About 130 three-, four-star hotels to gain from Kerala's liquor law: Icra

Two-star hotels can run beer/wine parlours, liquor allowed in hotel banquet halls for a fee

The Kerala government's decision to allow liquor to be served in three- and four-star hotels across the state is likely to benefit over 130 such establishments, according to rating agency Icra. The state has over 9,000 premium hotel rooms across 17 of its key business/tourist destinations.

Earlier this week, the Communist Party of India (Marxist)-led Left Democratic Front (LDF) government announced a new liquor policy that grants bar licences to three- and four-star hotels in Kerala, allowing them to serve Indian Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL) and toddy from July. The new policy effectively overturns a decision by the previous Congress-led government,