Roswyn’s Mumbai debut redefines lifestyle luxury: Morgans Originals brings design-led, culturally rooted h..
Krishani Chhatwal, director of the Shrem Group (left) and the interiors of the recently opened Roswyn, a Morgans Originals hotel in Mumbai.The launch of Roswyn, a Morgans Originals hotel recently in Mumbai, signalled the entry of Ennismore’s design-led, unique properties into India. ET HospitalityWorld spoke with Krishani Chhatwal, director of the Shrem Group, which owns Roswyn as well as The Fairmont Mumbai, about the new brand and the thinking behind its design.“Roswyn was always envisaged as more than just a hotel — it’s a lifestyle-led hospitality experience rooted in the rhythm and energy of Mumbai. We wanted to create a place that feels culturally connected, emotionally intuitive, and reflective of how modern travellers actually live today. The larger vision for Roswyn is to build a brand with a strong point of view — one that sits at the intersection of hospitality, design, culture, wellness and community,” said Chhatwal.“A large part of my focus has been on shaping Roswyn’s positioning in a way that ensures it’s perceived not just as another luxury hotel, but as a culturally relevant lifestyle destination with a very distinct identity. In Mumbai specifically, I think Roswyn brings a slightly different perspective to luxury hospitality. It’s less formal, less transactional, and far more driven by experience, culture and social energy,” she said.The Indian market overall was entering a phase where travellers were looking beyond traditional luxury. They wanted hotels with identity, character and stories that feel authentic to the place. Roswyn reflected that shift. It was globally informed, but emotionally rooted in Mumbai — not just in how it looks, but in how it feels, she added.“Roswyn brings a very different energy and perspective to the larger property ecosystem alongside Fairmont Mumbai. While Fairmont is rooted in grandeur, scale and a more classic expression of luxury, Roswyn introduces a more intimate, lifestyle-led and culturally fluid experience,” Chhatwal said when asked about the differences between the two brands within the same complex.Together, the two hotels created a layered hospitality destination that catered to very different moods, audiences and ways of travelling. What Roswyn added to the complex was a sense of contemporary culture and everyday relevance. It was designed around how people lived and travel today — where work, social life, wellness, dining and community naturally overlapped. Spaces like The Third Room, Black Lacquer and Fi’lia were envisaged not just for hotel guests, but as places that locals would also want to engage with. The idea was always to create spaces that felt as relevant to the city’s creative and social community as they do to travellers staying at the hotel, she stated.“One of the most interesting challenges was creating two hotels within the same larger ecosystem that feel completely different in personality and design perspective. In many ways, Fairmont Mumbai and Roswyn sit at two very different ends of the hospitality spectrum. Fairmont represents a more classic, grand and timeless expression of luxury, while Roswyn was envisaged to feel far more intimate, instinctive and culturally layered,” she said of the challenges in setting up the hotel, adding, “With Roswyn, the focus was on creating a space that felt lived-in and emotionally connected to Mumbai — almost like the home of someone who has travelled extensively and collected stories, objects and influences over time. The design language intentionally moves away from traditional formality and leans more into atmosphere, texture, personality and emotional resonance.”The intention was never to create something overtly “Indian” or overly international, but something naturally layered and reflective of Mumbai itself. The focus throughout was on ensuring Roswyn maintained a strong individuality and distinct point of view, while still complementing the larger luxury ecosystem around it, Chhatwal added.
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