Kochi: US based Hyatt Hotels Corporation has announced that Hyatt affiliates signed management agreements for a Grand Hyatt hotel in Kochi, bringing the total number of announced Hyatt-branded hotels under development in India to 56. Grand Hyatt Kochi, will be located on Bolgatty Island in Kochi and is expected to open in 2017 first quarter.
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Bekal aims to be an international tourist destination by 2015
Trivandrum: Bekal and its famed 17th century fort are ready to emerge from the periphery of Kerala’s tourism map to take the centre stage as infrastructure projects worth crores of rupees designed to make it India’s first sustainable and planned beach destination get off the ground. Chief Minister Shri Oommen Chandy will inaugurate an intensive ‘Know Bekal’ promotional campaign on May 10 in Bekal to showcase this pristine destination and its many attractions, both nationally and internationally.
Read MoreVasu Coco launches Vasundhara Sarovar, to open three more projects
Kochi: The Noida based Vasu Coco Resorts will be soon opening four new projects in Kerala. Vasundhara Sarovar Premiere, the company’s first property at Vayalar in Alappuzha District is managed by Sarovar Hotels and Resorts. The luxury resort is spread over 7 acres on the banks of Vembanad Lake and built with an investment of Rs.70 crore.
Read MoreAmet Cruises to wind up Kochi operations in May
Kochi: Just six months after starting their services from Kochi, the Chennai based Amet Cruises is all set to close its operations here because of poor patronage. Amet Majesty, the vessel which the company was using for its services from Kochi, will sail on May 27, 2012 for a trip to Lakshadweep and then head for its base in Chennai. Amet Majesty started its services in October 2011 and was operating Kochi – Maldives (four nights), Kochi – Lakshadweep (two nights) and one weekend services.
Read MoreKollam to host Southern Regional Conference of Tourism Ministers
Trivandrum: The Tourism Ministers from Southern States of Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, and Puducherry; Union Territories of Andaman and Nicobar and Lakshadweep will meet in Kollam for the two-day Second Southern Regional Conference of Tourism Ministers on August 20 & 21, 2011, to chalk out joint strategies to woo foreign tourists and identify common tourism circuits, among other things.
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