Saturday, July 5, 2008
POPULAR HANGOUTS IN COCHIN
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Monday, June 30, 2008
VOLVO OCEAN RACE IN COCHIN
The seven yachts participating in the race will arrive in Kochi in December 2008 and will stay for 10 days, before starting leg three to Sentosa Island in Singapore. A race village spread over 2.5 acres will be set up near the BTP berth at Willingdon Island.
The booming shipping port on the Malabar Coast is one of India’s foremost tourist destinations and the race stopover is expected to bring thousands of additional visitors to both Kochi and the State of Kerala. The Kerala State Tourism Department envisages the event will bring significant visibility as well as economic benefit to the region.
Kochi’s selection was confirmed at an official ceremony at the Abad Plaza. Andy Hindley, Race Director, signed the port agreement along with Mr. N. Ramachandran, Chairman, Cochin Port Trust and Mr. KG Mohanlal, Managing Director, Kerala Tourism Development Corporation.
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Saturday, May 10, 2008
100 FLOORED INTERNATIONAL TRADE CENTRE AND DEVELOPMENTS NEAR AIRPORT
Kochi, the Queen of Arabian Sea, which has been a shadow of its past for a long time, is now in the limelight as one of the most actively emerging cities not only in India but in South Asia.
Way back in 1999, Cochin International Airport was the first airport project in the country implemented under the Public-Private-Partnership (PPP) model. Currently, it ranks as the 4th largest airport in India in terms of international passenger traffic—after Mumbai, Delhi and Chennai—and the 7th largest airport in terms of domestic passenger traffic. Cochin International Airport Ltd, the airport developer and operator, is now looking at replicating the successful model in other states and countries. It also wants to develop an Aerotropolis around the airport.(Read the interview)
Area in and around the International Airport is developing at a fast rate. The projects coming up and under various stages are Aerotropolis, which means an Airport city that includes 18 holed Golf Course of International standards, Two Five star hotels and few budget hotels, trde and cultural village, exhibition and convention centres, amusement parks, food courts, multiplexes, shopping malls. Also it will include an IT park, BPO park and Biotech park.
Airport authorities held talks with Cochin University of Science and Technology for establishing an aviation academy and also in talks with IIMs for a programme in aviation management.
Interestingly Airport is planning is to have a flying school. Flying School would like to use the old Cochin airport runway for a few hours a day and offer revenue share to the Indian Navy. Old Cochin airport is situated in Naval Enclave in Wellington Island area opposite to Vathuruthy.
Airport is setting up a Rs 60-crore centre for perishable cargo with a Rs 15-crore grant from the Agricultural & Processed Food Products Export Development Authority, which will handle 30,000 mt of export-import cargo a year and held talks with airlines like Etihad and Emirates to start a dedicated cargo service from Cochin. They have started constructing an exclusive cargo bay for this centre.
The local panchayat, Nedumbassery is one of the highest revenue earners in the State in terms of collection local taxes / other taxes levied by the State and Central Govts. It is developing at fast rate to become perhaps into a town.
Two Four star hotels are coming up in MC road, One at Kalady and the other near Airport.
These developments are coming up only in Airport area alone even making Kochi city to feel shy. The mammoth developments in Airport vicinity is unimaginable for any other airport in the world, as Kochi has strong base in Tourism. No other airport in Kerala has even a percent of the majesty that this airport has! The passenger traffic has heavily declined in Thiruvananthapuram and Kozhikode airport once the International airport started functioning.
100 FLOORED INTERNATIONL TRADE CENTRE:
The Board of Kerala Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (Kinfra) has appointed Mumbai-based Zoom Developers to provide full design consultancy services for the proposed International Exhibition and Trade Centre at Kalamasserry near Kochi. The trade centre is planned in the prestigious Kinfra Hi-tech Park cluster and is expected to be operational in three years.
The project is coming up on 40 acres of Kinfra land at Kalamasserry, 25 km from Cochin International Airport and 26 km from the seaport. The trade centre is to have world-class facilities and will be built in Kerala style of architecture, according to Kinfra officials. The exhibition hall and the convention centre are expected to have an area of 5.6 million sq. ft. The convention centre will be designed to be used as a theatre, if required.
The project will also include a 5-star hotel of 31 floors providing 400 rooms, a 100-storey office tower which will be one of its kind in India, and a shopping mall spread on six floors. The trade centre is coming up in a five-storey building. Other amenities include a club house, service apartments, restaurants, ATM centres, a post office, Internet café and multilevel car parking.
It is great to see that all these developments are coming up in Kochi. Now what Kochi needs is basic infrastructure developments. Projects are going ahead to cope up during monsoon. Usually in the past years during the rainy seasons Ernakulam used to drown! But now its level is low and conditions improved. Recently East Fort in Thiruvananthapuram was in news as the area get fully drenched even if it rains for few minutes. Ernakulam doesn't have to face such shame now.
The Kochi area also needs to be expended from the present meagre area. It should be expanded up to Kodungaloor, Cherthala etc and should comprise of many other areas like Perumbavur, Chalakuddy, Pallipuram(Cherai area) etc.
