Mumbai: Stephen Alden tells an anecdote related to one of the hotels he administers. The chief executive officer of the Maybourne Hotel Group— which operates three of London’s most iconic hotels, the Claridges, the Connaught and the Berkeley—says the Claridges is often considered an extension of the Buckingham Palace. Therefore, not surprisingly, there was once a call to the hotel by someone who wanted to speak to the king. The hotel staff, who answered the call, asked which one. “There were three kings staying at the Claridges then,” explained Alden, while speaking at the Mint Luxury Conference at the Taj Land’s End Hotel in Mumbai on Friday, as a way of reiterating the significance of the property.

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