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Surprisingly nice.......
When a business partner suggested we stay at Le Meridien for 2 nights last week, I was not that thrilled. I have never stayed there but having lived in Delhi in the late 90s, I had frequented their public areas and restaurants and had not been impressed. My first surprise was to see that the Le Meridien group is now part of Starwood Hotels. As a Starwood Preferred Guest, I was ushered to a special desk and checked in quickly. The room was the next surprise. In place of the usual carpet that retains the flavours - pleasant and unpleasant - of the previous six guests, there was a wooden floor. LCD TV on the wall, very nice appointments all round and an extremely pleasant bathroom with a shower mounted directly overhead as well as a "telephone" type shower. Climate control was excellent and could be carried out from a bedside console. Breakfast was varied and extensive and a very nice light supper before departing for the airport rounded off my stay. I had asked for late checkout till 8 pm. Again, I was most pleasantly surprised to be told that there would be no charge if I stayed till 6 pm (most generous) and half day charge till 8 pm. I readily accepted as it allowed for a shower and change of clothes before heading for the airport. The one downside of my stay was checkout - the clerk handling it made several mistakes and was slow. Coupled with its great location, I would return to Le Meridien, New Delhi the next time.
