Winners of State Tourism Awards 2014-2015
Kerala Tourism has presented the Kerala Tourism Awards of Excellence
2014-2015 to honour Kerala's Best Tourism Service Providers. The awards were
presented by Mr. Pinarayi Vijayan, Chief Minister, Kerala.
The list of the awardees:
Marvel Tours won the award for best in-bound tour operator. Crowne
Plaza, Kochi, bagged the top award for five star deluxe hotel, while Uday
Samudra Leisure Beach Hotel and Spa bagged the best five star hotel award.
Spice Village in Thekkady, has been adjudged best four star hotel and
Marari Beach in Alappuzha won the top three star hotel award. Coconut Lagoon,
Kumarakom, took the best heritage hotel award.
Somatheeram Research Institute and Ayurveda Hospital won the award for
the best Ayurveda Centre, while Coconut Creek Farm and Homestay at Kumarakom
won the best homestay award. The award for the best serviced villa went to Teak
Town, Malappuram.
The award for the best hotel manager went to Jaya Chitra of Somatheeram
Ayurveda Resort and Sanjay Kaushik of Crowne Plaza, while Munnar Catering
College pocketed the award for the best tourism management institute.
The special recognition for new initiatives in tourism for this year
went to Joseph K of Malappuram for 'Adventure on Wheels' initiative while
Somatheeram Ayurveda Group and The Travel Planners from Thiruvananthapuram won
the award for the best use of IT in Tourism.
The Best Adventure Tourism Award went to Kalypso Adventures. Some other
awards were the best tourism police award for Sanal Kumar A G; best tourism
lifeguard for Mahesan C and best tourism destination for Sargaalaya Kerala Arts
and Crafts Village, Iringal.
Dr K C Krishnakumar, Chief Sub Editor, Mathrubhumi won the award for
best tourism related report while Arun Sreedhar, Chief Photographer, Malayala
Manorama won for best tourism
photography.
St Xavier's College for Women, Aluva, was adjudged for best tourism club
award.
0 comments:
Post a Comment