something pretty--yeah we are that shallow. Let's help out our fellow hotel mavens by uploading rooms with killer views to the <a href="http://flickr.com/groups/hotelchatter/">HotelChatter/Flickr photo pool</a>, or by <a href="mailto:tips@hotelchatter.com">sending the photo along to us</a>. We will feature our favorites in this space from time to time. Remember to tell us the name of the hotel and the room number of the hot view. <img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3873/Taj_Mahal_View.jpg" class="imgborder"> There's nothing quite like a hotel room with a view over one of the world's most famous monuments. And that's what you

The Green Hotels Craze (Thankfully) Hits India

femmefatale — 2008-03-14T09:00:01-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/hyderabad.jpg" class="imgborder"><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/country/in/">India</a> gets a bad press for its increasing use of energy and fossil fuels to feed a booming economy. But it's not all bad - there's a trend towards building 'green' hotels which use around 35 per cent less energy as standard hotels. The latest is the Park Hotel in Hyderabad, capital of the Indian state Andhra Pradesh. It's due to open in mid-2009 and will have 280 eco-friendly rooms. Its baby green hotel-sister also being built in Pune by the same chain. They make a big deal of the 90 per cent non-smoking rule - if you've ever smelt the fumes rising from an Indian cigarette, you'll know that banning smoking in the country would