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    BACKWATERS - Insight On Kerala Tourism
 

State Tourism Awards for 2004-05 announced
The Kerala State Tourism Awards for 2004-’05 were announced recently. The award committee finalised the awards based on the criteria prescribed by the government.

Estuary Island: Comforting embrace of Mother Nature
It might have taken millions of years for nature to persuade a lake, a river, a sea and a beach to meet at one point. And the architect at Estuary Island believed that the design of a resort along this great natural phenomenon has to blend with the phenomenon itself.

Hotel Kovalam Gateway: A true gateway to Kovalam
Hotel Kovalam Gateway is the one and only luxury deluxe hotel on the main road to Kovalam from the Thiruvananthapuram airport. It is situated just ahead of the Thiruvallam Bridge and is hardly 15 minutes drive from the airport and railway station.

Women team from Dubai in Nehru Trophy boat race
Jayasree Travels & Tours in association with Mountain High and Dodge, got a team of multinational women from Dubai to compete with the women's team from the Alleppey Boat Club in Kerala. This is for the first time in the history of the Nehru Trophy boat race that other nationalities took part and won the race.

Hotel Sea Face: Every season is a reason to stay here…
Located at Kovalam, "the Grace of God", nobody else could take you so close to ecstasy and the beach. Hotel Sea Face beach resort on the golden sands comes as a total surprise with its lively international atmosphere, gracious hospitality and a variety of both local and international menus.

Holiday at Kerala: True specialists
Holiday at Kerala is the leisure and tour division of SAJ Group. SAJ Group are the pioneers in eco-friendly resorts, flight catering, Ayurveda and food products.

Birds Lagoon: More than just bird watching
The beauty and serenity of the Birds Lagoon village resort is home to the richest bird habitat in peninsular India - Thattekad.

Somatheeram awarded the Best Ayurvedic Centre for the seventh time
Somatheeram has been awarded with the Kerala State - Tourism Award for the Best Ayurvedic Centre for the record seventh time.

Ecotourism in the Aralam Wildlife Sanctuary
Aralam wildlife sanctuary is the only protected area in Kannur district and is the northernmost sanctuary in Kerala. This sanctuary supports a variety of animal and plant communities exhibiting incredible diversity.

Thuriya Leisure launched
Thuriya Leisure launched its operations in Kochi with a grand gala function at the Le Meridien Hotel. The inauguration was done by E K Bharat Bhushan IAS, principal secretary, tourism, Government of Kerala by lighting the traditional lamp.

Coastline Holidays opens office in Coimbatore
Coastline Holidays of Kochi has recently opened a new office at Gandhipuram in Coimbatore.

Munnar Holidays: Competitive packages
Munnar Holidays is one of the well-known travel agents and tour operators among tourists to India.

Thapovan: A unique heritage resort
Thapovan, a unique heritage home resort located 18 kms south of Thiruvanathapuram city is situated on a hillock facing the Nellikkunnu beach.

Backwater Ripples: The eco-adventure resort
Kumarakom is a tiny hamlet perched on the eastern banks of the Vembanad Lake - a stretch of backwaters spread over 900 sq kilometres.

Tours India International: Tailor-made itineraries
Tours India International does not merely provide you with the sights and sounds of Kerala, but a soulful experience.

Cocohol centering on international tourism
Cocohol - your holiday and travel partner, the UK-based tour operating agency functioning from Thiruvanathapuram, Kerala is enhancing its area of operations to include top international destinations.

Pitta: The fire in the body
Pitta (fire) is frequently regarded as the fire with in the body. But it is more useful to understand it as the energy stored in the body as organic acids, hormones, and enzymes. The main functions of pitta are digestion, heat production, metabolism, providing color to the blood, vision and skin luster.

Two Kerala properties among ‘seven best sleeps’ in India
Raheem Residency, a heritage hotel at Alleppey beach and Fort House, a home stay in Fort Cochin have recently been selected by British travel writer, Alastair Sawday, as two of 'the seven best sleeps in India.'

Tourism minister felicitated by SKHF
The members of South Kerala Hotel Forum (SKHF) at their monthly meeting in September at the Trivandrum South Park Hotel felicitated Kodiyeri Balakrishnan, tourism minister, Kerala.


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