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Heritage block at Mascot Hotel

Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Tourism Development Corporation chairman Cherian Philip has said that the government-owned Mascot Hotel will be elevated to the status of a heritage business hotel from August 17.

He said the government had restored the 90-year-old hotel by preserving and embellishing its heritage structures. The old hotel complex had remained closed for restoration work for the past four years. The original complex was built by engineers of the British Royal Army during the First World War. The old building is a classical example of colonial era architecture. Wood and granite had been used to build the old building.

The heritage block will throw open five suite rooms, 14 heritage rooms, 36 executive class rooms and 11 deluxe rooms to clients. There will be a total of 66 rooms now in Mascot Hotel. The hotel now has five conference halls, three restaurants, and bar, swimming pool, health club, Ayurveda centre, Business Centre, Travel desk, hair dressing centre, beauty shop, flower shop, culture shop, book shop and a silk cloth room.

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