ITC Grand Bharat Named #4 in Condé Nast Top 100 World's Best Hotels

The luxury retreat is the only hotel from India featured in the Top 50 of the world's best. With a score of 98.319, the ITC Grand Bharat was also named the No. 1 Resort in Asia.

Condé Nast Traveler's Readers' Choice Awards rank the best hotels, resorts, cities, islands, airlines, and cruise lines in the world. Over 128,000 dedicated readers - the most recorded yet, cast votes for over 5,000 hotels, hundreds of cities and islands, dozens of cruise ships, airlines and airports, resulting in the best travel experiences in the world.

This accolade follows a series of international recognitions garnered by ITC Grand Bharat within the first year of its opening. These include Condé Nast Traveler's Hot List - Best New Hotels in the World 2015, Robb Report's Best of the Best World Luxury Portfolio 2015 and CNN Travel's World's Top City Golf Clubs, among others.

In May 2015 India's largest luxury hotel chain, ITC Hotels, launched the ITC Grand Bharat, a destination retreat in the New Delhi Capital Region. Embodying ITC Hotels' ethos of “Responsible Luxury,” the country's first all-suite retreat features a mosaic of culinary, recreation and wellness experiences including South Asia's first and only 27-hole Jack Nicklaus Signature Golf Course and ITC's internationally acclaimed indigenous spa brand, Kaya Kalp. The ITC Grand Bharat is ITC Hotels' 11th Luxury Collection Hotel in affiliation with Starwood Hotels & Resorts.

Set amidst the ancient Aravali hills, the 300-acre estate is conveniently located 45 minutes from the capital city of New Delhi in Gurgaon. A manifestation of ITC's philosophy to create hotels that are “rooted in the soil,” or reflective of the region in which they reside, the ITC Grand Bharat was built in tribute to the grandeur of India (Bharat is the Hindi name for India), with nationally-inspired architecture, interior design and warm Indian hospitality. Complimented by ITC's bespoke services and commitment to world-class quality, the 100 luxury suites with semi-private pools and terraces, and four presidential villas are each catered to by ITC's Hospitality Management Institute's young managers in the making, as “Retreat Hosts,” facilitating bespoke experiences for resident guests.

Commenting on this honor, Nakul Anand, Executive Director, ITC Limited said, “ITC Grand Bharat is a milestone in ITC Hotels' four-decade journey. In many ways it is an expression of what ITC's hotels represent. This independent voting by the discerning readers of Condé Nast Traveler is testimony of ITC's commitment to creating globally competitive, world class Indian brands.”

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