First look
Patna already has a Taj in the form of Taj City Centre, but this is a much larger and separate bet: a 500-key greenfield hotel overlooking Gandhi Maidan and the Ganges, built with Patliputra Palace Pvt Ltd. The location, fronting one of the city’s most prominent open spaces and the river, is the headline here.
Five hundred keys is a serious scale for Patna and signals confidence in the Bihar market beyond the existing footprint. As a greenfield project it gives Taj a blank slate rather than a conversion, which usually means a stronger arrival sequence and purpose-built facilities. No opening date has been set. What we will be watching for is how the design exploits the Gandhi Maidan and river frontage, and whether a hotel this size can keep the service tight. We have not stayed, so this is anticipation.
