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. These hotels are located in Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Navi Mumbai, New Delhi, Visakhapatnam and Goa. New properties are under construction in Kochi, Kolkata (E.M. Bypass), Pune, Coimbatore and Jaipur.[1][2][3] Among 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.[4] The Park Bangalore has been designed by Terence Conran.[3][5] The Park Hotels has been recognized with the Asia"s Best Employer Brand Award 2017 under the category of Best Companies to work for.The event was held at the Le Meridien Singapore on August 1, 2017 ,hosted by Employer Branding Institute & World HRD Congress.

1. AN OVERVIEW ON THE PARK HOTELS
Varun Kesavan, Research Scholar, E – Mail Id –
varunkesavan@yahoo.com
INTRODUCTION
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. These hotels are located
in Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Navi Mumbai, New
Delhi, Visakhapatnam and Goa. New properties are under construction
in Kochi, Kolkata (E.M. Bypass), Pune, Coimbatore and Jaipur.[1][2][3]
Among 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.[4] The Park
Bangalore has been designed by Terence Conran.[3][5]
The Park Hotels has been recognized with the Asia"s Best Employer Brand
Award 2017 under the category of Best Companies to work for.The event was
held at the Le Meridien Singapore on August 1, 2017 ,hosted by Employer
Branding Institute & World HRD Congress.

2. HISTORY
The hotel business was started by Surrendra Paul in 1967, with the opening of
the Group's first hotel, The Park, a 150-room hotel on the fashionable Park
Street in Kolkata, on 1 November; the hotel at Visakhapatnam was added in
1968, while The Park New Delhi commenced operations 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 was commissioned in 2002.[3][6][7]
The Park New 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).[8]
In 2006, Forbes, listed "Atrium" in The Park Kolkata, with its menu designed by
Italian chef Antonio Carluccio, amongst India's top 10 Most Expensive
Restaurants.[9] In 2010, The Independent, listed The Park Hyderabad amongst
its list of "100 holiday ideas for 2010".