Hotels reopen in Mumbai

A visitor stands outside a shopping arcade at the Oberoi Trident hotel in Mumbai. Trident, the tower block part of the hotel complex, reopened today nearly a month after 22 visitors and 10 employees were killed in the siege Photograph: Arko Datta/Reuters

A worker cleans the lobby of the Oberoi Trident Hotel ahead of today's reopening Photograph: Rajanish Kakade/AP

Indian workers absail down the damaged Taj Mahal hotel to repaint the walls Photograph: Pal Pillai/AFP/Getty Images

Security staff search journalists at the Trident hotel ahead of a press conference Photograph: Arko Datta/Reuters

Security staff with sniffer dogs patrol outside the hotel lobby Photograph: Arko Datta/Reuters

Outside the hotel as final preparations take place for reopening. Photograph: Sajjad Hussain/AFP/ Getty Images

A sushi chef prepares for diners at the Trident hotel. It may take 'six to seven' months for the Oberoi to resume full working but all four restaurants are now serving diners. Photograph: EPA

Empty dishes lie on a table at Frangipani restaurant at the Trident on the eve of the hotel's reopening Photograph: Gautam Singh/AP

Security personnel at the Trident Photograph: Arko Datta/Reuters

Vehicles queue up to enter the Trident as it reopens to guests Photograph: Punit Paranjpe/Reuters

Indian police watch as a security guard uses a mirror to check the underside of a car. Guests were checking in at the Trident, with about 100 of the 550 rooms booked out. Photograph: Sajjad Hussain/AFP/Getty Images

Secrity personnel seen reflected in a mirror at the entrance of the Trident Photograph: /EPA

A receptionist tat the Trident lobby Photograph: EPA

Ratan Tata, chairman of Tata group, owner of the hotels, said the swift reopening of the hotel's modern Tower wing was the start of a new era and dedicated the reopening to all who lost their lives. Photograph: Punit Paranjpe/Reuters

Guests are seen in the lobby of the Taj Mahal Palace and Towers. Photograph: Amit Bhargava/Amit Bhargava

The newly reopened Taj Mahal hotel lights up the Mumbai seafront. Photograph: Sajjad Hussain/AFP/Getty Images