Westin Hotels & Resorts Welcomes Lara Dutta as Newest Well-Being Brand Advocate for Asia Pacific!!

Former Miss Universe and Bollywood actor joins Forces with Global Hotel Chain Westin Hotels & Resorts to help guests achieve a holistic approach to Wellness as Part of The Westin Well-being Movement.

Westin Hotels & Resorts announced its partnership with Wellness expert and Ex Miss Universe Lara Dutta as the newest Asia Pacific Westin Well-Being Brand Advocate. The partnership continues the momentum of The Westin Well-Being Movement, a $15 million brand-wide campaign launched last year designed to enhance the well-being of guests and associates around the world.


In her role as a well-being brand advocate, Lara will share her holistic lifestyle tips of restoring calm and balance at home or on the road with guests and associates; and how despite her hectic schedules, she is able to maintain a balance of work and life.  She will also create content and share her wellness and fitness choices on social media channels in order to reach a wider audience of guests and associates around the world.




“I am delighted to be a part of the Westin Well –Being Movement” said Lara Dutta. “I have always believed in a holistic approach to wellness; what one eats, what exercise regimen one follows and how one counters stress. The key to wellness is balance and positive thinking. I have benefited from this in my profession and personal life. Through this association, I look forward to sharing my own knowledge and experience with others.”

As a former Miss Universe as well as in her current role as a film actor, Lara Dutta has become a wellness inspiration to many. She has been practising yoga for over 12 years and has also launched her Prenatal Yoga CD, helping pregnant women and young mothers to adopt a balanced and stress-free lifestyle. Her proactive approach to well being suitably aligns with Westin brand’s six pillars of wellness: Sleep Well, Eat Well, Move Well, Feel Well, Work Well and Play Well. Westin Hotels & Resorts has been an industry innovator with a history of firsts in the wellness space, and partnering Lara as the first Well-Being Brand Advocate in India reinforces the Westin brand’s continued push to deliver wellness on the road.




“We are thrilled to have Lara Dutta on board as Asia Pacific’s newest Well-Being Brand Advocate for Westin,” said Vincent Ong, Senior Brand Director, Brand Management, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Asia Pacific. “What makes Lara’s association with the Well-Being movement relevant is her holistic approach to life as well as her enthusiasm for healthy living throughout her career from Miss Universe to a working mother. We see this partnership with Lara as yet another innovative way the Westin Well-Being Movement transcends to our guests and associates; inspiring them to lead a healthier life.” he added.

With a brand positioning rooted in wellness for more than a decade, Westin Hotels & Resorts is dedicated to ensuring that guests leave feeling better than when they arrive.  In March 2014, the brand launched The Westin Well-Being Movement – a global initiative designed to enhance the Well-Being of guests and associates with the introduction of a string of innovative partnerships and programs across the brand’s six pillars of Well-Being.  Building upon its existing healthy SuperFoodsRx™ menus, Westin recently introduced new delicious and nutrient-rich offerings including Westin Fresh by The Juicery, featuring energizing juices and smoothies, and kid-tested nourishing dishes developed in partnership with SuperChefsTM on the Westin Eat Well Menu for Kids. The inspiration for Westin’s wellness strategy, the iconic Heavenly® Bed is lauded as one of hospitality’s great innovations. WestinWORKOUT®, RunWESTIN™ and Westin Gear Lending with New Balance® are some of the other initiatives of the brand, designed for wellness.

Kids discover to EAT WELL at The Westin Mumbai Garden City!

The next stage of the year-long Westin Well-Being Movement was the announcement of the new nutrition-focused offerings, The Westin Eat Well Menu for Kids, in partnership with SuperChefs™ which was unveiled at The Westin Mumbai Garden City on Sunday 17th August with a fun filled and educative Culinary Class for the budding little chefs.

