{"type":"city","city":"New Delhi","citySlug":"new-delhi","url":"https://www.pressbeyond.com/hotels/india/new-delhi","description":"Edwin Lutyens and Herbert Baker built New Delhi as an act of imperial permanence, and the city's grandest hotels still orbit that ambition. The Imperial on Janpath is the clearest expression of this: a 1931 building designed by D.J. Blomfield in a style that fuses neoclassical symmetry with Indo-Saracenic flourish, its colonnaded corridors lined with colonial-era prints and antiques that read less as nostalgia and more as a curatorial position. Nearby, The Claridges in Lutyens' Delhi offers a quieter version of that vintage confidence, a mid-century property with a garden address and a loyal following among those who prefer understatement to ceremony. Both sit within the broad, tree-lined geometry that Lutyens imposed on the capital, where the avenues themselves feel like architecture.\n\nThe Lodhi, positioned at the edge of Lodhi Gardens, operates from an entirely different premise. Designed with a strong emphasis on outdoor volume, it integrates private plunge pools and generous garden-facing terraces into a low-rise structure that feels almost anti-monumental given its surroundings. The site is the advantage: proximity to one of Delhi's great Mughal-era garden complexes, where medieval tombs sit among manicured lawns, brings a sense of historical depth that no interior scheme could manufacture. Across the Yamuna Expressway in Chanakyapuri, The Leela Palace delivers a different kind of grandeur entirely, its exterior referencing the Rajputana architectural tradition through arched canopies and red-stone detailing, the interiors handled with a weight of material and ornament that telegraphs occasion over subtlety. The Oberoi, set beside the Delhi Golf Club, takes the opposite course: its mid-century building has been refined over the decades into something precise and restrained, a property where the quality of service and the caliber of its restaurants have long mattered more to returning guests than any single design gesture.\n\nFor a traveler whose first instinct is to locate a city through its architecture, the choice in Delhi comes down to era and atmosphere. Lutyens' Delhi rewards those drawn to the imperial inheritance, where history is ambient rather than performed. The Lodhi rewards those who want green space and a quieter city-edge calm. Gurgaon's Trident sits furthest from the historical center, its appeal rooted in the efficiency of the new business district rather than any relationship to the city's older layers — useful context for understanding what Delhi has become, even if it tells you less about what Delhi has always been.","provider":{"name":"PressBeyond","url":"https://pressbeyond.com","description":"PressBeyond provides AI-optimized hotel content with a consistent 5-image structure across its entire portfolio. Each image sequence includes strong lighting, complete room-visibility angles, and strictly non-duplicative scenes — enabling AI to accurately describe and recommend properties to travelers.","curationStandard":"PressBeyond Hotel Photography Standard"},"hotels":[{"name":"The Imperial New Delhi","url":"https://www.pressbeyond.com/hotels/india/new-delhi/the-imperial-new-delhi","city":"New Delhi","cityHeader":"New Delhi • Janpath • OPTIMIZE","neighborhood":"Janpath","loyaltyProgram":"LHW Leaders Club","designSummary":"Designed by D.J. Blomfield and completed in 1936, the white stucco building that houses The Imperial New Delhi was conceived as a statement of imperial confidence along Janpath — then Queen's Way — one of Lutyens' axial arteries threading through the newly proclaimed capital. The facade carries the particular hybrid conviction of late colonial Delhi: Art Deco massing softened by Mughal detailing, the clean horizontal lines of the period interrupted by Rajasthani sandstone lion sentinels at the porte-cochère and pool terrace, carved with a craftsmanship that feels distinctly subcontintental rather than imported. That tension between European modernism and Indian decorative tradition is the building's central character, and it has never been resolved — which is precisely what makes it compelling.