About Coimbatore

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Coimbatore is known for its industrial hub,is also known as the 'Manchester of South India'. It is also well known for educational institutions, pleasant weather, friendly culture and exceptional hospitality. There is also a significant minority of people of North and West Indian origin in Coimbatore. People here are highly enterprising and industrious, which is one of the reasons cited for its phenomenal industrial growth. A boost for this industrial growth were provided by Naidus who settled here a few centuries before from Andhra Prodesh. This was followed by Gownders who are basically hardworking entrepreneurs. The nearest major cities are Chennai (previously Madras), Bangalore, Cochin-sea port, Salem which are 500 km, 335 km, 210km and 160 km from Coimbatore, respectively. Coimbatore city is well connected by rail, road and air.

Coimbatore has a very good health and medical care facility. There are large corporate hospitals where high quality and treatment for complicated illnesses are provided.

The Tamil language spoken itself has a hospitality and is referred as 'Kongu Tamil'. Other than Tamil, languages spoken in Coimbatore Town include: Telugu,Kannada,Malayalam and of-course English.

Pollachi, a vibrant and expanding town, 40km from Coimbatore, was known to the Romans of Caesar's day for its spices, as is evidenced by numerous Roman coins from that epoch unearthed in Coimbatore district. During Alexander the Great's stay in India, he ordered diamonds from Coimbatore.

Coimbatore district exports Rs.15,000 Crores outside India. A PriceWaterHouseCoopers - CII (Confederate of Indian Industry) study puts its revenue potential from IT/ITES sector at $1.5 billion

Taj Hotels in Coimbatore

As part of its domestic expansion strategy, Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces has announced its plans to develop a new Taj business hotel in Coimbatore, the second biggest city of Tamil Nadu. Taj Hotels has entered into a long-term license agreement with the owners of hotel Surya International, Coimbatore. Situated on a 2.17-acre plot on Race Course Road, an upscale location in Coimbatore, the existing structure of Hotel Surya International will be pulled down to make way for a new Taj Business Hotel.

This 200-room hotel will be unveiled by October 2007, providing guests with all modern facilities and services. Located about 12km from the airport and 3km from the centre of Coimbatore, the hotel will also offer three food and beverage outlets, 15,000 sq ft of banqueting and meeting facilities (indoor and outdoor) and a state-of-the-art fitness centre.

Raymond Bickson, managing director, Indian Hotels Company Limited, said, "Coimbatore has been identified as one of the fast developing metros of India and is on the threshold of becoming the second largest IT centre after Chennai in Tamil Nadu. Given the rapid IT development and the growth in the textile and automobile industry, which will drive the business demand in the years to come, we feel that Coimbatore offers immense potential for the development of a business hotel. Furthermore, this expansion in second tier cities like Coimbatore is in line with our domestic expansion strategy."