Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces
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| Type | Public |
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| Industry | Luxury Hospitality |
| Founded | 1903 |
| Headquarters | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
| Key people | Raymond Bickson |
| Products | Luxury Hotels, Palaces, Resorts and Spas, Luxury Residences |
| Parent | Tata Group |
| Website | Tajhotels.com |
Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces is a worldwide chain of hotels and resorts. A part of the Tata Group, one of India's largest business conglomerates, Taj Hotels Resort and Palaces own and operate 76 hotels, 7 palaces, serviced apartments,[1] 6 private islands and 12 resorts and spas, spanning 52 destinations in 12 countries across 5 continents and employ over 13000 people.[2][3] Besides India, Taj Hotels Resort and Palaces are located in the United States of America, England, Africa, the UAE, Maldives, Malaysia, Bhutan, Sri Lanka and Australia.[3]
Jamshetji Nusserwanji Tata, founder of the Tata Group, opened the Taj Mahal Palace & Tower, the first Taj property, on December 16, 1903. He was inspired to open the grand luxury hotel after an incident involving racial discrimination at the Watson's Hotel in Mumbai, where he was refused entry as the hotel did not permit Indians.[4] Hotels which accepted only European guests were common across British India. Jamsetji Tata traveled to London, Paris, Berlin and Düsseldorf to get the best materials and pieces of art, furniture and interior artifacts for his hotel. Due to its prime location, traditional architecture and massive size, this hotel soon gained the status of the most iconic hotel in India.[4]
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[edit] Brands
Starting in the late-2000s, the Taj group has been organizing its hotels into different brands, in a market segmentation strategy. As of December 2011, not all hotels have been rebranded - some properties still retain the generic "Taj" brand and are awaiting classification.
[edit] Taj
As the erstwhile generic brand of the Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces, this is now being positioned as the group's flagship brand of traditional luxury full-service hotels, resorts and palaces. These hotels cover business destinations, renowned landmarks, palaces, resorts and forest destinations. Most of Taj's oldest and most prestigious hotels have been retained under this brand. Two specialty brands are being developed under the Taj :
Taj Exotica: This is the premium resort brand in the exotic destinations that are Maldives and Goa.
Taj Safaris: This is the group's nascent wildlife lodge brand. It is expected to cover Taj's premium, high-end forest lodges and destinations. Currently, Taj's luxury lodges in the national parks of Central India carry this brand.
[edit] Vivanta by Taj Hotels and Resorts
This is a contemporary-luxury hotel brand that is building a more cutting-edge, modern-chic esthetic. While the brand still caters to an upscale market, it is positioned a step below the flagship Taj brand. Vivanta by Taj hotels are found in both business and vacation destinations.
[edit] The Gateway Hotels and Resorts
This is a mid-market brand positioned below the Vivanta by Taj brand, and contains properties in both business and vacation destinations. The Gateway Hotel brand was created by Taj in its earlier market segmentation effort in the 1990s, and has been retained and expanded in the current wave of brand-segmentation.
[edit] Ginger
Ginger is the Tata Groups economy hotels brand across India.
[edit] List of Taj Hotels
[edit] Hotels in India
| City/ Location | Hotel Brand | Hotel Name |
|---|---|---|
| Bangalore | Taj | The Taj West End |
| Chennai | Taj | Taj Coromandel |
| Hyderabad | Taj | Taj Falaknuma Palace |
| Hyderabad | Taj | Taj Krishna |
| Hyderabad | Taj | Taj Deccan |
| Hyderabad | Taj | Taj Banjara |
| Jaipur | Taj | Rambagh Palace |
| Jodhpur | Taj | Umaid Bhawan Palace |
| Kolkata | Taj | Taj Bengal |
| Mumbai | Taj | Taj Lands End |
| Mumbai | Taj | Taj Wellington Mews |
| Mumbai | Taj | The Taj Mahal Palace |
