NEW DELHI: Russian president Vladimir Putin's visit to Delhi with a large delegation is proving to be the icing on the cake for the capital's five-star hotels that are witnessing peak occupancy and tariff this week. A number of mega events, including a taxation meet at Bharat Mandapam, paper expo at Yashobhoomi and a Unesco meet, along with wedding dates have sent five-star non-suite tariff for this weekend soaring to anywhere between Rs 85,000 and Rs 1.3 lakh. Putin will stay at ITC Maurya's 4,700-square-foot ‘grand presidential suite', where top global dignitaries, such as US president Donald Trump and his predecessors Joe Biden and Bill Clinton, had stayed. This two-bedroom suite has a reception area, living room, study, 12-seater private dining room, mini-spa and a gymnasiu

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