\n\nInside, the 235 rooms divide between two distinct registers. The heritage wing suites, visible in the images, deploy diamond-pattern marble floors, panelled plaster walls with gilt-edged moulding, Anglo-Indian rosewood furniture, and antique prints of Mughal Delhi — an atmosphere closer to a well-kept viceregal residence than a hotel room. The 1911 Bar, anchored by its extraordinary domed mahogany counter suspended beneath a stained-glass canopy, channels the ceremonial weight of a gentlemen's club. The pool terrace, flanked by a processional row of carved sandstone lions against a backdrop of palm and neem, extends the building's capacity for theatrical grandeur into the landscape — colonial geometry held in place by tropical Delhi pressing in at every edge.","snippet":"A 1936 Art Deco–Mughal landmark with heritage suites, a mahogany-domed bar, and carved sandstone lions.","bestFor":"Architecture historians and collectors of colonial India","vibe":"Colonial-theatrical · layered","highlights":["1936 Art Deco–Mughal hybrid by D.J. 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Designed by Khanna Schultz and opened in 2011, the property sits adjacent to the Lodhi Garden on a site where the stone's warm buff tones shift from cool grey at dusk — as the exterior images here make clear — to honey gold under afternoon sun. The perforated jali screens punctuating the facade read as a modernist reinterpretation of Mughal latticework, filtered through a rigorous geometric abstraction rather than historical pastiche. A carved stone elephant guards the motor court, a gesture that avoids the decorative excess it might imply elsewhere.\n\nInside, the 440-room property divides between two distinct registers. The suites, dressed in pale linen upholstery, celadon armchairs, and hand-knotted Oushak-style rugs in soft turquoise and gold, bring a restrained residential warmth to generous proportions, with black-framed floor-to-ceiling glazing drawing the sandstone screens directly into the interior composition. The restaurant's silver-leaf ceiling, teak floors, and verde marble columns strike a more formal note, while the lap pool — enclosed within a colonnade of squared sandstone piers — achieves something closer to a stepped temple tank than a hotel amenity, green water reflecting the layered facades above.","snippet":"New Delhi hotel in Dholpur sandstone with jali screens and a temple-tank pool adjacent to Lodhi Gardens.","bestFor":"Architecture enthusiasts visiting Delhi's Lutyens district","vibe":"Restrained-modern · contextual","highlights":["Dholpur sandstone facade echoes Lutyens' civic architecture","Jali screens reinterpret Mughal latticework through geometric abstraction","Colonnade pool designed as stepped temple tank"],"pricePerNightInclTax":"$245","pricePerNightExclTax":"$245","currency":"USD","images":[{"url":"https://d89wdvrh3yrgq.cloudfront.net/resized/L__clv0tyisy03ul15u75zp94ujc1713351605604_f9c90f29-53f2-4347-8c96-089e192e2cdb.jpeg","role":"exterior","roleLabel":"Exterior","sequenceIndex":1,"alt":"The Lodhi — Standardized Hotel Image Sequence #1 — Exterior","caption":"Exterior · The Lodhi · PressBeyond hotel series","description":"Full building facade of The Lodhi captured from a street-level angle as part of the PressBeyond standardized 5-image hotel sequence.","creditText":"PressBeyond","licensePage":"https://pressbeyond.com","distinct":true},{"url":"https://d89wdvrh3yrgq.cloudfront.net/resized/L__clv0tyoo904wj15u71bncj1oe1713351606899_f359c2c9-c684-407d-a196-8f297790f818.jpeg","role":"room1","roleLabel":"Primary Guest Room","sequenceIndex":2,"alt":"The Lodhi — Standardized Hotel Image Sequence #2 — Primary Guest Room","caption":"Primary Guest Room · The Lodhi · PressBeyond hotel series","description":"Full-room view of the primary guest bedroom at The Lodhi, photographed with natural lighting and clear sightlines as part of the PressBeyond