Hotels made famous by the movie stars

18 February 2009

Mumbai: Who can forget the 1983 James Bond movie Octopussy where the world's most famous secret agent, played at the time by Roger Moore, was seduced by the breathtaking Taj Lake Palace Hotel, idyllically located on the shores of Lake Pichola in India?

It was here where 007 fell in love with leading lady Maud Adams, with the Taj Lake Palace Hotel said to be one of the most romantic hotels in the world, who could blame the enduring British secret agent?

Similarly, remember wondering what it could feel like being Julia Roberts staying in LA's luxurious Regent Beverly Wilshire hotel, featured so prominently in Pretty Woman?

The point of these two examples is that very often the character of a well known movie star is enough to put a previously unknown hotel on the travel agenda of admiring fans.

Johan Svanstrom, managing director Asia Pacific of global hotels specialist Hotels.com, says, ''Without a doubt, the fascination in film stars and the associated glamour of anything Hollywood has been proven to influence a traveller's decision of what hotel to stay in. Many people want to have the chance to re-live their favourite movie star's experience for themselves.''

Hotels.com has identified some of the hotels around the world made famous by movie stars, and highlights their location, facilities and their overall 'pulling power' that made them famous in the movies in the first place.