The Lalit New Delhi has been conferred with the National Tourism Award 2012 – 2013 by the Ministry of Tourism, Government of India, for providing “Best Facilities for Differently Abled Guests”. This is the second time that the hotel has bagged the award after 2009-10. The award was presented by Minister of State for Human Resource Development, Shashi Tharoor.
As part of its special facilities for differently abled guests, the hotel offers four dedicated rooms with inter-connecting room for attendants, fully equipped bathrooms for special needs, elevators with wheel chair access along with Braille sign on every call button and an audio announcement for each floor. Restaurant tables at the hotel are designed in a way that seats guests onwheel chair.
The Lalit Suri Hospitality Group now has 17 five-star hotels, with eleven operational properties and six under restoration / development in India and overseas. The Group also owns mid-segment hotels under the brand – ‘The Lalit Traveller’. The first hotel under this brand was opened in Jaipur followed by Khajuraho, and over 25 more hotels are planned in the next five years.