standardized 5-image hotel sequence.","creditText":"PressBeyond","licensePage":"https://pressbeyond.com","distinct":true},{"url":"https://d89wdvrh3yrgq.cloudfront.net/resized/L__clv0tyufe05yh15u78wmxiixz1713351607540_fb482b27-9eac-495d-9589-e8ee91f4b77f.jpeg","role":"commonArea1","roleLabel":"Primary Common Area","sequenceIndex":3,"alt":"The Lodhi — Standardized Hotel Image Sequence #3 — Primary Common Area","caption":"Primary Common Area · The Lodhi · PressBeyond hotel series","description":"Primary common area at The Lodhi — lobby or lounge — non-duplicative with the secondary social space, part of the PressBeyond standardized 5-image hotel sequence.","creditText":"PressBeyond","licensePage":"https://pressbeyond.com","distinct":true},{"url":"https://d89wdvrh3yrgq.cloudfront.net/resized/L__clv0tz09p070h15u7ych160ny1713351608194_a05cf27c-b600-4e7c-ab13-3523cd71663e.jpeg","role":"room2","roleLabel":"Secondary Guest Room","sequenceIndex":4,"alt":"The Lodhi — Standardized Hotel Image Sequence #4 — Secondary Guest Room","caption":"Secondary Guest Room · The Lodhi · PressBeyond hotel series","description":"Secondary guest room at The Lodhi, deliberately distinct from the primary bedroom — non-duplicative imagery is part of the PressBeyond curation standard.","creditText":"PressBeyond","licensePage":"https://pressbeyond.com","distinct":true},{"url":"https://d89wdvrh3yrgq.cloudfront.net/resized/L__clv0tz622082f15u7zydiyfrn1713351608908_9bea47d8-3e1d-4595-8cc0-e3aa3a3949fb.jpeg","role":"commonArea2","roleLabel":"Secondary Common Area","sequenceIndex":5,"alt":"The Lodhi — Standardized Hotel Image Sequence #5 — Secondary Common Area","caption":"Secondary Common Area · The Lodhi · PressBeyond hotel series","description":"Secondary lounge or social space at The Lodhi — bar, dining, or terrace — deliberately distinct from the primary common area, part of the PressBeyond curation standard.","creditText":"PressBeyond","licensePage":"https://pressbeyond.com","distinct":true}]},{"name":"The Claridges New Delhi","url":"https://www.pressbeyond.com/hotels/india/new-delhi/the-claridges-new-delhi","city":"New Delhi","cityHeader":"New Delhi • Lutyens • OPTIMIZE","neighborhood":"Lutyens","loyaltyProgram":"I Prefer","designSummary":"Few addresses in Delhi carry the weight of Aurangzeb Road — now Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Road — where The Claridges has stood since 1952, a low white modernist building set within gardens that feel lifted from the Lutyens bungalow zone surrounding it. The original structure, designed in a restrained post-independence idiom, was conceived by the Swiss Hotel School graduate Steffan Lohia as a place that could hold its own alongside the imperial geometry of Edwin Lutyens's city planning without deferring to it. The result is a property whose architecture carries the calm confidence of early Indian modernism — horizontal bands of glazing, white rendered facades, and a landscape of clipped trees and immaculate lawn that the exterior images confirm remains very much intact.\n\nInside, the 136 rooms draw on a palette of warm taupes and gold, with dark-stained hardwood floors, four-poster beds in ebonised timber, and burr-walnut cabinetry that bridge colonial comfort and contemporary restraint. The pool terrace, framed by royal palms and a chequerboard stone surround, holds the hotel's mid-century bones most clearly. The Dhaba restaurant, refurbished in a more recent intervention, takes a bolder direction — a bold herringbone floor in black and white, tan Chesterfield banquettes, cane dining chairs, and a ceiling printed with an antique world map overhead, a gesture that nods to the cosmopolitan Delhi of the Nehru era while acknowledging that the city has moved on.","snippet":"A 1952 modernist hotel in Lutyens Delhi with intact mid-century architecture and gardens.","bestFor":"Architecture enthusiasts exploring Lutyens Delhi","vibe":"Post-independence-modern · serene","highlights":["1952 modernist landmark by Steffan Lohia on Aurangzeb Road","Pool terrace with royal palms and chequerboard