As an advocate for wellness and healthy eating, Westin teamed up with SuperChefs, a group of doctors, dentists, dieticians, chefs and other experts dedicated to educating kids on the importance and the fun of eating smart, to create The Westin Eat Well Menu for Kids which engages children through a colourful, playful menu placemat. The extensive new menu, which is currently available at The Westin Mumbai Garden City, includes eight signature dishes created and tested by kids, receiving a stamp of approval from notoriously finicky eaters. The fun and interactive menu is filled with inventive dishes like Build Your Own Fruit Crepes that allow kids to actually play with their food, providing a sense of discovery while imparting the value of healthy eating.





Taking the healthy eating among kids to patron and locals, The Westin Mumbai Garden City organized a fun-filled cooking class with Oberoi International School. During the session Executive Chef Ajay Chopra engaged with the children by teaching them easy to make healthy food options for their lunch boxes. While the parents remained onlookers for the day, kids took the centre-stage and enjoyed cooking delicious and nutritious food.



Westin Hotels & Resorts believe that eating well isn't just for adults. In order to promote fun with healthy eating among kids, The Westin Mumbai Garden City will pursue various engagements and awareness drive on Eat Well Menu for Kids at the hotel. While our SuperFoodsRX™ Menu will continue providing healthy food and beverage options to our guests, helping them feel better when they arrive.

Kids take Culinary Safari at The Westin Mumbai Garden City!

Having trouble getting your little children to eat healthy and nutritious food?? We are all set to tempt them with our fun filled activities and delicious and wholesome fare in our lavish Sunday Brunch.

Let your munchkins enjoy the exciting games like attack a toughie crosswords, mad balloon art and participate in preparing lace muffins with organic honey swirls, choc paint your own pancakes , playing on the bouncy and many more entertaining happenings in the special kids area. Our exceptional kids menu will delight your children tummies with the mouthwatering and enticing dishes like waffles, pancakes, sandwiches, pasta, pastries etc. Experience watching your children enjoy the tempting and nourishing food spread laid specially for them while you tantalize your taste buds at Seasonal Tastes. Indulge to the lavish spread with live stations of Asian, Indian, Middle Eastern Continental and local favourites offering an array of culinary treats to suit everyone’s palette.





Come take your children for a ride into the extravagance of variety and delicacies with a vantage point that keeps you and your family soaring on every Sunday afternoon at The Westin Mumbai Garden City.

Experience High Tea with Executive Chef Ajay Chopra

The inexplicable talent of  Masterchef Ajay Chopra, Executive Chef at The Westin Mumbai Garden City has once again come to show in India’s favourite food channel, Food Food. Calling all food lovers from across the nation, this show not only has mass appeal but reaches out to other aspiring chefs and amateur cooks in the country. Hence what better platform than this in order to showcase the true essence of High Tea, that too executed in with complete finesse by Chef Ajay Chopra’s culinary mastery.



At The Westin Mumbai Garden City, he is responsible for the food and beverages of the hotel which include ‘Prego’, one of Mumbai’s finest Italian specialty restaurants, ‘Kangan’, acclaimed for its bewitching North West Frontier cuisine coupled with the view, ‘Seasonal Tastes’ our 24 hour multi-cuisine restaurant and our  lavish banquet spreads.





He has crafted a rich and diverse menu incorporating signature SuperFoodsRx elements. SuperFoodsRx are foods rich in antioxidants and phytonutrients and are a signature offering at Westin Hotels and Resorts. Chef Ajay’s food philosophy is all about relating food to the new world.




On this show he has taken Indian tea-time favorites to another level with the addition of modern techniques of cooking. This has been done so with the intent of exposing the average Indian to the international concept of High Tea, yet making it simple and easy to execute his recipes, giving it a mass appeal. Here you will find world cuisine, simple yet flavorsome. Take your pick from favorite classics like savory samosas and try your hand at making one with chocolate; there’s also the indo-asian chicken tikka spring rolls and cheesy mirchi wadas to pair with a refreshing warm or cool drink of tea.