Showing posts with label Trident Gurgaon. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Trident Gurgaon. Show all posts

2013-01-17

Happy wala budday to Trident

A birthday is a day to rejoice and a reminder of how youthful you are. You sit and enjoy the praises showered by everybody to you. It add zing to your existence as you turn nine. This spell true for Trident, an offspring of Oberoi Group of Hotels who celebrated its ninth anniversary on Monday, 7 January.
Staying at Trident Hotel is a refreshed experience as the hotel staff does everything to ensure that your stay is a fruitful one and laden with positive energy. The vigor with which the staff fulfil their duties is a treat and they approach their work with so much love and passion. It is a lesson in hotel management and a life-long lesson that one can learn. As you check-in at Trident hotel, you are welcomed by bright faces and the traditional namaste and the beautiful and charming hostess applies a tilak on your forehead. No matter how professional someone is, the traditional Athithi Devo Bhava is not lacking at Trident Hotel and certainly not at Gurgaon. As you are given your room number bearing the trademark, Trident with its tagline, "At Trident You are Sure" a hostess accompanies you to the room where the TV is displayed with the welcome video of the hotel.
The room is beautifully displayed where the bed sheets are placed in such a cleaned, flawless and romantic manner and no night god can deter you from falling asleep. You have a mini bar, tea/coffee making spot and of course, wifi internet connection that is moderately priced. What struck me is how the newspapers and magazines are neatly arranged and the valet work tirelessly to make your room feel like home. Staying at Trident is so much a beautiful experience that you can easily afford to give a miss to your home.
The chef at Cilantro offers a variety of exotic dishes for lunch and dinner such as flavors of Italy, spice street, barbecue chicken. Add to that the sumptious delicacies such as gulab jamun and the wonderful ice cream. You can try out an entire gamut of business lunch at Saffron and relax over a glass of beer watching over cricket or football at the bar. Plus, the coffee at Cilantro is amazingly strong to kick up your day so is the cappucino along with a complementary cookie at the bar. The cherry on the cake is the dedicated staff who goes a long way to ensure that you enjoy your breakfast, lunch or dinner in relax manner. As Anubha, assistant manager at Cilantro told me, we are trained to work hard sir and manage a smile on our face. That was when I asked her how do the staff manage to sport a smile on their faces considering that they work so hard. I wondered whether a bad day may have an effect on the angelic faces. But, that's Trident where they are always smiling and the mantra seem to be The Customer is King.
Another staff told me that they work 14 hours a day and add to that is the munimum sleep that they can afford in a day. Still, there is no lack of sparkle on their faces that is determined o bring joy and happiness to the lives of their most esteemed customers. This is the strength of the hotel, their usp is that they are customer centric and one can see that the hotel will never face recession. During a chat with the communication manager, Akanksha Banerji who confessed that she often take a walk to the hotel lobby and the bright and ever-smiling faces of the kids add vigor and positive smile to her face. Holier than truth as I bear testimony to that since despite being tired with work, the ever-smiling faces spread like magic and the tiredness mysteriously disappears.
The hotel room falls nothing short of the place one call home and is equipped with WiFi facilitiy.Plus, there is a small bar where you can make tea, coffee and grab a whisky. There are fruits layed on your table and the dedicated room valet will ask you whether you need some varied fruit apart from the banana and apple. You can learn one thing or two from the valet who neatly arrange the room, lay the bed sheets and fold your newspapers.
Tired after a hard day. Just lie in the bathroom and enjoy the spa as water drop on your body. Certainly, it's an experience in hotel management as the stay at Trident and the work stay is indeed holidaying made possible by Trident.
You can also enjoy a quiet evening at the pool bar where you get access to free wifi till 10 pm and work on your ipad and laptop over a glass of wine and whisky. The beautiful architecture at Trident hotel make one's stay frothy and relaxing. Trident Gurgaon is certainly a gateway to heaven and as the tag line says, At Trident You Are Sure. It certainly is.


