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The Leela Palaces, Hotels and Resorts bags Indira Award of Excellence

The Leela Palaces, Hotels and Resorts was recently recognized and awarded the Employer of the year 2008-09 by Indira Group of Institutions. Mr. Mohan Rao, Vice President- Human Resources of The Leela Palaces, Hotels and Resorts received the award on behalf of the Leela group. It was a dazzling event as the who's who of the business community came together at the Indira Group of Institute's annual function, the 8th Indira Awards for Marketing Excellence. Eminent members of the corporate world were felicitated for their outstanding contribution in related fields.

"It is the management and the staff who made it possible for us to be judged as the Best Employer for 2008-09", says Mr. Vivek Nair, Vice Chairman and Managing Director, The Leela Palaces, Hotels and Resorts. The award reinforces the commitment of the Leela team across the group towards quality, distinction and excellence. The group keeps aloft the torch of tradition and excellence. Incidentally, The Leela Group was also recognized as one of the 5 best managed Workforces in the country by the Hewitt and CNBC.

The Indira Group of Institutes was established in February 1994 with the aim of providing top quality post-graduate education in the fields of Business Management, International Business and Information Technology. The Institutes have maintained high academic standards and have successfully provided trained manpower to the industrial and services sector of the country. The Indira Awards for Marketing Excellence has been instituted since the last eight years and has become a recognized award in the industry now.

Hotel Leelaventure Ltd. owns & operates The Leela Palaces, Hotels & Resorts in Mumbai, Bangalore, Goa, Kovalam (Kerala), Gurgaon and Udaipur. New hotels will soon open in Chennai (2010) and New Delhi (2010); with future plans to develop hotels in Agra, Hyderabad and Pune. The group has marketing alliances with Kempinski (Hoteliers since 1897); US based Preferred Hotel Group and are members of Global Hotel Alliance headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland.

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