The Hindu : Taj Leisure upgrades facilities

Online edition of India's National Newspaper
Wednesday, Feb 19, 2003

Business

Business

Taj Leisure upgrades facilities

By Our Staff Reporter

CHENNAI FEB. 18. Taj Leisure Hotels, in a phased manner, has increased the number of rooms and provided valued added services at its hotels in various locations. This will be a continuous process, says Jamshed S. Daboo, Chief Operating Officer, Leisure Hotels Division, Taj Hotels, Resorts and Palaces. It had earmarked Rs. 100 crores for upgradation and enhacement of resorts over a three-year period and had already spent Rs. 75 crores in the last two years. The balance would be spent in the coming year.

Addressing a press conference here today, he said Taj Leisure Hotels had announced a series of initiatives that promised a whole new level of experience. It proposed to launch world-class Spas and exotic restaurants and upgradation of facilities and services across key properties of the hotel. These were part of its strategy to attract a larger share of the high-end leisure traveller.

The COO said it had introduced Tamara Spa at the newly refurnished Taj Malabar in Kochi, the newly opened Spa Aguada at the Fort Aguada Beach Resort in Gao and Spa Vyana at Fisherman's Cove in Chennai.

These exclusive Spas offered facilities such as an integrated Spa cum salon for men and women with ayurvedic and tropical therapies. The hotel also offered packages for individuals to visit the entire State by interlinking its resorts. It had also introduced kids clubs.

When asked whether they were planning to enter into time-share business, he said Taj did not find time-share business as a profitable one. It had nearly 25 resorts in India and five abroad. Taj Leisure Hotels had undertaken two properties on lease.

Printer friendly page
Send this article to Friends by E-Mail

Business