Biki oberoi biography of christopher

New Delhi: As a child, he witnessed Allied pilots use his father's hotel in Calcutta during the second world war and six-and-half-decades later saw a dastardly terrorist attack all but destroy his flagship hotel in Mumbai.

PRS 'Biki' Oberoi, who died on Tuesday morning at the age of 94 years, was no less than an industry legend whose name was enough to add a touch of grandeur to any hotel property across the world.

Inheriting India's first five-star hotel from his father, he changed the face of the Indian hospitality industry as he turned his group of the same name into one of India's best known luxury hotel groups.

In 1984, he took over a nine-hotel chain from his father and The Oberoi Group founder Rai Bahadur Mohan Singh Oberoi.

Since then, PRS Oberoi has steered the hospitality chain through its ups and downs.

The group now has hotels, cruises and resorts spread acr