Kochi Hotels & Resorts

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Poovath Heritage Hotel



Poovath Heritage Hotel is a heritage botique hotel based in Fort Kochi. The property was the official residence Chief Priest of Protestant Church of Dutch. As the Dutch protestant Church ceased to exist after end of Dutch rule in Kochi, the residence became a major warehouse of spice merchant- Thakur & Co







In 1996, the warehouse was purchased by a major business group- Poovath Group and converted into Poovath Heritage Hotel.







The 10 suite facility, is built in typical classical Dutch style, with taint of Kerala architecture. The property has 10 bath attached suites, a reading room cafe, a multi-cuisine restaurant Cuisine O World, a swimming pool.

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More than just cinema halls, Mymoon and Lulu were two landmarks in the city— witnesses to the golden era of Malayalam cinema.

The twin theatres are in a deserted state after the Kokers Group sold it five years ago,

"It was in September 1981 that we inaugurated both the theatres. The movie, 'Raktham,' directed by Joshy, was the inaugural film in Mymoon and 'Vida Parayum Munpe' by Mohan was screened at Lulu. 'Vida Parayum Munpe' was a surprise hit. We even arranged special shows for women at that time."

"The first thought that comes to my mind when I travel through Chittoor Road is the image of lengthy queues of women below the posters of 'Vida Parayum Munpe,'" said Siyad Koker of the Kokers Group.

The one-acre property is currently worth Rs 50 to Rs 60 crore. "We sold the property to EMKE group five years ago due to financial burden and partition problems," Siyad said.

He said that many Malayalam movies considered as classics have been screened in Mymoon and Lulu. "We used to give equal importance to movies in other languages, too. Tamil movie 'Munthane Mudichu' ran for more than 100 days in Mymoon. The movie 'Akashadooth' did not get a good response in the first few days. But later it became a hit and we even arranged special shows for women," Siyad said.

The other major super hits that were screened at Mymoon and Lulu include 'Oru CBI Diarykurippu,' 'Irupatham Noottandu,' 'Kottayam Kunjachan,' 'Inspector Balram,' 'Lal Salam,' 'Koodevide,' 'Gentleman,' 'Kathalan' and many more.

The last major release was Mohanlal's 'Mahasamudram' in 2006. It is learnt that the EMKE Group is planning to construct a luxury hotel on the plot but the company is yet to start the preliminary work. As a result the theatre complex stands as a testimony to the crisis-stricken Malayalam movie industry.

For movie buffs, Mymoon and Lulu always evoke memories of the live action on 70 mm screen.

http://ibnlive.in.com/news/a-gloriou...50-60-122.html

I wonder will Lulu think of 4th luxury hotel in the city (after Marriot Edappally, Marriot Airport, upcoming Bolgatty hotel), that too in congested Chittoor Road?

The property is ideal, if considered for a Mall along with multiplex, because of its location. If they acquire the nearby Dhanwathri Hospital which lies back to this property, they gain an access to MG Road. Perhaps, it can make better returns, than a mere Hotel. Maybe they too might be thinking that direction....

What a coincidence... Lulu acquiring Lulu theatre!!! Emke is doing too good for Kochi!!!

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Kerala Vaidyashala to open resort in Kochi

Leading ayurveda spa operator Kerala Vaidyashala has said it sold its entire stake in Birla Kerala Vaidyashala to its partner Birla Wellness as part of its plan to exit the day spa segment that it has pioneered. Kerala Vaidyashala, which formed a partnership with Yash Birla group-promoted Birla Wellness in December 2008, has also decided to invest around Rs 50 crore in health tourism, and the stay spa segment while completely exiting the day spa segment, company promoter Harshajeet Kuroop said. The JV, in which Kerala Vaidyashala had 49 percent stake and the Birlas the rest, has been operating 32 day spas in major cities, including 11 in Mumbai. While most of the spas are standalone, it runs one at the Collate Apollo Hospital. Before the JV with the Birlas, Kerala Vaidyashala had opened the country's first ayurvedic day spa, where only out patients are treated, in Mumbai in 1997, Kuroop said. Normally ayurvedic spas admit people as its medication and massage therapies are time-consuming and demand strict dietary controls. Such spas are called stay spas. Elaborating on the his future plans, Kuroop said his focus will be health tourism, mostly based in Kerala, which include building health food and regular nutritious food outlets under the label of Malabar Koast, which opened its first outlet in Mumbai recently. That apart, it will also start naturopathy and yoga centres with residential facility. Kuroop's upcoming projects include a semi-luxury 27-bedded wellness resort in Kerala's backwater capital of Alappuzha, a luxury stay spa with 22 cottages and rooms near Kochi; and a highend luxury resort at Kozhikode with 40 cottages. Kuroop also has plans to set up ayurvedic speciality hospitals, wellness centres in Kerala and Rajasthan. All these projects will together involve an investment of around Rs 50 crore, he said, adding he will pump in 50 percent of this and the rest will be arranged from private equity players.

