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New Delhi to New York
With over 100 hotels across the world, Taj Hotels offers unparalleled hospitality experiences amidst heritage palaces, exotic resorts, wildlife lodges and luxurious spas
Rustic luxury
Jai Wadia from Tata Services explores the many hues of nature at Banjaar Tola, an eco-friendly safari lodge operated and managed by &Beyond and Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces in Madhya Pradesh, India
A class act stirs it up
Urbano Rego, born and bred in the Taj tradition, has been called the ‘world’s greatest Goan chef’. There are plenty of tasteful reasons why
Hospitality symphony
With four differently endowed properties in Goa, the Taj offers plenty of options on comfort, price and facilities to seekers of sun, sea and sand
Tastes of the Taj
Great restaurants and the renowned chefs behind them are part of the sumptuous Taj experience. Food and wine writer Antoine Lewis serves up five of the best that the Taj group has, with a sampling of their signature dishes and the opulent ambience in which they are laid out
Training for tomorrow
The Taj group of hotels has taken up education and employability as the principal points of its corporate sustainability efforts across India
Thai Pavilion - Vivanta By Taj-President, Mumbai
The restaurant introduced Mumbai to Thai cuisine back in 1993 and continues to serve up contemporary Thai dishes that delight the palate
Karavalli - The Gateway Hotel, Bengaluru
Karavalli's delectable Indian cuisine and rich yet rustic ambience has been delighting diners for over two decades
Wasabi By Morimoto - The Taj Mahal Palace, Mumbai
Recognised as one of the top 100 restaurants in the world, Wasabi lends traditional Japanese cuisine a delicious, modern twist
The Quilon - 51 Buckingham Gate, Taj Suites and Residences, London
Breaking away from the 'Indian curry and naan' formula, The Quilon has crafted its own recipe for success by introducing London to South Indian cuisine
Prego - The Taj Coromandel, Chennai
India's first and only fine-dining Italian restaurant to exclusively serve up Italian haute cuisine, Prego continues to draw diners with a yen for authentic Italian flavours
A pride of palaces
In an exhilarating blend of heritage and hospitality, Taj Hotels offers guests the experience of a lifetime — to live like royalty. Some of India's most renowned palaces welcome guests to stay in royal and monumental splendour while experiencing the flavours of Taj hospitality
A touch of caring
Taj Hotels’ corporate sustainability processes run deep and strong, preserving the environment and serving communities wherever in the world its properties are located
Building the brand
The Taj has always been a name to contend with. However, today’s global marketplace demands bolder, clearer brands, which is exactly what the Indian Hotels intends to achieve with its latest branding exercise
Green practices (an Indian Hotels initiative)
Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces has launched EARTH (Environment Awareness and Renewal at Taj Hotels), a movement that works to minimise the impact of its businesses on the environment
A new way
The Gateway Hotel, the hospitality brand launched last year, is positioned to meet the needs of today’s travellers and enhance the Taj group’s footprint in India
The Pierre: A new chapter
With a new bouquet of offerings, coupled with the grand magnificence its guests have come to love, The Pierre is set to begin yet another glorious chapter in its history
The Taj reopens its doors to the world
The Taj Mahal Tower reopens to guests less than a month after terrorists destroyed large parts of the heritage building
Gateway
Gateway, the new hospitality brand from Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces, is a pan-India network of upscale hotels and resorts that offers travellers a warm, contemporary experience
Taj Hotels
The Taj brand, deeply rooted in traditional Indian values of hospitality and graciousness, and committed to acquainting guests with India’s living heritage, has evolved with time, assuming a more contemporary avatar. Its appeal therefore cuts across all generations
Viva Trattoria
For the past 25 years, Trattoria has laid out an Italian table for the connoisseurs, making the fare finer and richer by the day
Presenting The Pierre
The Taj now has the finest address in New York. The Pierre is more than a luxury hotel, it's a city icon
Boston to Bandhavgarh
With the acquisition of the Ritz-Carlton, Boston, the Taj group has hoisted its flag in yet another premier city. Away from the corporate jungle, the Taj has also responded to the call of the wild with a tripartite venture into tiger territory
Celebratory spirit on a platter
A wide range of locales, cuisines and entertainment options at Taj properties make your holidays even more enjoyable
World traveller 2015
