Tag: AP Tourism Authority

The Palm Beach Hotel, a sister concern of LeSutra, Mumbai, opened the doors to its heritage wing, ‘Andhra Arts and Crafts Hotel’ recently in Vishakapatnam. Talking of being different, their new wing, a ‘Microcosm of Andhra’ boasts of around 70 sculptures and 50 art installations. Photo courtesy: DBPost The hotel, designed on the three qualities namely, Tamas, Rajas and Satva, aims to preserve and bring forth the local craftsmanship of Andhra Pradesh. It is also the world’s first Indian art hotel and tribal art home. Designed exclusively by Andhra national award winning artisans, interior designers, craftsmen and sculptors the property for the ... Read more

With an aim to create awareness on homestay facility in Andhra Pradesh, AP Tourism Authority (APTA) has organised a community-driven hospitality company, a homestay sensitization, and training workshop is being conducted in Vizag for the families, communities, AP CREDAI, travel agencies, etc, to enhance the potential of tourism accommodation in the state. The main objective of the workshop is to sensitize and to discuss the idea of homestays, home sharing, and its social, cultural and economic benefits for families and communities. It also put forward ideas to introduce online platforms like Airbnb and assist the participants to create accounts on ... Read more

From the ‘Andhra Vantalu’ cookery competition (Photo Courtesy: The Hindu) AP Tourism Authority (APTA) has initiated a cookery competition named as ‘Andhra Vantalu’ in Tirupati, aiming at propagating the traditional ‘Andhra Thali’ and to brand it. Such a competition was organized on Wednesday, 1st August 2017, in association with Ramee Academy of Catering, Tourism and Hotel Management. The focus of the programme is to make Andhra Thali’ a brand and to get it familiar among the visitors of the state. As part of popularizing Andhra Tali, participants are asked to bring a set of dishes. Three best combination of dishes ... Read more