For the inhabitants of a city, the launch of a new hotel is almost as significant as the discovery of a new star happens to be for astronomers.

A new hotel epitomizes the hopes and aspirations of a city; it becomes a stage for its choicest occurrences and the repository of its DNA and character. So it would not be an overstatement to say that Mumbai has looked towards the coming of the St Regis, star in the Starwood universe, with much anticipation.