HOPING FOR A BRIGHTER KOCHI!!
BEST WISHES
VIVEK SHENOY P
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Sunday, May 4, 2008
RADIO MANGO IN KOCHI
Radio mango will be functional by May 10 as per reports. They consider the launch of
As
From all these they will take out points to be cared for and then launch....
WATCH OUT FOR IT...
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Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Major Airports in Asia
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Incheon International Airport
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Airport Council International (ACI) Airport Service Quality Awards
South Korea’s Incheon International Airport placed first in the overall Best Airport category, and Singapore’s Changi Airport, third.
KL International Airport (KLIA) has bagged the World’s Best Airport in the 15 million to 25 million passengers per annum category . KLIA also jumped from third place in 2006 to second place in the overall Best Airport category in 2007.
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Friday, March 28, 2008
Jewel Of The Orient Bangkok
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Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport
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Frankfurt Germany's World Mega-Airport
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Tokyo Narita/haneda And Nagoya Chuba Centrair Japan Airports
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Amsterdam Schiphol Airport
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Wednesday, March 26, 2008
QUEEN VICTORIA IN KOCHI
March 26, 2008:
The Cruise Liner "QUEEN VICTORIA" which is the most luxurious liner in the world called at KOCHI Port on 26th March, 2008 in the morning. The luxury cruise liner arrived on schedule at 7 a.m from Chennai with 1,798 tourists and 1,008 crew . It was the 40the cruise liner to arrive at Kochi Port since April 2007. Kochi port is Number 1 in India in terms of arrival of Cuise Ships. The tourists were given traditional welcome at the port with a rousing reception complete with caparisoned elephants, kavadiyattam and traditional chendamelam.
They visited places of interest in and around the city, in buses and boats.
Captain Subash Kumar, Deputy Chairman and senior officers of Cochin Port Trust greeted the Captain of the ship, Christopher Rynd and exchanged plaques to mark the maiden visit of Queen Victoria to Kochi.
During the ceremony the Captain said that Kochi was the most beautiful port in this part of the world and appreciated the efforts made by the Port Trust for a hassle-free visit by the vessel and its tourists. (Picture on right: ship arrives FortKochi as people gathered in mass)
Queen Victoria Left Kochi at 6 pm on the same day to Mumbai. Tw more Cruise ships will arrive in Kochi this month.
Scores of people assembled at FortKochi to view the majestic ships leaving the city. It was indeed a memorable site to see QUEEN VICTORIA leaving Kochi.
Kochi expects 8 cruise ships in April.
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Thursday, March 20, 2008
RANKING OF KOCHI?
Here is an assortment of some of the solid facts regarding the City of
1) HVS International is an Indian hospitality industry. HVS conducted a survey to find out top eight markets in
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3) Ahmedabad
4) Pune
5) Vizag (Vishakapattanam)
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The rating was done on the following basis such as rate potential, demand growth, product orientation, infrastructure, site availability, replacement costs, induced demand and new supply risks.
Among the top eight markets in
It is really great news as far as
2) Knight Frank studies on emerging cities were released in June 2007. It rates
The study rates
Also
3) Many of us aware of the fact the
4) Air Ticket sale: Around 40% of airline ticket sales on the internet in India come from the four main South markets of Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad and Kochi according to latest reports from online travel portal cleartrip.com published in The Times of India(Jan 21, 2008). Of the 40% of share from South these are the % from the following cities:
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2) Chennai 24%
3)
The main advantage of
IT boom in
5) As a matter of fact Ernakulam division of LIC retained its top slot among 105 divisions in
5) The below given are the words of Kerala IT secretary Ajay Kumar:
“We may not have big cities except for
He was presenting the vision of the State in providing impetus to the growth of the IT industry at a meeting organized by the Kerala Information Technology Alliance (KITA), a non-profit, non-political global organization formed to bring Malayali IT professionals across the globe on a common platform, at Infopark on
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7) Cochin International Airport Limited(CIAL) is ranked third in the world in terms of balance between investment and profit, Cochin International Airport Ltd. is regarded as the most successful investment venture of the State and has the biggest duty free shop of the country.
Kochi is the arguably the ideal starting point for exploring the unfathomable diversity and beauty of Kerala, rated in the top three tourist destinations by the World Travel & Tourism Council and featured in National Geographic Traveler's '50 greatest places of a lifetime'.
The beauty of
All efforts should be taken to enhance the developments in
While Thiruvananthapuram is a step ahead of
But reports make it clear that
ALL THE BEST WISHES TO
VIVEK SHENOY P
MARCH 20, 2008
9.25 PM
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Monday, February 4, 2008
COCHIN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT - A WONDER AIRPORT!!
For the residents of Kochi, the old airport at Wellington Island is a nostalgia these days. The old airport was at naval premises. The old airport was too small to handle the needs of Kochi. Also, due to security concerns a new airport was inevitable for the city. There came the NEW COCHIN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT at Nedumbassery.
