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Josh Flagg Gives The Taj Mahal Palace Two Manicured Thumbs-Up
Our resident celebrity hotel hopper, Josh Flagg, star of Bravo's Million Dollar Listing recently completed a trip to India. One of the stops on his luxury hotel itinerary? The Taj Mahal Palace in Mumbai which has rebounded incredibly well after 2010's terrorist attack. Here's his elevator review of the place:
If the English dictionary had one picture to describe the word sophistication, The Taj Mahal Palace Mumbai would be upfront and center. Few hotels in the world really hit that nail on the head. The George V in Paris, The St. Regis in New York, The Peninsula Hong Kong all have it down, and now that I have stayed in the Taj Mumbai, I realize why it has stood the test of time.
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5 Hotels With Oscar-Worthy Screening Rooms
Just ten days from now, Award Season will reach its peak during Oscar weekend. We’ve already given you a set of drink recipes courtesy of hotel bartenders, and today we’re following up with five hotels with Oscar-worthy screening rooms.
Over in South Beach, the Delano only opened its fancy Media room last summer. Those sofas look perfect for curling up and settling in for the long haul (and we know that telecast gets a little wordy sometimes), and it’s already done a Weinstein Screening Series, which featured Oscar winners like The King’s Speech.
See four more schmancy hotel screening rooms after the jump!
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Three Years After "Sex And The City", The Taj Palace Marrakech Finally Opens
Nearly three years ago the movie (or borderline international incident – sorry, SJP, but just. no.) Sex and the City 2 came out. Way back when, we reported on the backdrop for all the hotel-room scenes in the movie being the (then) future Mandarin Oriental Jnan Rahma, Marrakech, which substituted for Abu Dhabi in the film.
One delay to the first quarter of 2011 later and the hotel was taken over by Indian group Taj Hotels, still optimistically scheduled for the fall of that same year. Now, another year plus later, the Taj Palace Marrakech is finally ready for all those people who have been saving for an SATC-themed journey to Morocco.
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Orient-Express Hotel Group Gets Offer, Not Knowing They Were For Sale
Will the Orient-Express hotels in Cusco keep their names? In three weeks we'll know for sure
This news appeared in our inbox this weekend from an unknown source and we weren’t sure whether it was fact or fiction. Orient-Express Hotels up for sale? Really? Trouble in paradise?
Add the news that the unsolicited all cash offer from Tata Group’s Indian Hotels of $12.63 Per Share (a 40% premium on that day’s closing share price), was a tad on the bold side and we were even more uneasy--why go so high? Yet that would mean a cool $1.86 billion sale for Orient-Express. At least they're getting a higher bid, unlike the discount Jetsetter.com had to offer for its company sale.
Subsequent news briefs confirmed the proposal was definitely real, bold, and that U.S.-listed Orient-Express Hotels Ltd., while in $615.6 million debt wasn't seeking bailout. However, in a statement the company said it will evaluate the proposal carefully and respond in due course in accordance with the best interests of the Orient-Express Hotels Ltd. and its shareholders.
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The Best Hotel in the World, According to DVF
You know what the beautiful thing about celebrity Twitter accounts is? Oftentimes, they actually are controlled by the celebrity, and we—the listening public—get to know what they really think. Very occasionally this even includes hints on hotels. Last week, Dita Von Teese shared her favorite Paris address, and this week it's designer Diane von Furstenberg with her favorite hotel...in the world?
She tweets:
Lake Palace in Udaipur could be the best hotel in the worldlove Diane
— DVF (@DVF) March 26, 2012
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The MO Morocco is No Mo'
Ladies, if you had your gilded hearts set on doing a Sex and the City/Real Housewives of New York trip to Morocco and staying at the new Mandarin Oriental in Marrakech we have some crushing news-The MO is no mo'.
A tipster tells us that the Mandarin Oriental, which was delayed last October for an early 2011 opening date then again until Summer 2011, has now been completely shelved and instead the property will be a Taj Hotel.
