SafariKerala.com, a Kerala Tourism based site has announced the launch of a hotel search tool.

Through this tool, safariKerala.com users will be able to:

• Conveniently search multiple hotel reservation websites simultaneously from a single location
• Compare prices and availability from all major accommodation providers, on the same screen, to find the lowest rates
• Search over 700 000 global hotel deals and access over 1.5m consumer reviews, 3m hotel images, 2m hotel descriptions and advanced mapping functions

The search functionality can be found at Hotel reservation comparison website : http://hotels.safarikerala.com

Kochi, Jan 19: Kerala Industries Minister Elamaram Kareem laid the foundation stone for the Rs 4,000 crore 'HDIL Cyber City' here today and described it as among the 'most important' private sector investments in the state.

Speaking at the function, Mr Kareem noted that the project aimed at generating 60,000 direct and 150,000 indirect employment opportunities in the IT/ITES sectors. ''This is among the most important private sector investment proposals cleared by the LDF Government,'' he added.

Kozhikode, Jan 19: Connecting Malabar region of Kerala to West Asia directly for the first time by a private carrier, Jet Airways will launch daily flights to Muscat and Doha from Calicut International Airport near here from January 23.

It will also launch simultaneous flights from Kochi to Muscat and from Mumbai to Doha, Jet Airways Chairman Naresh Goyal announced here today.