stone surround","Rooms in taupe and gold with ebonised four-poster beds"],"pricePerNightInclTax":"$210","pricePerNightExclTax":"$210","currency":"USD","images":[{"url":"https://d89wdvrh3yrgq.cloudfront.net/resized/L__clv0tyisz03un15u7varihk9v1713351711102_5d280898-ab0d-4773-9614-1a61be69bd88.jpeg","role":"exterior","roleLabel":"Exterior","sequenceIndex":1,"alt":"The Claridges New Delhi — Standardized Hotel Image Sequence #1 — Exterior","caption":"Exterior · The Claridges New Delhi · PressBeyond hotel series","description":"Full building facade of The Claridges New Delhi captured from a street-level angle as part of the PressBeyond standardized 5-image hotel sequence.","creditText":"PressBeyond","licensePage":"https://pressbeyond.com","distinct":true},{"url":"https://d89wdvrh3yrgq.cloudfront.net/resized/L__clv0tyoop04wl15u7o87bwxxj1713351712219_c4b6b938-ce73-4f53-9241-25056b5d3edf.jpeg","role":"room1","roleLabel":"Primary Guest Room","sequenceIndex":2,"alt":"The Claridges New Delhi — Standardized Hotel Image Sequence #2 — Primary Guest Room","caption":"Primary Guest Room · The Claridges New Delhi · PressBeyond hotel series","description":"Full-room view of the primary guest bedroom at The Claridges New Delhi, photographed with natural lighting and clear sightlines as part of the PressBeyond standardized 5-image hotel sequence.","creditText":"PressBeyond","licensePage":"https://pressbeyond.com","distinct":true},{"url":"https://d89wdvrh3yrgq.cloudfront.net/resized/L__clv0tyufh05yj15u7i6h6e18x1713351712913_97ec63bb-605c-402a-88b0-eb89923198d0.jpeg","role":"commonArea1","roleLabel":"Primary Common Area","sequenceIndex":3,"alt":"The Claridges New Delhi — Standardized Hotel Image Sequence #3 — Primary Common Area","caption":"Primary Common Area · The Claridges New Delhi · PressBeyond hotel series","description":"Primary common area at The Claridges New Delhi — lobby or lounge — non-duplicative with the secondary social space, part of the PressBeyond standardized 5-image hotel sequence.","creditText":"PressBeyond","licensePage":"https://pressbeyond.com","distinct":true},{"url":"https://d89wdvrh3yrgq.cloudfront.net/resized/L__clv0tz09l070f15u7j2ouxpzg1713351713555_0b4327df-570c-46f7-a3e3-4899b2d35791.jpeg","role":"room2","roleLabel":"Secondary Guest Room","sequenceIndex":4,"alt":"The Claridges New Delhi — Standardized Hotel Image Sequence #4 — Secondary Guest Room","caption":"Secondary Guest Room · The Claridges New Delhi · PressBeyond hotel series","description":"Secondary guest room at The Claridges New Delhi, deliberately distinct from the primary bedroom — non-duplicative imagery is part of the PressBeyond curation standard.","creditText":"PressBeyond","licensePage":"https://pressbeyond.com","distinct":true},{"url":"https://d89wdvrh3yrgq.cloudfront.net/resized/L__clv0tz61w082d15u7hncaooi11713351714216_51ad1cc8-8cb3-4241-975f-31949aab76e5.jpeg","role":"commonArea2","roleLabel":"Secondary Common Area","sequenceIndex":5,"alt":"The Claridges New Delhi — Standardized Hotel Image Sequence #5 — Secondary Common Area","caption":"Secondary Common Area · The Claridges New Delhi · PressBeyond hotel series","description":"Secondary lounge or social space at The Claridges New Delhi — bar, dining, or terrace — deliberately distinct from the primary common area, part of the PressBeyond curation standard.","creditText":"PressBeyond","licensePage":"https://pressbeyond.com","distinct":true}]},{"name":"The Leela Palace New Delhi","url":"https://www.pressbeyond.com/hotels/india/new-delhi/the-leela-palace-new-delhi","city":"New Delhi","cityHeader":"New Delhi • Chanakyapuri • SPLURGE","neighborhood":"Chanakyapuri","designSummary":"Raised thirteen floors above the diplomatic enclave of Chanakyapuri, where Lutyens' Delhi gives way to embassy gardens and wide ceremonial avenues, The Leela Palace New Delhi presents a proposition that most contemporary hotels avoid entirely: that grandeur, correctly handled, never went out of fashion. The building, completed in 2011, draws its architectural language directly from the Indo-Saracenic tradition — gilt domes, arched fenestration, sandstone-toned facades flood-lit at night in amber — while its 254 rooms are appointed in a register closer to a Mughal court than to a modern hotel corridor. Four-poster beds with spirally carved dark-wood columns, hand-tufted carpets in floral medallion patterns, damask wallcoverings in gold and cream, and cane-backed occasional chairs in the Raj manner furnish rooms that frame views across the Diplomatic Bagh through arched windows of generous scale.