The Leela Palaces, Hotels and Resorts

The Leela Palaces, Hotels and Resorts
Public Company
Industry Hospitality Tourism
Founded Mumbai, India (1986)
Founder C. P. Krishnan Nair
Headquarters Mumbai, India
Key people
 Vivek Nair, (CMD)
Dinesh Nair, (JCMD)
Rajiv Kaul, (President),
Owner Hotel Leelaventure Limited, The Leela Group
Website www.theleela.com

The Leela Palaces, Hotels and Resorts is an Indian luxury hospitality group founded in 1987 by C. P. Krishnan Nair. Currently The Leela - as it is commonly referred to, is a group of eight luxury palaces and hotels, located in Mumbai, Goa, Bangalore, Thiruvananthapuram, Gurgaon, Udaipur, New Delhi and Chennai. The group has opened a new hotel in Chennai (2013) and has plans to open new hotels in Coimbatore and Agra, Lake Ashtamudi (Kollam, Kerala) and Jaipur. The company has marketing alliances with US-based Preferred Hotels and Resorts and is a member of Global Hotel Alliance based in Geneva, Switzerland. In October 2013 The Leela ended its marketing alliance with Germany-based Kempinski.

History

The Leela Hotels were founded by C P Krishnan Nair, owner of The Leela Group which he named after his wife. Nair bought 11 acres of land near his house in Sahar, Mumbai to build his first hotel, The Leela Mumbai in 1986. It was the first luxury hotel near the present Sahar International Airport.

In 1991, Captain Nair opened his second hotel in Goa. The Leela Goa was designed keeping the overall architecture of the state in mind. The luxury seaside resort has taken its inspiration from Portuguese heritage and is spread over 75 acres of land in South Goa near by Cavelossim Beach. Leela Goa is set with 206 guestrooms and suites that have been broadly classified according to these category Pavilion Rooms, Lagoon Suite,Royal Villa,Presidential Suite,Conservatory Premiere and Club Suite.

In 1997, Captain Nair went on to build the group's first modern hotel with 357 rooms, inspired by the Mysore Palace and the architecture of the 13th century Vijayanagara empire and is surrounded by seven acres of gardens.

The Leela Group opened its second resort in 2005 - The Leela Kovalam in Thiruvananthapuram.

By 2009, Nair added two more properties to his portfolio in Udaipur (Rajasthan) and Gurgaon. The Leela Kempinski Gurgaon is the group's first non-owned, managed property.

The Leela Palace New Delhi opened in April 2011. The palace is inspired by Sir Edwin Lutyens Delhi.

Honorable Captain CP Krishnan Nair died on 17 May 2014 at Hinduja Hospital in Mumbai at the age of 92.

Properties

Palaces

Hotels

Resorts

Residences

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