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Tata Group’s hotel company has a collection of exclusive heritage palace hotels. Now, it is set to transform another 100-year-old palace into a hotel. This palace is Tripura’s ‘Pushpabanta Palace’. The state government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Tata Group’s ‘Indian Hotels Company Private Limited’ (IHCL) for this project.
To convert this palace into a 5-star luxury hotel, Tata Group will invest approximately Rs 250 crore. The project is expected to take about three years to complete.
Taj Group has transformed several royal palaces across the country into hotels. From Rajasthan to Madhya Pradesh and Telangana, the list is extensive.
Taj’s ‘Palace Hotels’
The most famous palace hotel under the Taj brand is Udaipur’s ‘Taj Lake Palace’. Situated on an island in the middle of Udaipur’s ‘Pichola Lake’, it is renowned for its beauty.
Lake Palace Hotel
The Taj Group has also converted Jaipur’s royal residences, including ‘Rambagh Palace’, ‘Jal Mahal Palace’, and ‘Sawai Man Mahal Palace’, into luxury hotels.
Jaipur’s Royal Heritage
One of the country’s most modern palaces, Jodhpur’s ‘Umaid Bhawan Palace’, is also operated by the Taj Group. This venue has hosted numerous celebrity weddings.
Umaid Bhawan: A Taj Property
Domestic and international tourists frequent these hotels to experience royal grandeur. The Taj Group has extensive experience in successfully managing these heritage properties.
Chief Minister Manik Saha said, “The government has been in consultation with the IHCL, a Taj group-owned entity to set up a world-class five-star hotel at the Pushpabanta Palace.”
“This is indeed a historic day for the state as the pact was signed on the auspicious occasion of the Holi, the festival of colours,” he said.
Built by Maharaja Birendra Kishore Manikya Bahadur in 1917, Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore stayed at the Pushpabanta Palace and celebrated his birthday during a programme in May 1941.
On the opposition of Tipra Motha Party (TMP), an ally of the BJP-led coalition government on turning the royal property into a five-star hotel, Saha said a problem is bound to erupt when any good work is initiated, but ultimately it has been solved.
“We have meetings with them (Tipra Motha Party) on the issue and they have agreed to the project leading to the signing of the MoU,” he said.
(With Inputs From PTI)
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