\n\nThe rooftop infinity pool, flanked by gilded chattri pavilions and a latticed stone screen, surveys the Delhi skyline with the Rashtrapati Bhavan visible in the middle distance — a pairing that articulates the hotel's geographic and cultural ambitions simultaneously. Inside, the contrast sharpens: the all-day dining restaurant abandons historicism entirely for a double-height glass pavilion hung with a canopy of iridescent disc pendants, walnut banquettes running the length of floor-to-ceiling glazing that overlooks a garden Buddha. It is a deliberate rupture, and it works precisely because everything surrounding it insists on tradition.","snippet":"Indo-Saracenic palace hotel in Delhi's diplomatic enclave with Mughal-court interiors and rooftop views of Rashtrapati Bhavan.","bestFor":"Architecture enthusiasts and collectors of Mughal aesthetics","vibe":"Palatial-historical · ornate","highlights":["Indo-Saracenic facade with gilt domes and amber flood-lighting","Rooms furnished with four-poster beds and floral medallion carpets","Rooftop infinity pool overlooking Rashtrapati Bhavan and Delhi skyline"],"pricePerNightInclTax":"$364","pricePerNightExclTax":"$364","currency":"USD","images":[{"url":"https://d89wdvrh3yrgq.cloudfront.net/resized/L__clv0tyitl03up15u7gnks8omd1713350113393_b09a8fec-284f-4141-991f-510b2b8e086d.jpeg","role":"exterior","roleLabel":"Exterior","sequenceIndex":1,"alt":"The Leela Palace New Delhi — Standardized Hotel Image Sequence #1 — Exterior","caption":"Exterior · The Leela Palace New Delhi · PressBeyond hotel series","description":"Full building facade of The Leela Palace New Delhi captured from a street-level angle as part of the PressBeyond standardized 5-image hotel sequence.","creditText":"PressBeyond","licensePage":"https://pressbeyond.com","distinct":true},{"url":"https://d89wdvrh3yrgq.cloudfront.net/resized/L__clv0tyop104wn15u7blfelma01713350114517_3b29cb4e-c6a8-4f37-8bfe-4c9ee53a0524.jpeg","role":"room1","roleLabel":"Primary Guest Room","sequenceIndex":2,"alt":"The Leela Palace New Delhi — Standardized Hotel Image Sequence #2 — Primary Guest Room","caption":"Primary Guest Room · The Leela Palace New Delhi · PressBeyond hotel series","description":"Full-room view of the primary guest bedroom at The Leela Palace New Delhi, photographed with natural lighting and clear sightlines as part of the PressBeyond standardized 5-image hotel sequence.","creditText":"PressBeyond","licensePage":"https://pressbeyond.com","distinct":true},{"url":"https://d89wdvrh3yrgq.cloudfront.net/resized/L__clv0tyufj05yl15u79s2d7y4p1713350115226_4cdd495a-c8d0-4cf7-a223-f0b555da9aef.jpeg","role":"commonArea1","roleLabel":"Primary Common Area","sequenceIndex":3,"alt":"The Leela Palace New Delhi — Standardized Hotel Image Sequence #3 — Primary Common Area","caption":"Primary Common Area · The Leela Palace New Delhi · PressBeyond hotel series","description":"Primary common area at The Leela Palace New Delhi — lobby or lounge — non-duplicative with the secondary social space, part of the PressBeyond standardized 5-image hotel sequence.","creditText":"PressBeyond","licensePage":"https://pressbeyond.com","distinct":true},{"url":"https://d89wdvrh3yrgq.cloudfront.net/resized/L__clv0tz0a5070j15u7la3bm5nu1713350115790_80eee510-efcd-43cc-bbaf-65073c9ad5cb.jpeg","role":"room2","roleLabel":"Secondary Guest Room","sequenceIndex":4,"alt":"The Leela Palace New Delhi — Standardized Hotel Image Sequence #4 — Secondary Guest Room","caption":"Secondary Guest Room · The Leela Palace New Delhi · PressBeyond hotel series","description":"Secondary