IBN Live

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Farhan on unexplored destinations

Director of cult films like Dil Chahta Hai (2001), Farhan Akhtar has always been known for taking the Indian audiences to new destinations with every movie. On being asked how he decides the location for a movie, he says, “As a filmmaker, I try to make the setting of the film an integral part of the story — not merely the backdrop. Don 2, which comes out later in the year, needed a really wintery setting, so we chose Berlin.”

Farhan is fond of road trips and often gets into his car and just drives away to land up in places like Goa or Coonoor. Talking about his new film Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara that is his foray into the road movie genre, he says, “The story is about three friends—played by Hrithik Roshan, Abhay Deol and myself—who make a pact to go on a road trip before they get married. They keep their promise and end up travelling around Spain together.”

Sharing his experiences about holidaying with family, Farhan says, “My wife Adhuna and I have taken our daughters, ten-year-old Shakya, and Akira, who’s four, to a lot of different places. In fact we went to Berlin on a road trip back in 2007, when Akira was just a few months old.”

On being quizzed about his honeymoon destination with wife Adhuna, he said, “Adhuna and I went to Fort Kochi in Kerala. We stayed at a beautiful boutique hotel called The Malabar House and spent time cruising the backwaters. It was quite romantic.”

Hindustan Times

Infact, his film venture Kartik calling Kartik was shot in Kochi for few days.

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Blue Waters Resort Cherai

Cherai, the upcoming beach of Kochi, has a couple of beach-side resorts. BlueWaters Resort is the latest property in Cherai Beach, offering best of beach views. This 30 suite facility, is a 4 star resort (currently 3 star, awaiting for official certifications), offers premium facilities to its guests







The resort has formal restaurant, a 24 hour dining open lawn cafe, spa, limo service, beach services apart from other standard premium facilities. A bar lounge cum club is scheduled to open soon







The hotel is part of PGHR group, having properties in Kozhikode, Kochi, Kumarakom etc.

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Lotus 8 Airport Hotel- Cochin International Airport; Nedumbassery



Lotus 8 Airport Hotel and Apartments is a premium property, located opposite to Cochin International Airport in Nedumbassery. This 4 star hotel, is a 55 room facility. The hotel has complementary airport-transfers to allow air-travellers to relax. One of the few hotels in the state, that offers hourly rates, it offers great relief for passengers who can use it as a transit or early flight hotel.





















The hotel has a multi-cuisine restaurant with large 3 time buffets, a 24 hour roof top barbecue/live grill restaurant, a 24 hour coffee shop with all day breakfast dining, a fitness center, a kids center, saloon and other standard facilities.



The hotel also has a spa-The Ashram, a 24 hour business center with secretarial services, 24 hour travel desk cum ticketing center and a shopping center.

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Hotel Fort House - Fort Kochi, Kerala


Hotel Fort House is a charming medium priced, family-run hotel. It is located by the waterfront in Fort Cochin. Well-situated within walking distance from heritage monuments such as the Old Jewish Synagogue, the Dutch Palace , and the popular antique market of Mattancherry, Hotel Fort House is an attractive destination for travellers looking for a comfortable and refreshing time away from the bustle of city life.










Waterfront restaurant offers a pleasant ambience generated by the fresh sea breeze and the gentle sounds of water lapping against the pier.




The hotel serve seafood specialty dishes that are the hallmark of the Kerala Latin Christian cuisine. The dishes bear the flavour and diversity of home cooked food and avoid over use of spices. Vegans are offered a selection of deliciously flavoured traditional vegetarian fare. For the homesick traveller we have a variety of pastas and other European dishes.


The Ayurveda treatment centre at the hotel, run in collaboration with Nagarjuna Ayurvedic Centre, Kalady, Kerala's most reputed Ayurvedic group is an added attraction.