Nedumbassery is a small village in between the two major towns Aluva and Angamaly. It is 30 kms away from Kochi city and 40 kms from the Traditional Capital of Kerala - Thrissur. It is considered to be such a place endowed with natural beauty and courteous people. Nedumbassery was earlier a place where people found it difficult to find takers for their land. But today realising the worth of their land, people are, increasingly, adopting a wait-and-watch approach towards land deals. Nedumbassery has enough water resources to meet with increasing populace.
ABOUT THE AIRPORT:
The Cochin International Airport is the First International Airport in India built by Public Private Participation. It was commissioned in June 10, 2000. The stake from Central and Kerala Government is only 26% combined and the rest amount put in by NRI's and other major organizations. The airport is owned by Cochin International Airport Limited (CIAL).
The Cochin International Airport has a runway of 3400 metre which is equipped to any aircraft which is operating today in the world.
Specialties of Cochin International Airport :
1) It is the Busiest Airport in Kerala.
2) It is 4th busiest airport in India in terms of International traffic after Delhi, Mumbai and Chennai. (00) It handled 2.5 million passengers in domestic and International routes during 2006-07.
3) It is only airport today in India other than Mumbai and Delhi which can handle Airbus 380.
4) It has a full length parallel taxiway of 3400 metres which was completed recently which will help to land flights and take off within minutes. Earlier it was a common site of aircrafts waiting to land and take off.
5) A 35-billion-rupee master plan involving construction of an 18-hole golf course, business centre, hotel chains, malls, industrial and IT parks and logistics centre has been developed by CIAL to generate revenues.
6) An aircraft maintenance centre.
7) Runway 0f 3.4 kms is one of the longest in India.
8) Kochi accounts for nearly half the total aircraft movement in and out of Kerala.(001)
9) Ranked third in the world in terms of balance between investment and profit, Cochin International Airport Ltd. is regarded as the most successful investment venture of the State.(0000)
10) Around 40 % of airline ticket sale in India come from South Indian Airports mainly Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad and Kochi. (0012)
In a few years to come Nedumbassery will upgrade itself as a developed Town.
Development Of Kochi!
The city's history dates back to 3000 BC when traders from various parts used to arrive to Mattancherry (Old Kochi) for Spice Trade. Kochi maintained its position in spice trade as the spice traded from Kochi is regarded as th best in the world.
Earlier it was Mumbai, Bangalore and Hyderabad which took long strides in development. Now it is the turn of Kochi to follow. Due to a number of favourable factors, Kochi is fast becoming an important IT hub in the country.
New Developments in Kochi Airport :
1) Cochin International Airport (CIAL) has initiated efforts to effectively tap the big potential to export perishable items like vegetables, fish and meat through the airport.
Centre for Perishable Cargo (CPC) is to be constructed by CIAL with the financial assistance of the Centre and State Horticulture Mission. CPC was the second one in the country and it would ensure the cold chain process for fruit, vegetables and other perishables, enabling them to reach the overseas customers without losing their freshness.
CIAL expects a 12 per cent growth in the export of farm produces from the State with the commissioning of the proposed system.(000)
2) Kochi Airport to be partly closed for seven months:
Almost 200 out of 400 weekly domestic and international flights in and out of Kochi will be severely affected with the airport authorities deciding to close the runway from 10 am to 8 pm every day for seven months starting November this year. The entire runway needs to be recarpeted.
3) CIAL plans of Low Cost carrier.
Cochin International Airport Ltd (CIAL) is looking at forming a joint venture (JV) to kick off its much awaited low-cost carrier (LCC), Air Kerala.(002)
4) The Cochin International Airport is planning to construct a new domestic arrival terminal and five extra parking bays. Out of the five new parking bays, three will be constructed immediately and the rest after September 2008.(003)
5) Air India plans to extend New York flight to South. Bangalore along with Kochi is being actively considered by the airline as it will ensure direct connectivity to New York.(0012)
Till the inauguration of Kochi's New Airport almost all of the domestic and cargo traffic was handled by Trivandrum International Airport(shown here).
But now Kochi has overwhelmed Trivandrum Airport as Kochi today handles around 52% of Kerala's traffic. The rest is handled by Trivandrum and Calicut International airports. Also Mangalore airport of Karnataka and Coimbatore airport of Tamil Nadu serve the Keralites.
Hey just consider the following things :
Kochi is of course a small city in comparison with Mumbai and Delhi. But the city is spreading to new area making it really big and making it a Metro City of Kerala. The population of Kochi is approaching 2 Million mark only but still it is a happening city and is 4th busiest airport in India. It often competes with Bangalore and when all the big projects become a reality in Kochi it is unimaginable how the city will develop.
Today the area near Nedumbassery and Kakkanad is called as New Cochin showing that city is developing beyond leaps and bounds.
So the contribution of CIAL in the development of Kochi is absolutely huge.
My caption of the blog says that Kochi is the only city in the world where 22 different community live together in harmony. This plays a major role in changing the face of Kochi and it differentiates Kochi from other cities.
Hoping for better Kochi
In Him
VIVEK SHENOY P
FEB 05, 2008
11. 30 PM
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