Luxury gets a royal treatment this New Year's Eve
Maharaja suite of The Leela Palace Udaipur. For that price, the hotel will throw in a «gala» dinner and breakfast for two, two-way luxury airport transfers, and temple rituals at the 165-year-old Omkareshwar Temple, including the mangala aarti and the sandhya aarti. For those who aren't that keen on all the royal trimmings-the starting package rate for a base category room at the hotel for December 31 is ₹1.21 lakh plus taxes.
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At the hotel chain's Delhi property, the package rate for December 31 for the presidential suite is ₹10.13 lakh. This comes with a late checkout. Guests in luxury suites with balcony and above categories get a complimentary massage. The Leela Palaces, Hotels and Resorts said that while it has a balanced mix of domestic and international guests at Udaipur, Indians account for three-fourths of bookings in Delhi.
«Reduced travel demand from markets such as the US and the Middle East has been offset by a rapid increase in domestic demand,» the chain said in a statement. Luxury hotel rates for New Year's Eve are soaring in some markets despite a growth in outbound international travel this year. Rajasthan is leading the tariff surge, beating Goa and Kerala at the upper end.
«This year, we are clocking the highest revenue and average room rates since the last two decades during the Christmas and