guest room at The Leela Palace New Delhi, deliberately distinct from the primary bedroom — non-duplicative imagery is part of the PressBeyond curation standard.","creditText":"PressBeyond","licensePage":"https://pressbeyond.com","distinct":true},{"url":"https://d89wdvrh3yrgq.cloudfront.net/resized/L__clv0tz623082h15u7lvnlrwid1713350116400_6d1a2893-5b36-45ad-8fee-477efdf4367e.jpeg","role":"commonArea2","roleLabel":"Secondary Common Area","sequenceIndex":5,"alt":"The Leela Palace New Delhi — Standardized Hotel Image Sequence #5 — Secondary Common Area","caption":"Secondary Common Area · The Leela Palace New Delhi · PressBeyond hotel series","description":"Secondary lounge or social space at The Leela Palace New Delhi — bar, dining, or terrace — deliberately distinct from the primary common area, part of the PressBeyond curation standard.","creditText":"PressBeyond","licensePage":"https://pressbeyond.com","distinct":true}]},{"name":"The Oberoi, New Delhi","url":"https://www.pressbeyond.com/hotels/india/new-delhi/the-oberoi-new-delhi","city":"New Delhi","cityHeader":"New Delhi • Delhi Golf Club • SPLURGE","neighborhood":"Delhi Golf Club","designSummary":"Bordering the fairways of the Delhi Golf Club, where the Lodhi-era monuments of the Sikandar Lodi tomb rise through the trees at the eastern edge of the course, a ten-storey modernist slab completed in 1965 to a design by the American architect Minoru Yamasaki established a template for what urban luxury could mean in newly independent India. That building is The Oberoi New Delhi, and its aerial silhouette — pale concrete rising from an almost unbroken canopy of gulmohar and neem — remains one of the more quietly improbable sights in a city of grand gestures. The 220-room property underwent a comprehensive reconstruction completed in 2011, which preserved Yamasaki's horizontal banding and ribbon-windowed facade while entirely reworking the interior to designs developed in-house by the Oberoi group.\n\nThe rooms carry a palette of crimson and teal anchored by dark-stained timber headboards, paisley-weave bedspreads, and cobalt blue ceramic table lamps — an explicitly Indian decorative register framed against floor-to-ceiling views over the golf course canopy. Framed monochrome photographs of Lutyens landmarks hang above the beds, grounding the interiors in their particular city. At the top-floor bar, herringbone timber floors and low tub chairs upholstered in a burgundy toile de Jouy print face full-height glazing that opens the room toward the horizon. The pool terrace below, lined in deep-blue tile and framed by a clipped ivy wall running the full length of the building's flank, gives the outdoor spaces a structural clarity that mirrors Yamasaki's clean original lines.","snippet":"A 1965 Yamasaki modernist landmark on the Delhi Golf Club with Indian-inflected interiors and horizon views.","bestFor":"Architecture enthusiasts visiting New Delhi","vibe":"Modernist-serene · golf-course-adjacent","highlights":["1965 Minoru Yamasaki modernist slab overlooking Delhi Golf Club","Rooms with crimson-and-teal palette and Lutyens landmark photography","Top-floor bar with herringbone timber and full-horizon glazing"],"pricePerNightInclTax":"$399","pricePerNightExclTax":"$399","currency":"USD","images":[{"url":"https://d89wdvrh3yrgq.cloudfront.net/resized/L__clv0tyivr03v715u7mfrsxacc1713347507642_b75d4d11-0d41-4380-9db6-323a8673d202.jpeg","role":"exterior","roleLabel":"Exterior","sequenceIndex":1,"alt":"The Oberoi, New Delhi — Standardized Hotel Image Sequence #1 — Exterior","caption":"Exterior · The Oberoi, New Delhi · PressBeyond hotel series","description":"Full building facade of The Oberoi, New Delhi captured from a street-level angle as part of the PressBeyond standardized 5-image hotel sequence.","creditText":"PressBeyond","licensePage":"https://pressbeyond.com","distinct":true},{"url":"https://d89wdvrh3yrgq.cloudfront.net/resized/L__clv0tyorn04x315u7r8187xfg1713347508735_715909d6-b97f-49cf-831b-854eca350cb7.jpeg","role":"room1","roleLabel":"Primary Guest