India's Sahara dismisses $1.3bn UK-Gulf bid for luxury hotels

India's Sahara group has dismissed a $1.3 billion UK-Saudi bid for its three hotels in London and New York as "baseless", saying it has valued the assets below market price.

Sahara buys hotel in UK for Rs 256 crore

Indians have now bought another iconic building in Britain, popularly called the Dracula's Den. UK's most renowned Oakley Court - a gothic heritage country house in Windsor, which has been used to film 'Dracula' and 'Rocky Horror Picture Show' - has been sold off to the Indian conglomerate Sahara Group. 

NEWS | Sahara Group acquires stakes in The Plaza Hotel and Dream New York

Subrata Roy-promoted Sahara Group has acquired two iconic New York hotels - The Plaza Hotel and Dream New York - both based near Manhattan's Central Park, for around USD 800 million. The Sahara Group, which had acquired Grosvenor House in London in 2010, is said to be now looking at picking up some other landmark properties in New York to build up a portfolio of luxury hotels.

NEWS | Hotel Sahara Star wins Best Business Hotel in Mumbai award

Hotel Sahara Star, for the second time in a row received Today’s Traveller Award 2012 for the Best Business hotel in Mumbai on August 7, 2012,

NEWS | Sahara Group plans to buy 55% stake in Beverly Hilton

The Sahara Group, fresh after a string of acquisitions of marquee hotel properties in the UK and the US, is in talks with US-based Oasis West Realty to pick up a controlling stake in Beverly Hilton hotel, a landmark Los Angeles property that has been hosting the Golden Globe Awards. The owner of Oasis,

NEWS | Hotel Sahara Star achieves TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence

Hotel Sahara Star has been honoured with the TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence. This award gives highly rated establishments around the world the recognition they deserve. To qualify for this award, businesses must maintain an overall rating of four or higher,

NEWS | Sahara India closing in on suite deal at Plaza Hotel

The majority owner of The Plaza Hotel in New York is close to the finish line on a deal to sell its stakes in the landmarked property to the Sahara India Pariwar conglomerate for $450 million. According to a report in New York Post, John A. Fox of PKF Consulting,

NEWS | Hotel Sahara Star wins three awards at International Hotel Awards Asia Pacific 2012-2013

Hotel Sahara Star has bagged three awards at its debut at International Hotel Awards Asia Pacific 2012-2013 held few weeks back. The hotel won

NEWS | Hotel Sahara Star wins 'Century International Quality ERA Award,' 2012

Hotel Sahara Star has won the Century International Quality ERA Award in the GOLD category at the recently concluded Century International Quality ERA Awards, 2012. The award ceremony & convention was held in Geneva and was well attended by business representatives and also witnessed a host of entries from renowned hotel chains across the world. On achieving the award Vivek Kumar, CEO, Hotel Sahara Star & Aamby Valley City said,

After Grosvenor check-in, Sahara gets down to work

A little over a week after India’s Sahara Pariwar announced purchase of London’s legendary Grosvenor House hotel, there are indications the group is planing to play a bigger role in day-to-day operations of the property.

NEWS| Mumbai's Sahara Star Joins WORLDHOTELS

Hotel Sahara Star Mumbai, an architectural masterpiece considered one of the finest business and leisure hotels in India, has joined WORLDHOTELS as a Deluxe Collection affiliate.

The 5-star hotel strategically located just opposite Mumbai's domestic airport magnificently blends Indian mysticism and culture, while personifying the country's progressive spirit blending peerless hospitality with ultra-modern technology.

It is famed for its Magnus Opus, opening in two years, with the world's largest pillar-less clear-to-sky dome and the world's first three compound-curved, all glass panoramic elevators rising over a 55,000 sq ft tropical lagoon.

With a striking glass and steel circular facade, Hotel Sahara Star currently features 223 guest rooms which includes 13 suites. With the opening of the Magnum Opus stage it will incorporate another 189 luxurious guest rooms in five categories, including 19 suites of various themes, and 48 fully-serviced apartments.



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