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Visionary par Excellence
Kesari Tours, the widely celebrated Tour Operator started its journey in the year 1984 with the objective to provide the best of services to its guests. Since then, the company has been witnessing stupendous growth. With varied travel options for all kinds of discerning travellers, Kesari Tours has become a renowned brand across the globe. Today the company boasts of 600 professionals delivering travel services through the various offices in India. From the famous escorted tours, exciting speciality tours and customized tailor made holidays to the engaging cost saver tours and the very well planned corporate tours, Kesari Tours has an array of options on its platter.

Founder:
The Founder behind Kesari Tours is Kesari Raoji Patil, or Kesaribhau, as he is popularly called. Coming from a family of agriculturists, Kesaribhau was born in a village, 17-years before Independence and completed his basic schooling in rural institutions. He went on to complete a two-year course in agriculture, passing out with top honors and happily settled down to a job as a teacher, in the very same village. Bhau became an entrepreneur by chance and a major part of this was due to his inherent inclination for innovation, modern technological growth and an adventure for more. Subsequently, Bhau left the comfort of his job and started entering into the family owned travel business. He soon began to lead large groups of people, as a tour leader, regaling them with information about the places. Bhau’s teaching experience manifested itself in several ways, such as efficiency, management, ability to administer large groups and innovate new routes. All this ensured a growth and increased profits for the travel business.

By the time he was 50, Bhau realised that he could do a lot more, if his vision and ideas were implemented. A simple man, Kesaribhau wanted his tourists to have the best value for their money, besides ensuring that everything promised was delivered. Thus, he decided to quit and start his own business, where he could use his Visionary par Excellence Kesari Tours has come a long way from catering to 13 tourists a year, when it began three decades back to 85,000 in 2015. immense experience, knowledge and more importantly, his instincts for exciting and interesting ways to bring in new and repeat guests.

The Begining:
With the support of his immediate family and a few friends, Bhau launched Kesari Tours in 1984 with extremely humble beginnings at Mahim. This was run solely by him and his family, from where small local package tours were conducted. Within 10 years, Kesaribhau claimed his rightful place as the king of travel-services providers and won several awards and accolades.

Today, Kesari has more than 1000 dedicated Kesarians across India and the world, with offices all over the globe. The company started international tours in 1995 and now has 550 tour options, with more than 500 experienced Tour Leaders. There are seven franchises of Kesari Tours, 20 branches and 240 Preferred Sales Agents (PFAs) across India. The company is headquartered in the heart of Mumbai, besides a stand-alone building in Pune. Kesaribhau has always held the belief that caring for tourists with home-made comfort would go a long way in earning their loyalty. He implemented this attitude and years down the line this was developed into a core feature of the company. Today, with guests from 7 to 70 years old, tourist not only insist on Kesari Tours as their first choice of travel services provider, but return year after year for the home-like caring and food provided by the company. An exclusive point of all Kesari tours are the delicious vegetarian, non-vegetarian and Jain meals prepared by in-house chefs for Indian group packages. This small service proved to be an invaluable one and is the highlight of any Kesari tour.

Management Team:
Kesari Patil, Founder & Chairman, Kesari Tours Sunita Patil Vice, Chairman, Kesari Tours SHailesh Kesari Patil, Managing Director, Kesari Tours Zelam Chaubal, Joint Managing Director, Kesari Tours Sangita Patil, Director, Kesari Tours Himanshu Kesari Patil, Director, Kesari Tours

Products & Services :
In time, Kesari soon increased its portfolio to several other categories of products, such as its FIT division, which caters solely to the individual traveller with customized solutions. The company has a unique specialty section with packages such as ‘My Fair Lady’ exclusively for women, ‘Marigold’ for pilgrimages, ‘Second Innings’ for Seniors, Honeymoon Tours, Special Student packages and Child-friendly tours. Kesari also organises unique destination tours which cover the less-travelled routes for those seeking to explore new places.

In order to cover all needs, the company has its own in-house FOREX and currency exchange division and is an authorised ‘Full Fledged Money Changer’ by Reserve Bank of India. Besides these, Kesari also has ‘MICE’ exclusively for corporate travel needs, an Inbound tours division and ‘Economy Tours’ to full fill all travel dreams with cost-saving packages

Awards & Recognition

 * The company has several prestigious National and International Awards in its kitty that have been recognized by the travel industry.
 * National Tourism Awards 2013-14 for Outstanding Performance in Tourism Sector and Domestic Tour Operator in Category III - Jammu & Kashmir by the President of India Shri Pranab Mukherjee Tour Operator in Category I - for Rest of India respectively.
 * Outstanding Performance of KESARI for The Venetian - Macau : 2013 - 2014
 * GoAchievers Award, 2013-14
 * Best Partner award for 2013-14 from Hotel Sunpark, Chandigarh
 * Best Support and Performance Award 2011-12,Singapore Airlines
 * Best Support Award 2011-12, Bangkok Airways and Thailand Tourism
 * Sentosa Star Preferred Partner Award 2012-13
 * Times Travel Honours 2010-11- Best Outbound Tour Operator of India Award
 * Friends of Thailand Award
 * Sentosa Star Prefered Partner Award 2010-2011
 * Asia's Best Brand in Travel Segment Award
 * Lifetime Achievement Award
 * 45th Anniversary Genting Awards
 * Travel & Tourism Summit Awards 2010
 * Thai Airways Award
 * FIE Foundation Award
 * Abacus International Award
 * Galileo Award for Best Domestic Tour Operator
 * Indo - Swiss Society Award
 * Award for Outstanding Performance
 * Award for Best Performance

External Links:
Official Website