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A Grand Affair In Mumbai
Bhisham Mansukhani is more than a little impressed
with the opulence of InterContinental The Grand
Mumbai’s international terminal district
has, for the last four years, continually magnetised hospitality
brands from the country and world over. The last of this cluster
of four start-ups – one of its grandest and definitely
the closest in terms of airport proximity, is the Grand Group
of Hotels’ InterContinental The Grand. Nestled less than
two kms from Sahar Airport, the Raja Adheri-designed property
has a consistent theme of space – lots and with method
to it. What's within this space, though? Sprawling decadence
in varying shapes and delights, actually! Saunter into the
eight-storeyed lobby and one has the enviable perquisite of
taking in 15,000 square feet of uninterrupted space.
 The
hotel has 400 rooms, 321 deluxe rooms and 31 premium luxury
suites. The remaining 48 are Club InterContinental, located
on the hotel's executive floor and customised to suit the
business traveller. Apart from the regular frills of a coffee
and tea maker, code-secured safety deposit box and mini-bar,
guests have broadband connections and interactive television.
All rooms have a wooden flooring to alternate the pervasive
marble that floors everything else. Club InterContinental
rooms are larger, with a living room and meeting area for
visitors.
Six lounges and restaurants form its food
and beverage compendium and perhaps as a cautionary adage,
every room has its own weighing machine. The coffee shop,
called 24/7 ends up at a special pizza counter on the left
that lets patrons create and budget their own pizza. In between
there’s the buffet variegate cuisine and a salad section
that boasts of perhaps, the first-ever ‘bhelwalla’.
Baluchi serves up Frontier cuisines covering Rajasthani, Punjabi
and Kashmiri while Woks, a speciality Oriental restaurant
with an elaborate noodle bar, is typical to the Grand Group
of Hotels. All that gourmet sin needs redemption which can
be found at Rejuve, an entire floor of health club and spa
facility with a common gym but there are separate sections
for ayurveda massages, steam and sauna. There’s also
a beauty parlour and hair-snipping saloon named Snip.
An adjoining 50,000 square feet of
space contains a commercial complex teeming with showrooms,
offices and 21 service apartments.
InterContinental The Grand
Sahar Airport Road, Mumbai - 400 059
tel: 91-22-56992222
website: www.bharathotels.com
tariff: Rs 5,600 + six per cent tax for deluxe room |
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