The nascent JW Marriott hotel Mussoorie is fast turning out to be a favorite holiday destination for the well healed. The hotel which started functioning from October 1 last year is attracting visitors from Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Delhi. The General Manager of JW Marriott Walnut Grove Resort and Spa Chandrashekhar Joshi said that the hotel has received excellent response so far and the hotel started earning profit in within the first month of operation which is extremely rare for a newly opened hotel.
"The hotel is the first resort hotel by the J W Marriott brand in the country. Since we opened on October 1, 2014, our endeavour has been to be the most preferred family style resort in North India. We aim at giving our guests an experience beyond what they would get in a regular hotel. We are also establishing ourselves as a destination for weddings and for corporate off site visits.” Joshi said.
The hotel is also engaging in activities like helping a school being run by a nonprofit organisation. The visitors of the hotel were in a for pleasant surprise on Christmas recently when they found local students singing carols. The visitors are also taken on nature walk and trek to the famous Kempty falls located nearby. The Marketing Communication Manager of the hotel Smita Shore said that to give an experience of rural lifestyle of hills the visitors are taken to nearby village Bartoli.
located in lap of nature near Mussoorie the hotel boasts a sophisticated, elegant and chic style, amidst a surreal ambience of lush mountains and historic walnut plantations. 115-room luxury resort also houses a Cedar Spa by l'Occitane, which features five lavish treatment rooms and an array of invigorating treatments inspired by the indigenous cedar trees of the region.