( CNN ) -- The first guests checked back into the Taj Mahal Palace and the Oberoi-Trident hotels Sunday , marking the reopening of the two luxury venues damaged by terrorist attacks in Mumbai last month . Guests arrive Sunday at the Taj Mahal Palace hotel in Mumbai . Along with new guests , the hotels ' five restaurants were booked with diners , representatives of the Taj Mahal said . `` Today has been an incredibly moving day . The Taj has been reopened , after a massive concerted effort , in dedication to all of those who lost their lives in the attacks on Mumbai , '' said Ratan Tata , the chairman of the company that owns the the Taj Mahal Palace hotel . Representatives at the Oberoi-Trident marked the reopening of that hotel with a multi-religion prayer meeting . Watch as the Taj Mahal hotel reopens . `` All the 550 guest rooms , including the executive floors , of the hotel are ready to receive guests , '' a hotel spokesman said , adding the business was reopening with `` heightened security , '' There were still portions of both hotels that could not reopened because of damage , including the Heritage wing of the Taj Mahal and the Oberoi wing of the Oberoi-Trident . The scene Sunday is a far cry from November 26 when the hotel and many other locations in Mumbai were paralyzed by a mass of coordinated attacks . Terrorists using bombs , gunfire and fire caused the deaths of more than 160 people over three days of sieges throughout the city that is India 's commercial capital . They took hostages at the Taj Mahal Palace and Tower and Oberoi-Trident hotels . The assaults also targeted a historic train station , a Jewish cultural center and other landmarks . CNN 's Harmeet Singh contributed to this report .
Mumbai 's Taj Mahal Palace Tower , Oberoi-Trident luxury hotels reopen . Comment: Parts of both hotels still closed because of damage suffered during three-day sieges .