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Hotel KIMANSION - Fort Kochi, Kerala



Kimansion is more than a century old, this two storied, 2500 sq.ft. hotel has character. In every nook of its spacious rooms and in every beam of polished wood. The grandeur and sateliness of a bygone era are evident. While Kimansion is warm, cosy and definitely not impersonal, it is very much a state of the art hotel. Blending unobtrusively with its old-world looks are several very modern amenities.















Parlours and dining rooms are at the guest's disposals at all times. There are well-equipped kitchenetts on both floors guests can either cooks for themselves or dine from Kimansion's daily fare.





Kimansion can offer you are premium facililities at a less than premium price. While it it is on par with many star hotels, "the tariff rates are affordable".

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The Wyte Fort - NH 47, Maradu, Kochi



Cochin Wyte Fort is a well known 4 star hotel set amidst luxurious charm of Kochi (Cochin) in green Kerala. Located closest from the Airport with 4 star facilities on NH 47, by-pass, near Maradu Junction, the Hotel Wyte Fort offers the finest Banqueting, Conference facilities and Business Traveller Services. An ideal accommodation for corporates, vacationing families, groups and individuals, the Wyte Fort is easily accessible from all the parts of the Cochin city.









The Hotel Wyte Fort offers the wonderful facility for meeting and banquet, which is enough to accommodate group of 25-200 with the most modern and State-of-the-art equipments.













The Jharokha-Multi-Cuisine buffer restaurant serves a variety of delicious dishes, be it Special Chinese, Thai or any other International dish to your taste. Moreover, round the clock Coffee Shop is available, where you can sip a cup coffee any time.

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Old Courtyard Hotel - Fort Cochin, Kerala



The Old Courtyard Hotel was known as Lily Koder’s house. The eminent Koder family of Fort Cochin, who were Jews. The house was built for Lily Koder’s brother, but unfortunately he did not live long to occupy the house.

Jacob and Rose Kuruvinakunnel found Lily Koder’s house the perfect setting to start their own hotel. The old mango tree in the center of the courtyard was the clincher so that they could transform it to a small and intimate hotel.
The rooms are created in the colonial style of four poster beds, intricate cupboards, tables, lion face, 5 headed elephant and other unusual pieces. Original art work and paintings are show cased in the Old Courtyard Restaurant and rooms.































The restaurant opens on to the courtyard to serve quality dining in a mellow atmosphere. Fresh seafood caught daily in the picturesque Chinese fishing nets are a specialty. The cuisine covers a delectable range of Kerala, Continental, Mediterranean and Asian flavours . Indeed, a savory alternative to the very spicy local fare. Among the ambrosial array of desserts, “Rose’s cheesecake” is justly famous!

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Abad Chullikal



One of the oldest properties of Abad Group, Abad Chullikal is a 3 star business hotel located in Chullikal near heritage/tourist zone of Fort Kochi.

This 42 room facility has a multi-cuisine restaurant- Pavillion and a 24 hour Abad Cafe Canopy. In addition it has an inhouse supermarket- Grand stores, a bookstore, a reading room, a spa and swimming pool

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Rossitta Wood Castle - Fort Kochi, Kerala

Rossitta wood Castle is the centuries old mansion of an European family now open to tourists. Situated on the Rose Street between Vasco-Da-Gama church and the beach of Fort Cochin, A warm little inn, where you relax and the stonewalls start narrating stories-tales from the pages of history. Teakwood flooring, high wooden ceiling, tiled roofing and huge European windows always conserving a fresh and cool ambience at her interiors. Every bit of her as charming as she ever was in the history, centuries ago

The sea food served is prepared from the fresh produce available around Cochin. The restaurant is set in the open courtyard, the walls over three centuries old. The ambience, homely and cosy. With an enticing menu comprising delightfully traditional dishes, exotic Italian pastas, and choicest desserts.

cc: Rossitta Wood Castle

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Bharat Hotel - BTH - Gandhi Square, DH road, Cochin

BTH is strategically located in Cochin. BTH is the ideal destination for travellers, whether on business or leisure. And over the years, BTH has become a name to reckon with in the hospitality industry, with its commitment to quality and perfection. Bharath hotel provides the ideal balance of space, comfort and warm South Indian hospitality in all its 30 rooms. Guests of The Bharath Hotel ca indian and north indian cusine from its two well know resturants - Subhiksha and Kempu.

There are three types of restaurants within the Hotel.