2012-11-29

Falling prey to the charm of Trident, Gurgaon

Hola!
I am back after one-month spate on the blog and my life changed considerably. I was in Delhi for a hectic but fun filled and awesome IOC-ARC conference where I learned so much, interacted with the media fraternity and stayed at Trident, Gurgaon. Today, makes exactly one month when I set foot at the huge and splendor Indira Gandhi International Airport. From there, I reached Trident hotel and was floored by the amazing hospitality. I love the staff at the hotel and the experience makes it completely worth the buck.
I reached Delhi and Gurgaon on October 28 to cover the conference and was given an awesome Garden View Room at Trident. As I arrived at the magnificent Trident hotel, I was greeted by a beautiful girl whose smile bring a spark to one's face. Inderpreet applied a tilak on my forehead which is a custom at the hotel. I was walked to my room by the wonderful Tara at the front office. As I entered room number 259, the huge plasma TV was playing the welcome ad of Trident hotel accompanied by soothing music. I was deprived of sleep for more than ten hours and pulled the curtain at 5 a.m to catch a glimpse of the night outside. I let the curtain open, had a smoke and went to bed since I have a briefing to attend in the evening. By hook or by crook, I had to hit the bed for at least six hours. I woke up around 11.30 a.m.
The eight nights, seven days stay at Trident covered by the Ministry of External Affairs, New Delhi was very charming and something to stay with you throughout my life. Visitors at Trident, Gurgaon are greeted by the beautiful swimming pool at the entry and all the dedicated staff shower their hands in respect with the traditional namaste at every end whether it's at the front office, lobby, Cilantro, Saffron and Konomi. The staff is entirely delightful and dedicated and goes out of their way to make visitors feel at home and not once I felt that I was in a five star hotel. As the communications manager Akanksha Banerji told me during a casual conversation how the staff work 14 hours a day and yet manage to smile. This wonderful, charming and well spoken lady is 100 per cent right and as she concede that she often talk a walk at Trident to get a good vibe. Such a dedicated staff charm the birds off the trees!
The wonderful staff at Cilantro are superb and they ensure that clients feel at ease. I have special words for Anubha, Abha, Ahsan, Amit who are simply wonderful and charming. Where do they get the energy to sport the beautiful smile and sparkle on their face. It takes a lot to make clients feel at home. I have special words for the front office staff whether its Shikha, Inderpreet and Tara who exude sheer magic. One thing that touched me with Shikha is that I had problem with activating my Airtel sim card and she has gone out of her way by calling the Airtel guys on her BBM. That's hospitality for you. Certainly, Trident is the place if you are looking for quality service, relaxation and the 'family-feel' and I call it a hotel away from home. Words doesn't suffice to describe the service at Trident which is a hotel whose biggest qualities are charm, wonderful staff and lives up to the adage 'Customer is King.' Well done guys.
A special word to the room service guys who take extra pain to ensure that everything is neatly arranged in the room. After a tough day covering the conference, you feel that you are in your own personalized home. The newspapers is folded beautifully, the bed and the table are beautifully laid. What strike me is that you don't need to worry if you have an early conference since you are sure that the wonderful front office kids will give you a call, reminding you of your schedule.
This post is a must and my way of thanking the wonderful staff at Trident Hotel, Gurgaon that ensure that my stay remain wonderful. Everything is so perfectly arranged at Trident.Man! What food and coffee they serve..totally fantabulous! No matter how tired you are, as you step into Trident, all your worries are taken away by the charming boys and girls who exudes a genuine smile and Namaste. A stay completely worth! I had the most wonderful cocktails at Narmada& Yamuna and Cilantra Veranda. As I prepared to leave Trident, Gurgaon I made it a point to meet the staff members and unfortunately wasn't meet all of the wonderful staff at Trident. It lives up to its name At Trident, You're Sure. Way to go gals and guyzzz..I still miss you and was indeed sad of leaving. I promise to come back.

Trident Hotel, Gurgaon