| New Delhi | Taj | Taj Palace Hotel |
| New Delhi | Taj | The Taj Mahal Hotel |
| Udaipur | Taj | Taj Lake Palace |
| Goa | Taj Exotica | Taj Exotica |
| Bandhavgarh National Park | Taj Safaris | Mahua Kothi |
| Kanha National Park | Taj Safaris | Banjaar Tola |
| Panna National Park | Taj Safaris | Pashan Garh |
| Pench National Park | Taj Safaris | Baghvan |
| Bangalore | Vivanta by Taj | Vivanta by Taj - M G Road |
| Bangalore | Vivanta by Taj | Vivanta by Taj - Whitefield |
| Bangalore | Vivanta by Taj | Vivanta by Taj - Yeshwantpur |
| Coimbatore | Vivanta by Taj | Vivanta by Taj - Surya |
| Coimbatore | Vivanta by Taj | Vivanta by Taj - Residency |
| Chennai | Vivanta by Taj | Vivanta by Taj - Connemara |
| Chennai | Vivanta by Taj | Vivanta by Taj - Fisherman's Cove |
| Cochin | Vivanta by Taj | Vivanta by Taj - Malabar |
| Goa | Vivanta by Taj | Vivanta by Taj - Fort Aguada |
| Goa | Vivanta by Taj | Vivanta by Taj - Holiday Village |
| Goa | Vivanta by Taj | Vivanta by Taj - Panaji |
| Jodhpur | Vivanta by Taj | Vivanta by Taj - Hari Mahal |
| Kovalam | Vivanta by Taj | Vivanta by Taj - Kovalam |
| Kumarakom | Vivanta by Taj | Vivanta by Taj - Kumarakom |
| Lucknow | Vivanta by Taj | Vivanta by Taj - Gomti Nagar |
| Mumbai | Vivanta by Taj | Vivanta by Taj - President |
| New Delhi | Vivanta by Taj | Vivanta by Taj - Ambassador |
| Pune | Vivanta by Taj | Vivanta by Taj - Blue Diamond |
| Sawai Madhopur | Vivanta by Taj | Vivanta by Taj - Sawai Madhopur Lodge |
| Srinagar | Vivanta by Taj | Vivanta by Taj - Dal View, Srinagar |
| Trivandrum | Vivanta by Taj | Vivanta by Taj - Trivandrum |
| Agra | The Gateway Hotel | The Gateway Hotel Fatehabad Road |
| Ahmedabad | The Gateway Hotel | The Gateway Hotel Ummed |
| Bangalore | The Gateway Hotel | The Gateway Hotel Residency Road |
| Calicut | The Gateway Hotel | The Gateway Hotel Beach Road |
| Chikmagalur | The Gateway Hotel | The Gateway Hotel KM Road |
| Coonoor | The Gateway Hotel | The Gateway Hotel Church Road |
| Ernakulam | The Gateway Hotel | The Gateway Hotel Marine Drive |
| Gir Forest | The Gateway Hotel | The Gateway Hotel Gir Forest |
| Jaipur | The Gateway Hotel | The Gateway Hotel Ramgarh Lodge |
| Jaisalmer | The Gateway Hotel | The Gateway Hotel Rawalkot |
| Jodhpur | The Gateway Hotel | The Gateway Hotel Jodhpur |
| Madurai | The Gateway Hotel | The Gateway Hotel Pasumalai |
| Mangalore | The Gateway Hotel | The Gateway Hotel Old Port Road |
| Nashik | The Gateway Hotel | The Gateway Hotel Ambad |
| Surat | The Gateway Hotel | The Gateway Hotel Athwalines |
| Vadodara | The Gateway Hotel | The Gateway Hotel Akota Gardens |
| Varanasi | The Gateway Hotel | The Gateway Hotel Ganges |
| Varkala | The Gateway Hotel | The Gateway Hotel Janardhanapuram |
| Vijayawada | The Gateway Hotel | The Gateway Hotel M G Road |
| Visakhapatnam | The Gateway Hotel | The Gateway Hotel Beach Road |
| Aurangabad | Other/ Unbranded | Taj Residency |
| Chandigarh | Other/ Unbranded | Taj Chandigarh |
| Chennai | Other/ Unbranded | Taj Club House |
| Gwalior | Other/ Unbranded | Usha Kiran Palace |
| Hyderabad | Other/ Unbranded | Taj Banjara |
| Jaipur | Other/ Unbranded | Jai Mahal Palace |
| Jaipur | Other/ Unbranded | SMS Hotel |
| Khajuraho | Other/ Unbranded | Hotel Chandela |
| Ooty | Other/ Unbranded | Savoy Hotel |
| Varanasi | Other/ Unbranded | Nadesar Palace |
[edit] Hotels outside India
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| Country | City/ Location | Hotel Brand | Hotel Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | Sydney | Taj | Blue Sydney |
| South Africa | Cape Town | Taj | Taj Cape Town |
| UAE | Dubai | Taj | Taj Palace Hotel |
| United Kingdom | London | Taj | 51 Buckingham Gate, Taj Suites & Residences |
| United Kingdom | London | Taj | Crowne Plaza London - St. James |
| United States | Boston | Taj | Taj Boston |
| United States | New York | Taj | The Pierre |
| United States | San Francisco | Taj | Taj Campton Place |
| Maldives | South Male Atoll | Taj Exotica | Taj Exotica Resort & Spa |
| Mauritius | Port Louis | Taj Exotica | Taj Exotica Resort and Spa |
| Maldives | North Male Atoll | Vivanta by Taj | Vivanta by Taj - Coral Reef |
