Well the Mark Hopkins (like the Imperial in Delhi or Raffles in
Singapore or the Oriental in Bangkok) is more than a hotel..its a
landmark. Heck, Kim Novak's character *lived* there in Vertigo. :-).
Price-wise however, I still say they are comparable. Sometimes
Bombay is higher and sometimes SF is...depends on a few factors...but
they're still in the same ballpark. I paid $179 last time at the
Leela (in December). Meanwhile...Bangalore has gone completely ape-
shit. My pal Mitchell Baker was charged $800 a night for a room at
the Windsor. OMG!!!
Danese
On Jun 20, 2008, at 6:23 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote:
And I've stayed at the Intercontinental Mark Hopkins at the top of Nob
Hill, ditto the Intercontinental at Bombay. While the bombay one is
quite
nice there's a certain something about the Mark Hopkins (nothing
much at
all going wrong) that attracts me to it .. especially as I get to stay
there at rather cheaper rates than usual ($199 rates negotiated by the
conference I usually go to is a steal)
