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{{Short description|Chain of luxury hotels based in India}}
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{{Infobox company
| name = Taj Hotels
| logo = Taj Hotels logo.svg
| logo_size = 100px
| type = [[Subsidiary]]
| industry = [[Hospitality industry|Hospitality]]
| founded = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1903}}
| founder = [[Jamsetji Tata]]
| hq_location = Express Towers, Nariman Point
| hq_location_city = [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]]
| hq_location_country = India
| num_locations = 100+ hotels
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| key_people = {{Unbulleted list|[[Natarajan Chandrasekaran]]<br />{{small|(Chairman)}}|Puneet Chhatwal<br />{{small|(MD & [[CEO]])}}}}
| services = [[Hotel]]s and [[resort]]s
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| parent = [[Indian Hotels Company Limited]]
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| website = {{URL|https://www.tajhotels.com/}}
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'''Taj Hotels''' is a chain of luxury hotels and a subsidiary of the [[Indian Hotels Company Limited]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/ihcl-to-reserve-taj-tag-only-for-luxury-units/articleshow/64535051.cms|title=IHCL to reserve Taj tag only for luxury units – Times of India|work=The Times of India|access-date=7 August 2018}}</ref> headquartered at Express Towers, [[Nariman Point]], [[Mumbai]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tajhotels.com/en-in/contact-us/hotel_contact_details/corporate-office/|title=Corporate Office|website=Corporate|language=en|access-date=8 May 2017}}</ref> Incorporated by the founder of the [[Tata Group]], [[Jamsetji Tata]], in 1903,<ref>"[http://www.tajhotels.com/Contact-Us/Contact-Information.aspx Contact Information]" (select "Corporate Office"). Taj Hotels. Retrieved 14 November 2012. "Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces Oxford House 15/17 N.F. Road Apollo Bunder Mumbai 400,001 India"</ref><ref name = "The Tata Group">{{Cite web|url = http://www.tata.co.in/company/profile/Indian-Hotels|title = The Indian Hotels Company (IHCL)|access-date = 6 September 2014|website = tata.co.in|publisher = Tata group}}</ref> the company is a part of the Tata Group, one of India's largest business conglomerates. The company employed over 20,000 people in the year 2010.<ref name="businessweek1">{{cite news|url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=13433120 |title=Taj Hotels Resorts & Palaces: Private Company Information – BusinessWeek |work=Bloomberg BusinessWeek |access-date=15 September 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/6071384.cms |title=Crowne Plaza, Dow Corning & Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces |work=The Economic Times |date=21 June 2010 |access-date=15 September 2010}}</ref>

As of 2020, the company operates a total of 100 plus hotels and hotel-resorts, with 84 across India and 16 in other countries, including Bhutan, Malaysia, Maldives, Nepal, South Africa, Sri Lanka, UAE, UK, USA and Zambia.<ref name = "The Tata Group" />

==History==
[[File:JNTata.jpg|left|thumb|[[Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata]] (1839–1904), founded the Tata Group]]
[[File:Taj Fort Aguada Beach Resort Hotel Goa 3.JPG|left|thumb|Taj Fort Aguada Beach Resort Hotel]]
[[Jamsetji Tata|Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata]], founder of the [[Tata Group]], opened the [[Taj Mahal Palace Hotel|Taj Mahal Palace]], a hotel in Mumbai (formerly called Bombay) overlooking the [[Arabian Sea]], on 16 December 1903. It was the first Taj property and the first Taj hotel. There are several anecdotal stories about why Tata opened the Taj hotel. According to a story, he decided to open the hotel after an incident involving racial discrimination at the [[Watson's Hotel]] in Mumbai, where he was refused entry as the hotel permitted only Europeans.<ref name="independent1">{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/from-parsee-priests-to-profits-say-hello-to-tata-434575.html |title=From Parsee priests to profits: say hello to Tata – Asia, World |work=The Independent |date=1 February 2007 |access-date=15 September 2010}}</ref> Hotels that accepted only European guests were very common across [[British India]] then. According to another story, he opened the hotel when one of his friends expressed disgust over the hotels that were present in Bombay then. But a more plausible reason was advanced by Lovat Fraser, a close friend of the Tata and one of the early directors of the IHCL group, that the idea had long been in his mind and that he had made a study on the subject. He did not have any desire to own a hotel but he wanted to attract people to India and to improve Bombay. It is said that Jamsetji Tata had travelled to places like London, Paris, Berlin, and Düsseldorf to arrange for materials and pieces of art, furniture and other interior decor for his hotel.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.hotelassociationofindia.com/HJ_Oct-Dec_09-Final.pdf |title=Hotel Association of India |access-date=26 August 2015 }}{{dead link|date=August 2020|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> The Taj group has since then developed and flourished, under the Tata Group.

[[File:Taj Mahal Palace Hotel.jpg|thumb|left|[[Taj Mahal Palace & Tower|The Taj Mahal Palace]] in [[Mumbai]] is the first hotel of Taj, opened in the year 1903.]]
In 1974, the group opened India's first international five-star deluxe beach resort, the [[Fort Aguada Beach Resort]] in [[Goa]]. In 1970s, the Taj Group also began its business in metropolitan hotels, opening the five-star deluxe hotel, [[Taj Coromandel]] in [[Chennai]], in 1974, acquiring an equity interest and operating contract for the Taj President (now Vivanta by Taj – President), a business hotel in Mumbai, in 1977, and also opening the [[Taj Mahal Hotel, Delhi|Taj Mahal Hotel]] in [[Delhi]] in 1978.

