The luxury resort in Munnar, Chandy’s Windy Woods, secured 11th position in World’s Top 25 hotels list of Tripadvisor Travelers Choice Award 2024. Windy Woods also got the No.1 position among top 25 hotels in India. The winners are selected from over 8 million hotels listed in the Worlds most trusted and largest online review platform Tripadvisor. Apart from the above awards Chandy’s Windy Woods is also ranked No.7 among Top Hotels in Asia, No 6 among World’s 25 Luxury hotels, No.4 among Asia’s Top 25 Luxury hotels and No.1 among India’s Top 25 Luxury hotels. Windy Woods Munnar is the only hotel from India found a place in the coveted list of World’s Top 25 hotels and that makes this achievement so special.
Chandy’s Windy Woods is located at the most picturesque area of Munnar and its unique architectural design that merges with the landscape of that terrain. This ecofriendly design compliments with facilities matching international standards, highly personalised services considering likes and dislike of their individual guests, the high-quality food with authentic taste differentiate Chandy’s Windy Woods from others.
This is not the first time that Tripadvisor Travelers Choice Awards are conferred to Chandy’s Windy Woods. In the years 2020 and 2021 Chandy’s Windy Woods was placed No.12 in the World and No1 in India for two consecutive years.
Chandy’s Hotels and Resorts have two properties in Munnar. The first one, Chandy’s Windy Woods is a Five Star classified hotel having 48 rooms with facilities including Swimming Pool, Spa, Health Club, Multi-cuisine Restaurant, Wine and Beer Parlour and Conference Hall. The second property, Chandy’s Drizzle Drops is located at Top Station, which is a boutique resort having 12 keys with facilities like Temperature Controlled Infinity Pool, Spa, Fitness Center and Multi-cuisine restaurant.
Alen Mathew Kuruvilla, CEO of Chandy’s Windy Woods Munnar said, ‘We got this award after competing with the largest luxury hotel chains and iconic brands in the world. This is the perfect example of Kerala Model in tourism; the ordinary people by using locally available resources, yet creating world class products!’ said Mathew Kuruvilla, Managing Director of Chandy’s Hotels & Resorts. ‘This achievement is unparallel one and happened due to the untiring efforts of our Team, so I am dedicating this prestigious award to my team at the hotel’ he added. ‘A global award like this from a highly regarded company in Travel & Tourism sector like Tripadvisor will definitely bring the destination Kerala once again under limelight and the same would help in boosting the fame of Kerala Tourism further in the international markets’.