US President Donald Trump and wife Melania will be visiting India on Feb 24-25

NEW DELHI: An advance team of US officials has visited ITC Maurya to reconnoitre the luxury hotel as President Donald Trump could be staying there during his visit to Delhi later this month. Maurya's 4,800 sq ft Grand Presidential Suite is learnt to have been recently given a luxurious facelift in anticipation of the US President and First Lady Melania Trump's stay.

ITC Maurya did not comment on the subject. The Trumps will not need to worry about Delhi's pollution in their suite. The hotel, it is learnt, has massive air purifiers to ensure "clean air quality" as per WHO standards. The Grand Presidential floor will breathe this purified air. A dynamic plaque in the lobby gives real-time air quality readings. Rooms have been booked across some top five-star hotels in central Delhi for the presidential delegation, sources said. The US President and First Lady will be in India on February 24 and 25 and will also visit Ahmedabad.

The ITC Hotels website describes some of the features of Maurya's Grand Presidential suite. "...An exclusive private entrance... a private high-speed elevator, State-of-the-art security systems... The Grand Presidential abode is a two-bedroom mansion of luxury with silk-panelled walls, dark wood flooring and magnificent artwork. This suite comprises a reception area, a large living room, a study, a peacock-themed 12-seater private dining room... and a mini spa & gymnasium."

In the past, too, US presidents have stayed at the Maurya. President Bill Clinton famously had Dal Bukhara at the hotel's Bukhara restaurant. When President Barack Obama came to India as the chief guest for Republic Day in 2015 - Modi's first as PM after his 2014 win - he stayed in the presidential suite on the 14th floor. Obama had stayed there on his earlier visit to Delhi, in 2010, as well.

In March 2006, President George W Bush stayed here, as did Clinton whose 2000 visit led the hotel to introduce the special "Clinton Platter" and "Chelsea Platter" at Bukhara.

