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Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. This article relies on references to primary sources. (November 2008) This article appears to be written like an advertisement. (March 2012) This article reads like a review rather than an encyclopedic description of the subject. (August 2008) The Indian Hotels Company Limited Type Public Traded as BSE: 500850, NSE: INDHOTEL Industry Hospitality and Tourism Founded 1903 Founder(s) Jamsetji Tata Headquarters Mumbai, Maharashtra, India Key people Cyrus Pallonji Mistry (Chairman) Raymond Bickson (MD & CEO) Products Hotels, resorts, palaces, Taj safaris, TajAir and spa Revenue 1743.61 crore (US$320 million) (FY2011)[1] Operating income 420.13 crore (US$77 million) (FY2011)[1] Net income 141.25 crore (US$26 million) (FY2011)[1] Parent Tata Group Website www.tajhotels.com The Indian Hotels Company Limited (IHCL),[2] branded as Taj Hotels Resorts and P alaces,[3] is an Indian chain of hotels and resorts headquartered in the Oxford House in Mumbai.[4] This company is a part of the Tata Group, one of India's lar gest business conglomerates. Taj Hotels Resort and Palaces records to own and op erate 76 hotels, 7 palaces, serviced apartments,[5] 6 private islands and 12 res orts and spas, spanning 52 destinations in 12 countries across 5 continents and employ over 13000 people.[6][7] Besides India, Taj Hotels Resort and Palaces are located in the United States of America, England, Africa, the United Arab Emira tes, Maldives, Malaysia, Bhutan, Sri Lanka and Australia.[7] Jamshetji Nusserwanji Tata, founder of the Tata Group, opened the Taj Mahal Pala ce & Tower, the first Taj property and the first Taj hotel, on December 16, 1903 . The building overlooks the Arabian Sea. He was inspired to open the grand luxu ry 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, who were black.[8] Hotels which accepted only European guests were then very common across British India. Jamsetji Tata traveled to London, Paris, Berlin and Dsseldo rf to get the best materials and pieces of art, furniture and interior artifacts for his hotel. This hotel soon gained the supposed status of the "most iconic"[ clarification needed] hotel in India due to its prime location, traditional arch itecture and massive size.[8] Contents [hide] 1 Taj Hospitality Brands 1.1 Taj Luxury/Taj 1.2 Vivanta By Taj 1.3 The Gateway Hotels and Resorts 2 Ginger 3 List of Taj Hotels 3.1 Hotels in India 3.2 Hotels outside India 4 Awards and recognition 5 See also 6 References 7 External links [edit]Taj Hospitality Brands

Logo of the Gateway Hotels and Resorts. Logo of Vivanta Hotels and Resorts by Taj. Since the late-2000s, the Taj group started 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 a wait classification. [edit]Taj Luxury/Taj The luxury brand is the erstwhile generic brand of the Taj Hotels Resorts and Pa laces. It is positioned as the group's flagship brand of traditional luxury full -service hotels, resorts and palaces. These hotels cover business destinations, landmarks, palaces, resorts and forest destinations. Most of Taj's oldest and mo st prestigious hotels have been retained under this brand. Two specialty brands developed under the Taj are : Taj Exotica, the premium resort brand in Maldives, Mauritius and Goa. Taj Safaris, Taj's nascent wildlife lodge brand. It is expected to cover Taj's p remium, high-end forest lodges and destinations. Currently[when?], Taj's luxury lodges in the national parks of Central India carry this brand. [edit]Vivanta By Taj Main article: Vivanta By Taj Vivanta is a contemporary-luxury hotel brand. The brand caters to an upscale mar ket and is positioned a step below the flagship Taj brand. Vivanta Hotels are fo und business and vacation destinations as well. [edit]The Gateway Hotels and Resorts Gateway is a mid-market brand, positioned below the Vivanta. It contains propert ies in business and vacation destinations as Vivanta. The Gateway Hotel brand wa s 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

Present logo of Ginger Hotels. Main article: Ginger Hotels Ginger Hotels is another group of economy hotel brand across India launched by t he Tata Group. [edit]List of Taj Hotels [edit]Hotels in India Heritage Block of The Taj West End, Bangalore Taj Spa at The Taj Exotica, Goa File:VivantaTajSuryaCoimbatore2.jpg Outer view of Taj Surya,Coimbatore Falaknuma Palace in Hyderabad, India. Exterior view of Umaid Bhawan Palace, Jodhpur Grand Lily Pond at Taj Lake Palace, Udaipur

'Taj Bengal',Belvadere Road ,Kolkata Rooftop sleep-out on a private Machan (jungle platform) at Baghvan, Pench Nation al Park City/ Location Hotel Brand Hotel Name Bangalore Taj Luxury The Taj West End