Global Hospitality is ready to launch the icon of all hotels W Hotel in India. The international firm has already inked a management agreement for the hotel at Lower Parel in Mumbai. An official announcement is yet to be made.
According to a top official from international hotel chain, the Starwood has signed its first W Hotel in Mumbai, which is under development. He said, “It’s a 300-room property overlooking the Mahalaxmi Racecourse and Worli Sea Face and likely to get operational by 2013-14”.
However, the Indian office is not ready to share any information regarding the project.
The property is being developed by a high networth individual (HNI) whose identity is not yet public and belongs to an iconic mix-use development christened Namaste Tower. Where on one hand, W Hotel is to be set in, Ambika Mills land parcel, and thereby just a few hundred meters away another luxury hotel, Shangri-La, atop the luxury retail mall Palladium at High Street Phoenix at Lower Parel is soon to be open.
While the identity of HNI is yet to be, unfold, industry sources said that the person is named Gurinder, also doing hotel in Noida with Starwood to be operated under the Sheraton brand. The designing of the iconic development is UK’s largest engineering firm WS Atkins Plc.
According to Atkins, the project design follows the long tradition of rich Indian architecture and stand as a landmark structure, representative of the burgeoning economic and cultural significance of India. “The two wings of the hotel are clasped together like hands greeting the city of Mumbai,” said the Atkins.
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