It will open this fall as the Taj Palace Marrakech. According to the Taj Hotels press release dated May 26th, the property will have 161 guestrooms, including 25 grand suites and one royal suite which is pretty much the same configuration the Mandarin Oriental was talking about.
Here's what else Taj has in store for the hotel:
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India's Taj Falaknuma Palace Might Just Be a Librarian's Double Rainbow
The newly opened Taj Falaknuma Palace in Hyderabad, India, has a lot of cool features, like it is one of the country's last remaining grand palaces, and it's built entirely of Italian marble and in the shape of a scorpion. But the geeks that we are, we're digging its expansive library.
The hotel carries more than 5,900 books in its Imperial Library. You'll find tomes on literature, history and religion. Though the standout is a rare collection of the holy Quran.
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A Stay at 51 Buckingham Gate Now Includes Off Roading
What do you think of when you hear the word "Buckingham"? OK, yeah. Wills and Kate. But we're not talking Buckingham Palace--we mean 51 Buckingham Gate, the Taj Hotel that's not too far from the royal's HQ.
Even still, the word "Land Rover" is not one we'd usually associate with such a posh property. But off-roading is now on tap at 51 Buckingham, with the hotel's Land Rover at 51 Package.
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What Is the Vivanta Collection from Taj Hotels?
The Ambassador, New Delhi, has joined the Vivanta brand.
Taj Hotels is known for its slew of properties in India, like the Rambagh Palace in Jaipur, where Katy Perry and Russell Brand will tie the knot, as well as its few stateside hotels, like New York's Pierre, San Francisco's Taj Campton Place and the Taj Boston. But the company is adding a number of its hotels into a Vivanta Collection.
Sixteen hotels joined the already existing three Vivanta hotels—Vivanta by Taj - Whitefield, Bangalore; Vivanta by Taj - Panaji, Goa; and Vivanta by Taj - Coral Reef, Maldives. The master plan is to get 30 of 'em in the next two years.
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Katy Perry and Russell Brand to 'Taj' the Knot in India
If all goes well for Katy Perry and Russell Brand, they will be living out a full-time teenage dream as husband and wife by the end of this month.
Reports say the duo have selected the Taj Rambagh Palace in Jaipur to be the site of their Hindu nuptial ceremony, after a three-day celebration on the edge of a tiger wilderness preserve at Aman-i-Khas. The Taj Hotel is actually the place where they got engaged last year.
But now, The Daily Mail has some pretty specific detes about the wedding ceremony:
The heritage palace was home to Indian royalty and is spread over 47 acres of tranquil, landscaped gardens. Funny man Brand is expected to ride through the palace gates on a lavishly decorated horse, escorted by camels and elephants.
Folk dancers are expected to welcome the couple with a traditional dance and fireworks. From here, Brand and Perry will travel in a horse driven cart to the main garden where a Hindu ceremony will be conducted in front of a small fire.
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Stay in the Taj Boston's $6 Million Suite and Get Your Name on a Building
We've seen some crazy-insane hotel packages before, but this one takes the very expensive cake. The Taj Boston is offering a $6 million suite.
What the heck do you get for $6 mil, you ask? For one, you'll see your name on a new theater at the renowned Boston Conservatory. As the building's namesake, you'll also attend grand-opening events, including a ribbon-cutting ceremony and guided tours of the new complex and several performances. As part of the deal, you'll also receive two lifetime tickets to all Boston Conservatory shows.
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Twist & Pout (And Drink The Cocktail) At The Pierre's Two E Bar
Who's thirsty? It's time for another installment of our Summer Cocktails series. All summer long we've been profiling fun new summer drinks served at hotels around the world, and even though summer is coming to a close you should still feel free to share your favorite hotel cocktail recipes with us. And, as always, @reply us when you're wasted!
Today's cocktail does double duty in that it's not just a Summer Cocktail, it's also part of Fashion's Night Out. This fancy beverage will be served up at The Pierre's Two E Bar/Lounge next Friday, September 10, when fashion fans are getting down at at FNO party from 6–11 p.m.
