navigation search this biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification . please help by adding reliable sources . contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately especially if potentially libelous or harmful . june 2011 learn how and when to remove this template message the leela palaces hotels and resorts type public traded as hotel leelaventure limited bse 500193 nse hoteleela industry hospitality tourism founded mumbai india 1986 citation needed founder c. p. krishnan nair headquarters mumbai india key people vivek nair cmd dinesh nair jcmd rajiv kaul president owner the leela group website www.theleela.com the leela palaces hotels and resorts commonly known as the leela is an indian luxury hotel chain founded in 1986 by c. p. krishnan nair and owned by the leela group business conglomerate . currently the leela is a group of eight luxury palaces and hotels . . contents 1 history 2 business structure 3 properties 4 references 5 external links history edit 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 village mumbai to build his first hotel the leela mumbai in 1986 . it was the first luxury hotel near the current chhatrapati shivaji international airport . 1 in 1991 a second hotel was opened 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 . citation needed in 1997 the group s first modern hotel was built 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 . citation needed the leela group opened its second resort in 2005 the leela kovalam in thiruvananthapuram . by 2009 two more properties were added to this 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 . citation needed the group opened a new hotel in chennai in 2013 . there are plans to open new hotels in coimbatore agra lake ashtamudi kollam kerala and jaipur . citation needed the company has marketing alliances with us based preferred hotels and resorts and is a member of global hotel alliance based in geneva switzerland . citation needed a previous marketing alliance with germany based kempinski ended in october 2013 . citation needed business structure edit the leela palaces hotels and resorts is the trading name of leela palaces and resorts limited . 2 hotel leelaventure limited is the ultimate holding company of the hotel group and is traded on the bombay stock exchange bse 500193 and national stock exchange of india nse hoteleela . 2 hotel leelaventure limited is itself part of the leela group business conglomerate . 2 properties edit name of property opening year location type of property the leela mumbai 1986 mumbai hotel the leela goa 1991 goa resort the leela palace bangalore 1997 bangalore palace the leela kovalam a raviz hotel 2005 thiruvananthapuram resort the leela palace udaipur 2009 udaipur rajasthan palace the leela ambience gurgaon hotel & residences 2009 gurgaon hotel & residence the leela palace new delhi 2011 new delhi palace the leela palace chennai 2013 chennai palace the leela kempinski hyderabad 2016 hyderabad hotel & residence references edit introduction and history . www.theleela.com . retrieved 1 september 2016 . a b c leela hotels company information . leela hotels . retrieved 11 march 2016 . external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to the leela . official website www.theleela.com hotel leelaventure limited bombay stock exchange information bse 500193 hotel leelaventure limited national stock exchange of india nse hoteleela retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title the leela palaces hotels and resorts & oldid 737226800 categories hospitality companies of indiahotel chains in indiacompanies based in mumbaicompanies based in maharashtracompanies established in 1986hotel chainshidden categories blp articles lacking sources from june 2011all blp articles lacking sourcesall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from december 2015articles with unsourced statements from march 2016commons category with local link same as on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages edit links this page was last modified on 1 september 2016 at 13 31 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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