The Leela Kovalam (Thiruvananthapuram)
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Kerala /
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Thiruvananthapuram
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hotel, restaurant, resort
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Location :15 kms from Trivandrum (Thiruvanathapuram) Airport,
The Glorious History:
The first,finest and largest five star beach resort of Kerala with 194 guest rooms and suites is spread over 44 acres ( 64 acres when it was with ITDC).
The Resort was started as the first integrated beach resort in 1969 by the India Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC).ITDC had appointed world renowned architect Charles Correa as consultant.In 1972 ITDC commissioned 42 Cottages at Grove and in 1976 the Beach View Block with 88 more rooms.In 1995 ITDC made a major expansion of the Resort by adding another 62 Rooms at the unique Sea View Block ( Now Club at Leela) and Rajiv Gandhi Convention Centre with 800 people capacity.
The Union Government had disinvested ( A controversial decision by the BJP government of that time at Centre)the property on 11th July 2002 and has been taken over by the M Far Hotels Ltd a company promoted by NRI business magnet Dr.P.Mohammed Ali(Galfar,Oman).M Far had rebranded the Resort with Le Meridien Hotels & Resorts.M Far had done the renovation of Grove Cottages,Convention Centre and Beach View Block,Lobby and Public Areas during their regime.
M Far hotel sold the property in 2005 to Capt.Krishnan Nair,the veteran hospitality business leader in the country,who owns The Leela Group.The Leela Group rebranded the resort with Kempinsky Hotels.Leela is now completing the renovation of the Sea View Block which houses 62 rooms.
The resort has witnessed re-branding exercise at four times.
1) The Ashok Group ( ITDC)
2) Radisson ( ITDC)
3) Le Meridien ( M Far Hotels)
4) Kempinski ( The Leela Grou)
About Leela:
The Leela Kovalam Beach, Kerala built on a rock-face, is cradled between two wide sweeping beaches and has a panoramic view of the famous Kovalam coastline. This 5 star deluxe resort, with an array of superlative restaurants and lounges, also specializes in traditional Ayurveda treatment.
Location :15 kms from Trivandrum (Thiruvanathapuram) Airport,
The Glorious History:
The first,finest and largest five star beach resort of Kerala with 194 guest rooms and suites is spread over 44 acres ( 64 acres when it was with ITDC).
The Resort was started as the first integrated beach resort in 1969 by the India Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC).ITDC had appointed world renowned architect Charles Correa as consultant.In 1972 ITDC commissioned 42 Cottages at Grove and in 1976 the Beach View Block with 88 more rooms.In 1995 ITDC made a major expansion of the Resort by adding another 62 Rooms at the unique Sea View Block ( Now Club at Leela) and Rajiv Gandhi Convention Centre with 800 people capacity.
The Union Government had disinvested ( A controversial decision by the BJP government of that time at Centre)the property on 11th July 2002 and has been taken over by the M Far Hotels Ltd a company promoted by NRI business magnet Dr.P.Mohammed Ali(Galfar,Oman).M Far had rebranded the Resort with Le Meridien Hotels & Resorts.M Far had done the renovation of Grove Cottages,Convention Centre and Beach View Block,Lobby and Public Areas during their regime.
M Far hotel sold the property in 2005 to Capt.Krishnan Nair,the veteran hospitality business leader in the country,who owns The Leela Group.The Leela Group rebranded the resort with Kempinsky Hotels.Leela is now completing the renovation of the Sea View Block which houses 62 rooms.
The resort has witnessed re-branding exercise at four times.
1) The Ashok Group ( ITDC)
2) Radisson ( ITDC)
3) Le Meridien ( M Far Hotels)
4) Kempinski ( The Leela Grou)
About Leela:
The Leela Kovalam Beach, Kerala built on a rock-face, is cradled between two wide sweeping beaches and has a panoramic view of the famous Kovalam coastline. This 5 star deluxe resort, with an array of superlative restaurants and lounges, also specializes in traditional Ayurveda treatment.
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 8°23'38"N 76°58'22"E
- Udaya Samudhra Leisure Beach Resort 1 km
- Vivanta - Kovalam, Kerala 1.3 km
- Paradise Gardens Beach Resort & Ayurveda Centre (only direct reservation: paradisegardensgmail.com) 4.9 km
- Manaltheeram 6 km
- NICE Mens Hostel 44 km
- CMS hostel 71 km
- "Bharati" - PWD Guest House 72 km
- Kerala House 72 km
- Kalkre Hostel 74 km
- Sagar Milan Guest House 77 km
- Eve's Beach 0.6 km
- IHMCT Kovalam 0.8 km
- Quarry 1.1 km
- Lighthouse Beach 1.2 km
- Indian Coast Guard 1.6 km
- Animal Rescue Kerala 1.9 km
- Laksham veedu colony vizhinjam 2.2 km
- Vizhinjam Fishing Harbour 2.7 km
- Vellayani Lake 4 km
- Thiruvananthapuram District 22 km
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