Feuiletton 361 — Hotel Mumbai, American Hotels owned by Indians

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Hotel Mumbai

We shall never forget the dreadful terrorist attack on the Taj in Mumbai. Actor Dev Patel, a British native of Indian descent, reveals the message behind his new movie 'Hotel Mumbai': "You can't bring us down". The 'Slumdog Millionaire' actor plays a waiter from the slums of Mumbai who goes over and above to help the people he is in charge of.

"Once this horrific event happened, within three weeks they got the Hotel fully functioning and running again to make a point, that you can't bring us down, " he said.
Patel continued, "We kind of shared the brutality. Between one person, we would have crumbled, and that's the story of the film. It's an ensemble. It's about everyone in that hotel: guest, staff, alike."
Based on the real story of the Taj Hotel during the 2008 Mumbai attacks, the flick takes place over the course of three days inside the hotel, during which the staff and guests worked together to survive.

Indians own about half of all American Hotels.

The Indian Americans constitute less than one percent of Americas population and incredibly own about half the 50,000 hotels in the United States. Furthermore, about 70% of all Indian hotel owners are named Patel, a surname that shows that they are members of a Gujarati Hindu subcaste, reports our correspondent Stan Turkel. More

The Roosevelt New Orleans Hotel (1893) is Encouraging Return of Stolen Items

A cloth hanger, a silver spoon, a napkin or maybe an ashtray — what is it really people steal from hotels? The Roosevelt in New Orleans wants to know. And starts a PR campaign where participants who return such items will be eligible to win a seven-night stay in one of the hotel’s lavish presidential suites, worth over $15,000. The Roosevelt plans to display the items in its lobby, as a record of the hotel’s history. The campaign called the “Historic Giveback Contest” has been launched to celebrate the hotel’s 125th birthday. Former guests have until July 1, 2019 to return items by dropping them off at the concierge desk or sending them in the mail, said General Manager Tod Chambers.