The world traveller has a wide choice today and this will grow in times to come. In such a scenario, the hotel chain that remembers guest preferences and anticipates their needs will, says Raymond Bickson, MD, Indian Hotels, be the winner
A royal experience
The latest ad campaign for the Taj group's palace properties beautifully captures the romance of a bygone era and entices travellers to savour the lifestyle of a maharaja
Hospitality knows no boundaries
The Taj Group of Hotels entered the Australian continent in December last year at Woolloomooloo Bay in Sydney
Destination Dubai
Located in the very heart of Dubai, the Taj Palace Hotel, with its spacious rooms, impeccable amenities and outstanding service, makes for a memorable stay
Let the good times roll
What better way to celebrate Christmas and New Year's Eve than to wine and dine and shake a leg at one of the Taj Group of Hotels and restaurants
Royal montage
Embodying an era of tradition and hospitality, the architectural wonders — the Taj Palace Hotels — continue the legacy of regal indulgence
So spa, so good
Jiva spas, the latest in the bouquet of luxuries Indian Hotels offers, blends the spiritual and medicinal characteristics of ancient India to relax and rejuvenate guests
In the lap of luxury
With stunning properties and sterling service, it is little wonder that Taj Hotels, Resorts and Palaces has won renown not just in India but the world over
New home in New York
The Taj Group marks its return to the US by taking over The Pierre, a 75-year-old luxury hotel on the fabled Fifth Avenue
At home with the Taj
The Taj Wellington Mews Luxury Residences promise its guests superlative luxury, and the comfort and warmth that only a home can provide
A century of grace
The Taj Mahal Palace and Tower is more than a hundred years old, but age, rather than withering this grand old lady, is adding to her allure and elegance
Upper crust
At the Taj group, India's cultural diversity and changing times is best reflected in its multi-speciality cuisine offerings. And the proof lies in its ever evolving taste and texture
One for the stay
indiOne, the no-frills hotel recently launched by Indian Hotels, promises to redefine the domestic hospitality industry with its unique price-and-value proposition
'We're not targeting people looking for cheap rates'
The Indian Hotels Company recently launched the indiOne brand of no-frills hotels
Sovereign splendour
The legendary Taj hospitality forms the core competence for Indian Hotels while the key focus areas are renovation, brand building, technology and people training
Five-star favourite
Taj Lands End has just been voted the 'best business hotel in Asia from India' in the 2003 Best Business Hotels in Asia competition, organised by Business Asia magazine in conjunction with CNBC Asia Pacific
High on life
The Taj Bengal is inextricably involved with all that is joyful in Kolkata. Every aspect of the hotel borrows from and adds to the heritage of Kolkata and caters to the senses of the initiated
Sun, surf, sand
Tourists flock Goa for the sun and sand at any time of the year. "Goa has been running the business for us," says Sanjay Sethi, general manager, Taj, North Goa
One hundred years of magnificence
The Taj Group of Hotels has won international acclaim for its excellent services and fantastic properties. Jamsetji Tata would be proud to see the heights his initiative has taken
The Taj's 'stars' shine bright
The Taj Group of Hotels won the Hermes Award 2002 for the best innovation in human resources in the global hospitality industry
Taj does the trick with treats
The Taj's leisure division beat the tourism blues of 2001 by going native and pulling in the Indian vacationer with an alluring variety of offers. Time to put up its feet and enjoy the sunset? Perish the thought.
Hospitality of the community kind
Being king of the Indian hospitality industry has fetched the Taj Group of Hotels plenty of material success. With the 'Taj in the community initiative', the group has complemented its corporate achievements with a humane vision that is aimed at helping society's less privileged
Taj Bengal Winter Package 2000-01
Winter is time for festivity around the world. In Bengal too, Christmas and New Year's Eve parties are hosted courtesy Taj Bengal Winter Package 2000-01
Goodies for the holiday season
The Taj Group of Hotels is concentrating on the Indian traveller as it lines up an exciting range of offers to beat the tourism blues
A star is born
The Taj Group of Hotels is rewarding its own through a points-and-levels programme that gives the company’s finest employees the chance to show their spurs — and get the keys to the MD’s kingdom
It's the best time of the year at the Taj!
Experience Christmas and New Year at any of the Taj Hotels and you will know what hospitality is
Getting ready for tomorrow
Jamshed S Daboo, chief operating officer, leisure division, Taj group of hotels, wants to make the Taj dream — to become the "biggest, largest and best" hotel chain in India and the world — a reality