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{{Short description|Chain of heritage hotels based in India}}
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{{Infobox company
| name = HRH Group of Hotels
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| type = [[Private Company| Private]]
| industry = [[Hospitality industry|Hospitality]]
| founded = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1986}}
| founder = [[Arvind Singh Mewar]]
| hq_location_city = [[Udaipur]], [[Rajasthan]]
| hq_location_country = [[India]]
| num_locations = 10
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| area_served = [[Udaipur]]<br>[[Bikaner]]<br>[[Ranakpur]]
| key_people = {{Unbulleted list|[[Lakshyaraj Singh Mewar]]<br />{{small|(Chairman and MD)}}}}
| services = [[Hotel]]s and [[resort]]s
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| website = {{URL|https://www.hrhhotels.com/}}
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'''HRH Group of Hotels''', or '''Historic Resort Hotels Pvt. Ltd.''', is a chain of heritage hotels with its head office in [[Udaipur]], [[Rajasthan]], India.

==History==
In 1959, [[Bhagwat Singh of Mewar|Bhagwat Singh Mewar]] decided to convert [[Lake Palace|Jag Niwas Palace]] into [[Udaipur]]'s first luxury hotel, hoping it would attract tourists to Udaipur.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Warren |first=William |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=N5jTAgAAQBAJ |title=Asia's Legendary Hotels: The Romance of Travel |date=2012-06-04 |publisher=Tuttle Publishing |isbn=978-1-4629-0674-1 |pages=60 |language=en}}</ref> He opened its gates in 1961.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=2010-10-16 |title=From Palaces to Hotels |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/17/jobs/17boss.html |access-date=2025-01-31 |work=[[The New York Times]] |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> His son, [[Arvind Singh Mewar]], established the HRH Group of Hotels in 1986, some fifteen years after the [[Government of India]] abolished privy purses and princely privileges.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/architecturaldig55janlosa/ |title=Architectural digest |date=1925 |publisher=Los Angeles : John C. Brasfield Pub. Corp |others=Internet Archive |pages=88–95}}</ref> A total of five palaces in and around [[Udaipur]] were converted into hotels to form the group.<ref name=":1" />

[[Arvind Singh Mewar]] served as [[chairman]] and [[managing director]] until his death in 2025, with [[Lakshyaraj Singh Mewar]] acting as [[executive director]] during that period.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rana |first=Priya Kumari |date=2024-06-24 |title=Lakshyaraj Singh Mewar of Udaipur on what royalty means to him, family's hospitality empire, penchant for miniature cars and trains, and more |url=https://www.gqindia.com/content/lakshyaraj-singh-mewar-of-udaipur-on-what-royalty-means-to-him-familys-hospitality-empire-penchant-for-miniature-cars-and-trains-and-more |access-date=2025-01-31 |website=GQ India |language=en-IN}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9788173049835 |title=Western Jews in India : from the fifteenth century to the present |date=2013 |publisher=New Delhi : Manohar Publishers & Distributors |others=Internet Archive |isbn=978-81-7304-983-5 |pages=297}}</ref> [[Lakshyaraj Singh Mewar]] now holds the position of [[chairman]] and [[Managing Director|managing director]].

It is the only chain of heritage hotels and resorts under private ownership.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Vasudevan |first=Venu |url=https://archive.org/details/introductiontobu0000vasu/ |title=An introduction to the business of tourism |date=2017 |publisher=New Delhi : SAGE Publications India |others=Internet Archive |isbn=978-93-86062-25-3 |pages=130–131}}</ref>

== Properties ==
The group currently manages 10 hotels and resorts with approximately 600 rooms across [[Rajasthan]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2011-10-16 |title=Udaipur's HRH Group of Hotels eyes global brands for management of hotels |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/services/hotels-/-restaurants/udaipurs-hrh-group-of-hotels-eyes-global-brands-for-management-of-hotels/articleshow/10374976.cms |access-date=2025-01-31 |work=The Economic Times |issn=0013-0389}}</ref> Some of the properties they manage are:

* [[Shiv Niwas Palace]], [[Udaipur]]
* [[Gajner Palace, Bikaner|Gajner Palace]], [[Bikaner]]
* [[Jag Mandir Palace|Jagmandir Island Palace]], [[Udaipur]]
* Shikarbadi Hotel, [[Udaipur]]
* Garden Hotel, [[Udaipur]]
* Fateh Bagh, [[Ranakpur]]
* Karni Bhawan Palace, [[Bikaner]]

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
File:Shiv Niwas Palace, Udaipur, 20191207 1411 7156.jpg|[[Shiv Niwas Palace]], [[Udaipur]]
File:Gajner Palace (Staircase), Bikaner, Rajasthan.jpg|Staircase at Gajner Palace, [[Bikaner]]
File:Gajner Palace - panoramio.jpg|Gajner Palace, [[Bikaner]]
File:Udaipur-Jagmandir-16-Damentoilette-2018-gje.jpg|[[Jag Mandir Palace|Jagmandir Island Palace]], [[Udaipur]]
File:Udaipur-Jagmandir-22-2018-gje.jpg|[[Jag Mandir Palace|Jagmandir Island Palace]], [[Udaipur]]
</gallery>

== See also ==
* {{portal-inline|Hotels}}
* {{portal-inline|Companies}}
==References==
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[[Category:Indian brands]]
[[Category:Hotel chains in India]]
[[Category:Hotels established in 1986]]
[[Category:Indian companies established in 1986]]
[[Category:1986 establishments in Rajasthan]]
[[Category:Hospitality companies established in 1986]]
[[Category:Companies based in Rajasthan]]

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