Mysore/Mysuru: After arriving in Mysuru last evening, Tourism Minister H.K. Patil stayed overnight at the Lalitha Mahal Palace Hotel. This morning, after visiting Chamundeshwari Temple atop the Chamundi Hill and Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya (IGRMS) on Irwin Road, Patil held a closed-door meeting of tourism officials and the officers from the Jungle Lodges and…
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…
The 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,…
Reading 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…
By 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…
Jaipur 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….
Highest 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…
Cabinet 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…
Mysuru: 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,…
Mysore/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…
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