Heavenly royal heritage since 2001

Heavenly royal heritage since 2001
ITC Sonar Bangla , which aims to be Asia s finest super-deluxe hotel and a pioneering world-class business resort, was formally inaugurated on Dec-2002 by the Chief Minister of West Bengal, Mr Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee. The former Chief Minister of West Bengal, Mr. Jyoti Basu, who had laid the foundation stone of the Hotel in January 2001, was the Guest of Honour at the inaugural function. A entire galaxy of state ministers and bureaucrats, an array of distinguished invitees, senior ITC managers and the media witnessed the inauguration.

Was built at an estimated cost of Rs 240 crores, initially the hotel had 240 super deluxe rooms. The Hotel s infrastructure was capable of supporting more additional rooms. Keeping its corporate finger on the market pulse, ITC added more rooms and augment conference facilities as demand inevitably picks up with India s increased participation in global trade and Kolkata s evolution as the Gateway to the East