How IHCL Is Using Sound to Redefine the Luxury Hotel Experience

Forty years after Captain C.P.K. Nair opened the first Leela in Mumbai, The Leela Palaces, Hotels and Resorts has a fragrance, a celebratory album with sarod maestros Amaan and Ayaan Ali Bangash, award-winning restaurants, a wellness philosophy, a private members’ club, and a speakeasy on Asia's 50 Best Bars list. Inside a luxury hospitality brand’s reinvention as a lifestyle house under Brookfield Asset Management.

The Leela At 40

In-flight bar services are undergoing a makeover as full-service airlines strive for a service edge.

Bars Above The Clouds

State food regulators are walking unannounced into Irani cafés in Mumbai and five-star kitchens in Bengaluru, while Telangana is mounting its own enforcement drive. Inspired by Maharashtra FDA Commissioner Tukaram Mundhe, this crackdown on unhygienic restaurants may do more for Indian tourism than any glossy campaign.

Is It Mundhe Approved?

Luxury travellers are no longer content to watch from the stands. From padel courts on Goan farms to detox retreats run by Grand Slam champions, sport is reshaping where India's affluent go and what they do when they get there. Destinations and hotels are responding.

The Game is On

Ladakh launches India’s first high-altitude snow leopard safari, opening a new frontier for wildlife and adventure tourism.

Tracking The Grey Ghosts

Gstaad in winter, London in summer, and Ladakh for its landscapes. The actor on the destinations she returns to, the food she loves, and why comfort is the ultimate travel luxury.

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