Our 2018 Five Favourite Luxury Hotels in India
This year’s choice of top accommodation experiences in India As with many countries, India offers a huge variety of hotels and lodges of all styles, degrees of opulence and price. The service levels, decoration and overall ambiance changes year on year, such that a favourite this year can slide down the rankings by next. We thought we’d like to update you on this year’s favourites, so that when you plan your next trip to India...
Taken to the cleaners in Mumbai
It’s not often that you’d regard a washing line full of drying sheets as a tourist attraction but in Mumbai it offers a fascinating and illuminating insight into the infrastructure that makes India tick. Notwithstanding the fact that many of the crisp white sheets you’ll curl into within your plush hotel accommodation whilst in Mumbai (or any other Indian city for that matter) are pristine, the chances are they’ve come from the...
A passage through India
Our guest review from Stuart Tizzard gives a ‘first timers’ perspective on his journey through India! We ‘d been thinking about going to India for years, but to be honest, were just not brave enough. Tessa, my wife, was always more keen than me but I’d always managed to offer good alternatives to deflect her! The matter was decided at the end of a particularly heavy dinner party, when we decided and I agreed ,...
Marketing in Mumbai
Marketing in Mumbai – colourful commodities on every street corner. As a luxury traveller in Mumbai you’ll love the colour and variety of sights, sounds and tastes – not realising, or stopping to consider perhaps, that most of the raw materials for these have been sourced in the hectic backstreets, docks and markets of this frenetic city. Delve a little deeper behind the glittering façade of Mumbai and you’ll discover a...
Taj-ness Tested
Taj-ness Tested – size doesn’t matter We’ve been fortunate enough to stay in a number of magnificent hotels around the world – from the small and intimate to the gargantuan. When all is said and done, in our opinion, size doesn’t matter, nor do the extensive range of facilities (as many have similar offerings) and to some extent nor does the location – although we do tend to choose location first. However, what does matter for...
