As mentioned, the taxes, at least the Luxury Tax, is on the
rack rate of the room. This is a regulation/law in some states. NCR (Delhi) is one of them, I think Karnataka is another. Not sure about Tamil Nadu. Maharashtra, for instance, doesn't have this. I don't recall seeing the luxury tax in Rajasthan. I suggest that you review
post #36 in this thread. Also you can search for
luxury here in the India forum.
Originally Posted by
Febs2
Generally I've found the ITC's to be much nicer properties than the LM's. Not sure if there's an ITC in Chennai, but I think there might be.
I think all the ITCs are moving to become Luxury Collection properties. And of course you have ITC One which is run as a hotel within a hotel in a similar fashion to the shenanigans at Sheraton Hong Kong.