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Yusuff Ali – The Indian Tycoon Converts Scotland Yard into a Luxury Hotel

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Scotland Yard, the name synonymous with detection of crime, the facade of which is etched in the memories of many generations, by the end of this year will be one of the most luxurious 5-star hotels. Let’s for once try and estimate the luxury it will offer with each night here costing a whopping Rs 75 lac per night. All the luxuries are being offered by an Indian multi-billionaire from Kerala, Yusuff Ali, who has shelled as much as 75 million pounds to revamp it. Lulu Group, chaired by Ali, bought the rather mysterious and famous building in 2015 for around 110 million pounds! Once a home to Britain’s Metropolitan Police Service, this building will now offer 150 bedrooms and 11 luxury suites. A signature restaurant with bars, gym, corporate meeting rooms & halls, banquet and library. The interiors, they say, easily remind of the property’s military past and suit the taste of ultra-rich. Now that it was a jail once, some of the rooms are sure to have been prisoner cells too

Indian American Bela Bajaria Climbs to International Non-English TV Originals for Netflix

Love Hollywood? Love Netflix?  Here's an Indian who brings it closer to you. The VP of Netflix, Bela Bajaria, an Indian American, will now lead international non-English TV originals too! She reportedly will supervise both scripted and non-scripted in all international markets except Asia, though including India. She will continue as the Vice President (Content). Bajaria is Rekha Bajaria's daughter, the lady who was recently honoured with the Jewels of Gujarat award in Ahmedabad amid several eminent Gujaratis from all corners of the world at an exclusive show hosted and organised by Maneesh Media , the leading coffee table book publisher in India . Bajaria probably draws her inspiration from her mother, who from a aspirational young lady turned to devoted home-maker and mother to a dedicated work support to her husband to a widowed mother to an entrepreneur. Bajaria has brought global hits like 'Nailed It!', 'Queer Eye', 'Elite', 'Dark'