SAYONI BHADURI – Mumbai
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| Senthil Kumar |
Tamara Real Estate Holding & Development (TREHD) which has set up their hotel brand, The Tamara, in Coorg and Madikeri is now considering a resort project in Kodaikanal. Senthil Kumar, director and CEO, The Tamara added, “For future business growth, we are open to other properties in India and abroad.”
With a concentration towards developing sustainable and responsible projects, Kumar said, “The Tamara is keen on promoting sustainable living and responsible tourism in India. The Tamara is planning for long term business growth of the company while maintaining the key company principles on responsible tourism.” The Tamara Coorg is an eco-friendly plantation resort in the upmarket tourism and leisure segments. With reference to the investments Kumar did not share figures but said, “Our investments are based on a phase manner depicting milestones. Phase one saw 24 luxury and six suite cottages. It also has fine dining, conference and recreation facilities. This was soft launched in April 2012. Phase two which is presently under development will see 26 additional cottages, an Ayurvedic Spa, a swimming pool and a sports arena. These will be ready shortly.” Of the opportunities in the Indian hospitality market, Kumar observed that it is continously evolving and catering to more and more segment-specific niches. “We envision The Tamara Coorg to be recognised as a premier up market responsible tourism operator by 2015 generating fair and reasonable value for all our stakeholders enabling ourselves to grow into India’s finest niche hospitality management company by 2020,” he said. Apart from the Coorg property, the company recently soft-launched another resort in the Western Ghat hills of Madikeri.