Room","sequenceIndex":2,"alt":"The Oberoi, New Delhi — Standardized Hotel Image Sequence #2 — Primary Guest Room","caption":"Primary Guest Room · The Oberoi, New Delhi · PressBeyond hotel series","description":"Full-room view of the primary guest bedroom at The Oberoi, New Delhi, photographed with natural lighting and clear sightlines as part of the PressBeyond standardized 5-image hotel sequence.","creditText":"PressBeyond","licensePage":"https://pressbeyond.com","distinct":true},{"url":"https://d89wdvrh3yrgq.cloudfront.net/resized/L__clv0tyugx05z115u7f20b0gkz1713347509208_23c08202-b5e8-4fc2-a939-e4110ddab731.jpeg","role":"commonArea1","roleLabel":"Primary Common Area","sequenceIndex":3,"alt":"The Oberoi, New Delhi — Standardized Hotel Image Sequence #3 — Primary Common Area","caption":"Primary Common Area · The Oberoi, New Delhi · PressBeyond hotel series","description":"Primary common area at The Oberoi, New Delhi — lobby or lounge — non-duplicative with the secondary social space, part of the PressBeyond standardized 5-image hotel sequence.","creditText":"PressBeyond","licensePage":"https://pressbeyond.com","distinct":true},{"url":"https://d89wdvrh3yrgq.cloudfront.net/resized/L__clv0tz0d6071115u7fmyzh1831713347509736_8279c554-ea59-49ec-8f1f-4e40c0d6cc94.jpeg","role":"room2","roleLabel":"Secondary Guest Room","sequenceIndex":4,"alt":"The Oberoi, New Delhi — Standardized Hotel Image Sequence #4 — Secondary Guest Room","caption":"Secondary Guest Room · The Oberoi, New Delhi · PressBeyond hotel series","description":"Secondary guest room at The Oberoi, New Delhi, deliberately distinct from the primary bedroom — non-duplicative imagery is part of the PressBeyond curation standard.","creditText":"PressBeyond","licensePage":"https://pressbeyond.com","distinct":true},{"url":"https://d89wdvrh3yrgq.cloudfront.net/resized/L__clv0tz64w082z15u7nm7ate6s1713347508103_96376985-dc1d-4d89-8a74-83107d8f9c7a.jpeg","role":"commonArea2","roleLabel":"Secondary Common Area","sequenceIndex":5,"alt":"The Oberoi, New Delhi — Standardized Hotel Image Sequence #5 — Secondary Common Area","caption":"Secondary Common Area · The Oberoi, New Delhi · PressBeyond hotel series","description":"Secondary lounge or social space at The Oberoi, New Delhi — bar, dining, or terrace — deliberately distinct from the primary common area, part of the PressBeyond curation standard.","creditText":"PressBeyond","licensePage":"https://pressbeyond.com","distinct":true}]},{"name":"Trident Hotel Delhi","url":"https://www.pressbeyond.com/hotels/india/new-delhi/trident-hotel-delhi","city":"New Delhi","cityHeader":"New Delhi • Gurgaon • SPLURGE","neighborhood":"Gurgaon","designSummary":"Rajasthani palace architecture reinterpreted through a contemporary lens — white stucco domes, arched colonnades, and a ceremonial staircase flanked by stone torchères that mirror themselves in a broad reflecting pool at dusk — gives the Trident Gurgaon its most arresting quality: the suggestion of an older, grander India rendered in an idiom that is entirely of the twenty-first century. Designed by the Oberoi Group's in-house design team and opened in 2003 in the corporate heart of Gurgaon, the 136-room property translates Mughal compositional principles — bilateral symmetry, water as a structural element, the processional approach — into a low-rise sandstone and plaster complex that feels more ceremonial compound than commercial hotel.\n\nInside, the language shifts toward a calibrated warmth. Guest rooms carry honey-toned timber panelling set against warm white walls, with tall arched windows framing the frangipani-planted courtyard below; the upholstery runs to ochre, sage, and tobacco — a palette drawn from Rajasthani earth pigments rather than international hotel neutrals. The all-day dining restaurant deploys a more graphic sensibility: a chequerboard floor in grey and white marble, a white Carraway bar counter, and deep red leather armchairs arranged beneath vaulted arches articulated by patinated bronze column-like sconces. 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