Subhiksha (Air Conditioned)
Subhiksha brings you a gourmet’s spread of delightful North Indian Vegetarian Cuisine. The restaurant has an aesthetic décor with sophisticated furnishing and soft lighting, complemented with fine classical music that allow customers to enjoy their meal, drink in the surroundings and experience the real taste of life.
Lunch: 12.00 Noon - 03.00 PM | Dinner: 07.00 PM - 11.00 PM

Kempu-The Coffee Shop
It's the perfect place for snacks,Fillers or to sip a hot coffee/tea in the wee hours of dawn.
Open: 03.00 PM - 02.00 AM
Location:Lobby Level

The 24 Hour Coffee Shop
The Coffee Shop at the BTH Lobby is open almost round the clock and is the perfect place to take a quick snack, digest some fillers midway business or sip a frosted drink in the wee hours of dawn.

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The Capital Anchor House - Bazar road, Mattanchery, Cochin

The Capital Anchor House is situated on Mattancherry's Bazar Street. 11 elegantly appointed and fully furnished deluxe rooms with a touch of past and the present. 3 well maintained and spacious deluxe suites with a living space / room.

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Four Seasons Cochin - Princess Street, Fort Cochin

Four Seasons Cochin offer six AC and two non-AC rooms, all with comfortable beds, private bathrooms with 24- hour hot water, LCD televisions, and a generator to maintain consistent electrical power.All our rooms are priced cost-effectively, even in the busy high season. In the evenings between excursions, relax in our plant-filled common courtyard. Share travel stories with other guests or simply enjoy the serenity of this lovely space.

Four Seasons Restaurant offer the dining experience in our upstairs restaurant overlooking the heart of fort Cochin. The casual elegance of our restaurant is matched by the refined, high-quality menu. Whether you’re a solo traveler or part of a large group, you can relax over a delicious meal of Multi Cuisine

cc: Four Seasons Cochin

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ABAD Plaza - MG Road, Kochi

Hotel Abad Plaza is one of the oldest star rated hotels in the city of Kochi. It is centrally air-conditioned 3 star hotel and has 80 tastefully decorated exquisite guest rooms with direct dialing facilities, Television with satellite channels, attached bath. Refrigerator in Deluxe, Executive and Suite rooms. Centrally air-conditioned and elegant, the hotel is conveniently located in the heart of Cochin, on M.G. Road.
The hotel located in downtown area near the Railway stations (2Kms), bus station (1/2 Kms) and on direct road to the International airport (30 Kms).

There are three restaurants in Abad Plaza which offer you any kind of delicacies.
Regency, the multi-cuisine restaurant offers delectable varieties of Indian, Chinese and Continental dishes and seafood specialties.It offers buffet breakfast and lunch as well as Ala Carte menu. Live music on all days.
Kadaloram, Sea food Specialty Restaurant featuring the delicacies of the West Coast of India and offers Kerala buffet lunch and coastal buffet dinner.
Canopy, coffee shop, is just the spot to enjoy a range of ice creams, pastries, snacks and. The range includes dosas, vadas, idlis to burger, pizzas, sandwiches, from biryanis to chats.

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ABAD Atrium - MG Road, Kochi

Abad Atrium Hotel is a DELUXE HOTEL located in downtown Cochin area close to the Ernakulam Junction and Ernakulam Town Railway Station (2 Kms.) and on direct road to the Airport (30 Kms.). The elegantly appointed guest rooms surround a central atrium with capsule lift giving the ambience of a garden hotel.

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ABAD Metro - Rajaji Road, Kochi

Hotel Abad Metro-a true business class hotel is located in down town area of Kochi with centrally air-conditioned 35 elegantly furnished guest rooms with attached baths, telephone and television with satellite channels. The Hotel is situated very close to the central shopping area. The hotel caters to the need of business traveler and pleasure seeking tourist alike.

It is an perfect venue for conferences/ exhibitions/meetings/parties for up to 60 persons. It has well furnished guest rooms with internet facility, a multi-cuisine Restaurant and a Business Centre.

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ABAD Airport Hotel - Nedumbassery, Kochi

ABAD Airport Hotel is a deluxe business hotel located at Nedumbassery, Opposite to Cochin International Airport, 29 Kms from Cochin city and 40 kms from Trissur. The hotel has 56 centrally air-conditioned, spacious, well furnished rooms and suites, with sound proof windows and doors.

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SAROVAR - Gokulam Park Inn - Banerjee, Kochi























cc: Sarovar Hotels