Kerala Tourism Adds Three More PATA Gold Awards To Its Kitty
Kerala Tourism has won the 2004 Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) Gold Awards for its Thenmala Eco-tourism Project, East Fort Heritage Project and the Ayurveda promotional CD-ROM titled Niramaya. Kerala, internationally acclaimed as God's Own Country, is the only state in India, that bagged three awards this year.

Le Meridien Cochin To Tap The Surge In Kerala Tourism
After winning the Kerala State Tourism award for the 'Best Five-Star Deluxe Hotel', Le Meridien Cochin has taken the responsibility of setting high standards in the hotel industry.

Saj Flight Services Bags Mercury Award
For the first time in the history of aviation catering an in-flight catering company in India bagged the Mercury Award. SAJ Flight Services, an aviation catering company started its operations in 1982 at Trivandrum with India's national carrier Air-India and thereafter-catering operations were extended to Chennai, Calicut, Kochi and Bangalore.

Osaka Air Travels Ventures Into Domestic Travel
Domestic tourism is fast becoming a trend amongst travel agents and tour operators alike.

Cooper Holidays Launches New Pilgrim Packages
At a glittering function in March at Chottanikkara Temple, a leading pilgrimage centre in South India, about 15 km from Kochi, "Cooper Holidays" launched their new pilgrimage packages for pilgrims visiting Kerala.

MAS Enterprises To Set Up Two Luxury Hotels
Visiting Munnar and Thekkady will not be the same, with the opening of two-luxury hotel, The Chancellor Resorts in Munnar and MAS Lake Queen in Thekkady.