| Sri Lanka | Bentota | Vivanta by Taj | Vivanta by Taj - Bentota |
| Sri Lanka | Colombo | The Gateway Hotel | The Gateway Hotel Airport Garden |
| Bhutan | Thimphu | Other/ Unbranded | Taj Tashi |
| Malaysia | Langkawi | Other/ Unbranded | Rebak Island Resort Langkawi - A Taj Hotel |
| Zambia | Lusaka | Other/ Unbranded | Taj Pamodzi |
[edit] Awards and recognition
- 2009 Ranked 11 in the top 100 World's most reputable companies by Forbes Magazine [5]
- 2007 Corporate Hotelier of the World (HOTELS magazine) – Raymond N. Bickson, MD and CEO, Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces
- Leading Hotels of the World Ltd. (LHW) Chairman’s Award 2007 & 2006 for Best Advertising Campaign
- SENSES Visions Award 2007 at the SENSES Wellness Awards 2007 – Taj Spa
- Superbrand 2007 across 1699 brands in 58 countries
- Platinum Award – Reader’s Digest Trusted Brands Awards 2007 and 2005
- Dun & Bradstreet – American Express Corporate Awards 2007 – India's Top 500 Companies 2007 - in the "Hotels" category - The Indian Hotels Company Ltd.
- Inaugural 'Genius of the Web 2007' award by CNBC-Web 18 in association with Frost & Sullivan for the Best Hotel Website in India.
- Avaya GlobalConnect Customer Responsiveness Award 2007 & 2005 (Travel and Tourism - Hospitality)
- Indian Hotels Company Ltd in Standard & Poor's Global Challengers Class of 2007
- Today's Traveller Leadership award for India's Most Recognised Hotel Brand – Taj Hotels Resorts & Palaces
- CNBC TV18 International Trade Award - Outstanding Exporter of the Year 2006-07 in the Travel, Tourism and Hospitality category
- Frost & Sullivan Indian CEO Choice Award for The Most Preferred Group of Hotels
- Dun & Bradstreet - American Express Corporate Award 2006 – Highest performer in the Hospitality sector
- India’s Most Trusted Hotel Brand – Economic Times Brand Equity Most Trusted Brands Survey 2005
- Travel + Leisure 2005 Global Vision Award – Corporate Initiative
- Best Travel Online Campaign worldwide in the Web Marketing Association’s 2005 Internet Advertising Competition
- World Travel Market 2004 – 25th Anniversary Silver Award – sponsored by Trav Talk
- 10th World Travel Awards, New York – Posthumous Award – Mr. J. R. D. Tata – voted by travel agents worldwide
- PATA Gold Awards 2003 (Pacific Asia Travel Association) Corporate Environmental Programme – ECOTAJ Environmental Initiatives
- ‘Selling Long Haul’ Travel Awards 2002 – Best Hotel Group in India
- Hermes 2002 International Hospitality Award – Best Innovation in Human Resources for its employee loyalty programme S.T.A.R.S. “Special Thanks And Recognition System”
- Pacific Asia Travel Writers Association (PATWA) – ITB, Berlin 2002 – Lifetime contribution for promoting the Hospitality Industry
[edit] See also
- Ginger Hotels - a budget hotel chain from Taj Hotels
- TajAir - private jets
[edit] External links
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[edit] References
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- ^ 21 Jun, 2010, 12.35AM IST,ET Bureau (2010-06-21). "Crowne Plaza, Dow Corning & Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces - The Economic Times". Economictimes.indiatimes.com. http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/6071384.cms. Retrieved 2010-09-15.
- ^ a b "Taj Hotels Resorts & Palaces: Private Company Information - BusinessWeek". Investing.businessweek.com. http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=13433120. Retrieved 2010-09-15.
- ^ a b A popular myth surround the hotel was that the staff at Watson's Hotel denied Indian industrialist Jamsetji Tata access to the hotel "From Parsee priests to profits: say hello to Tata - Asia, World". The Independent. 2007-02-01. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/from-parsee-priests-to-profits-say-hello-to-tata-434575.html A popular myth surround the hotel was that the staff at Watson's Hotel denied Indian industrialist Jamsetji Tata access to the hotel. Retrieved 2010-09-15.
- ^ Kneale, Klaus (2009-05-06). "World's Most Reputable Companies: The Rankings". Forbes.com. http://www.forbes.com/2009/05/06/world-reputable-companies-leadership-reputation-table.html. Retrieved 2010-09-15.
