Lobby of Park Hotel, New Delhi, India

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The Park Hotels is a collection of contemporary luxury five-star boutique hotels in India belonging to the Apeejay Surrendra Group, headquartered in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Its contemporary luxury boutique hotels are located in Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Navi Mumbai, New Delhi, Visakhapatnam, Goa and Vembanad Lake, Kerala Backwaters. New properties are under construction in Kochi, Kolkata (Eastern Metropolitan Bypass), Pune and Jaipur.

Amongst these, The Park, Kolkata was awarded the "National Tourism Award" (2003--04) for outstanding performance as the Best Boutique Hotel in the country by the Department of Tourism, Government of India. The Park, Bangalore was designed by Terence Conran.

The hotel business started by Surrendra Paul in 1967, with the opening of its first hotel, the 150 room, The Park on the fashionable Park Street in Kolkata, on 1 November; the hotel at Visakhapatnam was added in 1968, while The Park Delhi was started in 1987. After the death of Surrendra Paul, his daughter Priya Paul succeeded him in 1990, subsequently The Park Bangalore was added in 2000, while The Park Chennai in 2002.

The Park Delhi, took up the restoration of the 1724 built astronomical observatory, Jantar Mantar, in 2000, after an MoU with the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI).

In 2006, Forbes, listed "Atrium" in The Park Chennai with its menu designed Italian chef Antonio Carluccio, amongst India's top 10 Most Expensive Restaurants. In 2010, The Independent, named in The Park, Hyderabad amongst its list of "100 holiday ideas for 2010"

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