Tamarind Village Resort Chiang Mai – A Review By Punam Mohandas Interestingly enough, the Tamarind Village Resort gets its name from a 200-year old tamarind tree in the courtyard around which the resort has been built. Much like the traditional Asian village concept of yore, there are mini courtyards laid out within the acreage, surrounding…
Dusit Princess Chiang Mai – A Review By Punam Mohandas The Dusit Princess Chiang Mai has a lot of things going for it, but the most important of course is: location, location, location! The hotel is slap-bang in the midst of Chiang Mai’s bustling Night Market, a zone where all tourists and visitors to the…
The Village Spa: Tamarind Village, Chiang Mai – A Review By Punam Mohandas The Tamarind Village Resort gets its name from a 200-year old tamarind tree in the courtyard, around which the resort has been built. Surrounding the famed tree are dark teakwood buildings, accentuated by startlingly green lawn expanses. The spa is on the…
The Sonnet Kolkata – A Review By Punam Mohandas The Sonnet is a small, boutique hotel, located in Kolkata’s Salt Lake City, close to the City Centre mall. It is quite popular among visiting sports’ teams due to its relative proximity to the stadium; indeed, while I was there, the Indian men’s hockey team was…
Shangri-La Hotel Bangkok – A Review By Punam Mohandas The Shangri-La is one of the more majestic and renowned properties in Bangkok, along the banks of the Chao Phraya river and spread over 18 rai (a little over seven acres) which is quite generous for a city hotel! Never mind all the competition from the…
Avani Pattaya Resort & Spa – A Review By Punam Mohandas The Avani Pattaya has quite a history behind it. Starting off as the Royal Garden Plaza hotel, it then metamorphed into the Marriott for about fifteen years until 2016, when it assumed its present avatar of the Avani, an offering from the Minor Group…
Four Points By Sheraton – Exceeded Expectations By Far Jaipur is a city that I visit often for work and otherwise, and have stayed at various hotels in the city earlier, including some big names. This, however, was my first stay at Four Points by Sheraton. Having booked the hotel online through an online travel…
The Park Hyderabad – A Review By Punam Mohandas True of many of its hotels, the Park Hyderabad too offers a somewhat funky look to its entrance, although the façade itself is unprepossessing. As one enters the hotel through revolving doors, one is faced with the concierge desk, beyond which is some banquet space. The…
Hyatt On The Bund – A Review By Punam Mohandas As the name suggests, the Hyatt on the Bund is situated near the Bund area overlooking the Huang Pu river, which is hugely popular among the Shanghainese themselves. One enters into a very spacious, square-shaped lobby that has an atrium roof. The Hyatt here has…
JW Marriott Hotel Shanghai At Tomorrow Square – A Review By Punam Mohandas The JW Marriott Tomorrow Square is without doubt one of the most impressive towers dominating the immediate city landscape and is the eighth tallest building in Shanghai. At 285metres, it is a sleek, vertical tower, which culminates in four sharp-edged, perpendicular triangles…
CHAR, Hotel Indigo Shanghai on the Bund – A Review By Punam Mohandas Rooftop Steakhouse and Bar The Indigo brand is the more contemporary, funky offering from the InterContinental (IHG) Group. The Hotel Indigo Shanghai on the Bund lives up to this image and how, with some novel and very modern sculptures and artwork in…
River Drunk, Wanda Reign on the Bund, Shanghai – A Review By Punam Mohandas The Art of Chinese Fine Dining To begin this food review, one must needs trace one’s footsteps from the utterly magnificent lobby – a humungous, square expanse of marbled space, featuring one large painting of a Chinese scene in a riot…