Luxury hotel signings surge across IndiaIndia's luxury hotel sector is experiencing significant growth, with major international and domestic chains aggressively expanding their p...
28 Mar, 2026, 08.35 AM IST
New York's iconic Waldorf Astoria hotel listed for sale after $2 billion renovation by Chinese ownersThe Waldorf Astoria, New York City’s iconic luxury hotel, is set for sale after a $2 billion renovation that transformed the historic prope...
13 Feb, 2026, 12.43 AM IST
As Mamdani leaves Queens for the Upper East Side, a cool welcome awaitsNew York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani is relocating from Astoria to Gracie Mansion. His new home is in the affluent Upper East Side, a s...
29 Dec, 2025, 01.44 PM IST
Zohran Mamdani trades his tiny 1-bedroom for NYC’s iconic Gracie Mansion — Here’s whyNew York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani and his wife will move from their small Queens apartment to historic Gracie Mansion in January. Th...
08 Dec, 2025, 11.02 PM IST
The 'most colorful home in Queens' has a dark secretRashidun Bokhari, a prominent figure in Queens' Bangladeshi community, was convicted of wire fraud for embezzling over $1 million from fell...
18 Sep, 2025, 11.33 AM IST
Steakhouses and private clubs? Trump allies searching for new gathering spot in Washington DCThe Trump Organization sold the lease on the 263-room hotel for $375 million in 2022, prompting speculation about which D.C. watering-hole ...
14 Jan, 2025, 05.10 PM IST
Waldorf Astoria's India launch would be 'phenomenal' for Hilton: CEO Christopher J Nassetta“You have 1.4 billion people. You have a very rapidly growing middle class. People want to travel for all sorts of reasons here like leisur...
12 Apr, 2023, 08.31 PM IST
Jordan Poyer: See Buffalo Bills’ defender’s nationality, ethnicityFind out about one of the best Buffalo Bills defenders' race, nationality and other things.
03 Jan, 2023, 07.50 PM IST
Hilton in talks to bring iconic Waldorf Astoria Brand to MumbaiWaldorf Astoria hotels are present in New York, Florida, California, Hawaii, the UAE, Italy, France, Scotland, Germany, China, Maldives, Eg...
22 Oct, 2019, 11.29 AM IST
The secrets of Waldorf Astoria, one of the world’s poshest hotelsWaldorf is a little-known extension of Grand Central Station, built in the 1930s to help Franklin Roosevelt keep his polio diagnosis privat...
13 Sep, 2016, 10.11 AM IST
Hilton may bring its luxury brands Waldorf Astoria and Curio-A to IndiaGroup is also planning massive changes on the human resources front and has revamped its management trainee programme by sending all new re...
22 Jul, 2016, 09.29 AM IST
Barack Obama skips Waldorf-Astoria, but Prime Minister Narendra Modi opts for itObama is apparently unwilling to run the risk of possible "bugging", after Astoria was bought by a Chinese insurance company in 2014.
15 Sep, 2015, 10.13 AM IST
Barack Obama breaks tradition of staying at now Chinese-owned hotelInstead, Obama would be staying at the luxurious New York Palace hotel, the White House confirmed yesterday.
12 Sep, 2015, 12.31 PM IST
Hilton Worldwide to sell its New York hotel Waldorf Astoria to Chinese firm for $1.95 billionBased on full occupancy at the Waldorf ’s lowest room rate of $329, Anbang would recover its investment in about 10 years.
08 Oct, 2014, 04.51 AM IST
- 3 luxury brands in race for Oberoi Realty's hotel in Mumbai
The three ultra luxury hotel brands are seeking to make an India entry through a management tie-up with Oberoi Realty.
27 Jul, 2012, 02.37 AM IST
- Hilton Worldwide eyes 50 hotels in India in 5 years, to bring new brands Conrad, Waldorf Astoria
"We expect to increase our presence in the country to 14 hotels by the end of next year and 50 hotels in the next five years," Hilton spoke...
19 Dec, 2011, 04.10 PM IST
- Hilton may bring luxury chains Waldorf Astoria, Conrad in India
The US-based hospitality giant Hilton International Co is understood to be planning to bring more of its global brands, including luxury ch...
04 May, 2010, 06.23 PM IST