The group has been converting royal palaces in India into luxury hotels since the 1970s. The first palace to be converted into a Taj luxury hotel was the [[Lake Palace]] in [[Udaipur]], in 1971. Other examples include the [[Rambagh Palace]] in [[Jaipur]], [[Umaid Bhawan Palace]] in [[Jodhpur]], [[Falaknuma Palace]] in [[Hyderabad, India|Hyderabad]] and Nadesar Palace in [[Varanasi]].

In 1980, the Taj group opened its first hotel outside India, the [[Taj Sheba Hotel]] in [[Sana'a]], in [[Yemen]] and in the late 1980s, acquired interests in the St. James' Court Hotel (now comprising Taj 51 Buckingham Gate Suites and Residences and St. James' Court, A Taj Hotel) in [[London]]. In 1984, the Taj group acquired, under a license agreement, each of the [[Taj West End]] in [[Bengaluru]], [[Taj Connemara]], in [[Chennai]] and [[Savoy Hotel]] in [[Ooty]]. With the opening of the Taj West End in Bengaluru, the Taj Group made its foray into Bengaluru. The five-star deluxe hotel, [[Taj Bengal]] in [[Kolkata]], was opened in the year 1989, and with this, the Taj group became the only hotel chain in India with a presence in the six major metropolitan cities of India, namely Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, and Chennai.

Concurrently with the expansion of its luxury hotel chain in the major metropolitan cities, the Taj Group also expanded its business hotels division in the major metropolitan and large secondary cities in India. During the 1990s, the Taj Group continued to expand its geographic and market coverage in India. It developed specialized operations (such as wildlife lodges) and consolidated its position in established markets through the upgrading of existing properties and development of new properties. Taj also set up the Taj Kerala Hotels and Resorts Limited in the early 1990s along with the [[Kerala Tourism Development Corporation]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tajhotels.com/About-Taj/Company-Information/History-Of-Taj.html|title=About Us|website=Tajhotels.com}}</ref>

Ten hotels of the Taj group are members of the [[Leading Hotels of the World]].<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.lhw.com/find-a-hotel/browse-by-list|title = Hotel List|access-date = 6 September 2014|website = Lhw.com|publisher = Leading Hotels of The World}}</ref>

On 9 March 2022, [[The Taj Exotica Hotel & Resort|Taj Exotica Resort & Spa]], The Palm, Dubai, was opened. The hotel is the recent addition to The Taj Hotel group. Other properties of the group include Taj Jumeirah Lakes Towers Dubai and Taj Dubai.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=9 March 2022 |title=Taj Exotica Resort opens on Dubai's Palm Jumeirah with a 70-metre-long swimming pool |url=https://www.thenationalnews.com/travel/hotels/2022/03/09/taj-exotica-resort-opens-on-dubais-palm-jumeirah-with-a-70-metre-long-swimming-pool/ |access-date=27 March 2022 |website=The National |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |author=Staff Writer |last2=TradeArabia |title=325-room Taj Exotica Resort & Spa, The Palm opens in Dubai |url=https://www.zawya.com/en/business/hospitality/325-room-taj-exotica-resort-and-spa-the-palm-opens-in-dubai-cgk6e8pd |access-date=27 March 2022 |website=www.zawya.com |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Sonu Koithara has been appointed Executive Chef at Taj Exotica Resort & Spa, The Palm, Dubai |url=https://www.hospitalitynet.org/appointment/79023671.html |access-date=27 March 2022 |website=Hospitality Net |language=en-us}}</ref>

==Notable hotels==
Two hotels of the Taj group, namely [[Rambagh Palace]] in Jaipur and the [[Taj Mahal Palace & Tower]] in Mumbai, were ranked in 2013 by ''[[Condé Nast Traveler]]'' among its "Top 100 Hotels and Resorts in the World".<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.cntraveler.com/galleries/2013-10-15/best-hotels-resorts-world|title = Top 100 Hotels & Resorts in the World|date = 15 October 2013|access-date = 8 September 2014|website =Condé Nast Traveler|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140908224705/http://www.cntraveler.com/galleries/2013-10-15/best-hotels-resorts-world|archive-date=8 September 2014}}</ref> ''Condé Nast Traveler'' also ranked the Taj Mahal Palace in Mumbai as number 13 on its list of "Gold Standard Hotels" in 2014.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.cntraveller.com/awards/the-gold-list/gold-standard-hotels-2014/page/the-taj-mahal-palace,-mumbai|title = GOLD STANDARD HOTELS 2014|access-date = 8 September 2014|website = Cntraveller.com}}</ref> In 2005, a famous luxury hotel in New York city, [[The Pierre]] was acquired.

==Other ventures==
* [[Institute of Hotel Management, Aurangabad]] – IHCL has been operating the Institute of Hotel Management at Aurangabad since 1993. The institute offers a four-year degree, designed with the help of faculty from the hospitality background with an affiliation to the [[University of Huddersfield]] in the United Kingdom.
* Taj Air – IHCL operates [[Taj Air]], an [[air charter]] company.

==See also==
{{Portal|Companies}}

==References==
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==External links==
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