Mysore/Mysuru: Tourism stakeholders of Mysuru met Tourism Minister H.K. Patil at Lalitha Mahal Palace Hotel this morning and urged him to encourage the sector in Mysuru. The stakeholders included former MLA Vasu, Mysuru Travels Association (MTA) President C.A. Jayakumar, Federation of Organisations and Associations of Mysuru (FOAM) President B.S. Prashanth and members and office-bearers of…
Wake up Mysuru: Ask Siddharamaiah to leave behind a legacy for Mysuru
May 27, 2023The good news after the Congress came to power in Karnataka is that N. Jayaram, a 2004-batch IAS Officer, has been appointed as the Secretary to Chief Minister Siddharamaiah. Jayaram has a very intimate connection with Mysuru for two reasons. One is, he was the Commissioner of Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) from Dec. 10,…
Let us be vocal about local problems faced by Mysureans
May 24, 2023Reading an article titled ‘Is Lalitha Mahal Hotel going Jayalakshmi Vilas Mansion way?’ in yesterday’s Star of Mysore written by no less a person than one who is well-qualified and experienced on the subject and a retired Senior Vice-President of India Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC) Mr. N.K.A. Ballal, a resident of Mysuru for many years…
Is Lalitha Mahal Hotel going Jayalakshmi Vilas Mansion way?
May 23, 2023By N.K.A. Ballal, Retd. Sr. Vice-President, ITDC When ITDC handed over the property of Lalitha Mahal Palace Hotel back to the State Government at the book value after running it successfully for a decade or more, there was a tacit understanding that the said property would be run temporarily for some time and thereafter it…
Luxury tents planned at Lalitha Mahal
July 9, 2022Jaipur Palace model to revive fortunes of loss-making Lalitha Mahal Palace Hotel Royal tents to come up at 54-acre land without harming the heritage structure Bengaluru/Mysuru: The ambitious project to install luxury tents with star hotel facilities at the 54-acre open land available on Lalitha Mahal Hotel campus, which was floated by JD(S) MLA S.R….
Management of Lalitha Mahal Palace Hotel: Cabinet Sub-Committee in favour of global tenders
June 17, 2022Highest bidder among hotel conglomerates having expertise in running heritage hotels to get control Mysore/Mysuru: The Cabinet Sub-Committee that took up the issue of handing over the management and running of the iconic Lalitha Mahal Palace Hotel to the Taj Group has decided to call for global tenders from hotel conglomerates that have expertise in…
Taj may get Lalitha Mahal Palace Hotel
June 13, 2022Cabinet Sub-Committee meeting to decide tomorrow Mysore/Mysuru: After many media reports that the iconic Lalitha Mahal Palace Hotel will be handed over to the Taj Group, the issue will come up before the Cabinet Sub-Committee meeting tomorrow where a final decision will be taken to hand over the Hotel to private players. The luxury hotel…
Two-day Mysuru Divisional Meet of BJP begins
April 12, 2022Mysuru: The two-day Mysuru Divisional Meet of the State BJP to discuss organisational issues and party’s preparedness for next year’s Assembly polls, began at Lalitha Mahal Palace Hotel here this morning. The Meet comes following Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s direction to the State Unit to gear up for the Assembly polls in right earnest,…
Lalitha Mahal Palace Hotel centenary celebrations on Nov.21, says Minister
August 27, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: The centenary celebrations of the city’s iconic Lalitha Mahal Palace Hotel will be held on Nov.21, 2021 and it will be a simple affair, said District Minister S.T. Somashekar. Addressing a press meet after holding a preliminary meeting at Lalitha Mahal Hotel here yesterday, Somashekar said that the Hotel will complete 100 years on…
Tale of two Palaces
January 23, 2021Going by recent reports, Lalitha Mahal Palace Hotel may very well become Taj Lalitha Mahal Palace Hotel if it is leased to Indian Hotels Company Limited (IHCL), a group company of TATA’s under which the famed luxury hotel chain, Taj Hotels are managed. Our city’s second largest Royal Palace, Lalitha Mahal Palace, has been waiting…
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