Chennai Hotels thread

[satishanu]

It is better to organise rather having everything in one thread. It would be easy for someone who is interested in particular thing to browse through the information.

[die4chennai]

Can we create a new thread with the name 'Chennai Tourism and hospitality' and club threads like '5 star hotels of chennai ,Miniature tamil nadu,ECR entertainment corridor' into one?

We can also have news about beach beutification project,Adyar eco park,Proposed botanical garden, Painting city roads etc. under that thread.

As many of the above threads are active only sporadically,it will be wiser if all are under one thread

[kg4129]

+1

[nashcode]

Edited list of existing 5 star hotels in Chennai

Existing five-star hotels

1) Taj Coromendal, Nungambakkam High Road (205 rooms, 9 storied)
2) Taj Connemara, Mount Road (150 rooms)
3) Le Royal Meridien, Guindy (240 rooms)
4) The Park, Mount Road (215 rooms, 12 storied)
5) ITC Chola Sheraton, Cathedral Road (92 rooms, 9 storied)
6) Taj Fisherman's Cove, Covelong Beach (88 rooms)
7) ITC Hotel Park Sheraton and Towers, TTK Road (283 rooms)
8) Trident Hilton, GST Road (166 rooms)
9) Radisson GRT, GST Road (101 rooms) (68 more rooms in the future)
10) Taj Mount Road (220 rooms)

The Accord, Raintree and Asiana are 4 star hotels as are Residency Towers and GRT, T Nagar

[die4chennai]

Asiana is a 5 star hotel... Even i didnt believe initially but got confirmed from no. of people in this business

[kidnplay]

Originally Posted by R2IChennai

I feel there are way too many threads now! chennai sections is too cluttered?
anyone else think so?

I second that!

[Rasnaboy]

Originally Posted by nashcode

Edited list of existing 5 star hotels in Chennai

Existing five-star hotels

1) Taj Coromendal, Nungambakkam High Road (205 rooms, 9 storied)
2) Taj Connemara, Mount Road (150 rooms)
3) Le Royal Meridien, Guindy (240 rooms)
4) The Park, Mount Road (215 rooms, 12 storied)
5) ITC Chola Sheraton, Cathedral Road (92 rooms, 9 storied)
6) Taj Fisherman's Cove, Covelong Beach (88 rooms)
7) ITC Hotel Park Sheraton and Towers, TTK Road (283 rooms)
8) Trident Hilton, GST Road (166 rooms)
9) Radisson GRT, GST Road (101 rooms) (68 more rooms in the future)
10) Taj Mount Road (220 rooms)

The Accord, Raintree and Asiana are 4 star hotels as are Residency Towers and GRT, T Nagar

Even I doubt sometimes whether Accord Metropolitan is a 5-star as I found only a couple of sources claiming it to be a 5-star. Not sure. But the rest of them are all 5-stars. I've checked with numerous sources before preparing this list. The Raintree hotel is the first 5-star Ecotel hotel of South India. Like die4chennai said, Asiana hotel is a 5-star.

[Rasnaboy]

Originally Posted by die4chennai

Can we create a new thread with the name 'Chennai Tourism and hospitality' and club threads like '5 star hotels of chennai ,Miniature tamil nadu,ECR entertainment corridor' into one?

We can also have news about beach beutification project,Adyar eco park,Proposed botanical garden, Painting city roads etc. under that thread.

As many of the above threads are active only sporadically,it will be wiser if all are under one thread

Seconded. In this way, we can make Chennai Forum more organised.

[coolmukund]

Originally Posted by Rasnaboy

Even I doubt sometimes whether Accord Metropolitan is a 5-star as I found only a couple of sources claiming it to be a 5-star. Not sure. But the rest of them are all 5-stars. I've checked with numerous sources before preparing this list. The Raintree hotel is the first 5-star Ecotel hotel of South India. Like die4chennai said, Asiana hotel is a 5-star.

The Accord Metropolitan is a 5 star hotel as well. they advertised big time when they were upgraded from 4 star to 5 star hotel.

[Rasnaboy]

Great! So, Chennai now has about 13 five-stars apart from those under construction.

[metalfan]

Isn't Santhome High Road too narrow for these massive hotels ?

- KC

[sridhar_n]

Originally Posted by Rasnaboy

Great! So, Chennai now has about 13 five-stars apart from those under construction.

Thats great. How about the occupancy rates - atleast 60%?

[prakstar]

Originally Posted by Rasnaboy

I really doubt whether there is any difference between a 5-star deluxe hotel and a 7-star hotel. Many a times, I've seen Le Royal Meridian being described as a 7-star hotel. Even the upcoming ITC Grand Chola, Grand Hyatt, and the Leela are described as 7-stars.

In actual rating 7 star does not exist, the maximum is a 5 star deluxe. 7 star classifications are more often than not, self claimed for marketing milage. Even the famed Burj Al Arab is a 5D.

The Le Royal Meridien is a 5D like the Coromandel, ITC Park Sheraton.

[sridhar_n]

How's the progress on these projects?

Talking about Leela, there is a Leela Palace in Chennai, isn't it? Is it part of the same group and in that case, is it a 5 Star hotel?

[Anniyan]

Is there any Zero star hotel in Chennai?

[natarajan1986]

kayandi bhavan

[Arul Murugan]

Pls rename this thread!!

super star fans will think this as rajinikanth's hotel in Chennai.

[Rasnaboy]

Originally Posted by metalfan

Isn't Santhome High Road too narrow for these massive hotels ?

- KC

In fact, these hotels (Leela and Marriott) are in MRC Nagar, off Santhome High Road, towards the sea.

[Rasnaboy]

Originally Posted by sridhar_n

Thats great. How about the occupancy rates - atleast 60%?

I think, it's about 75%.

[Rasnaboy]

Originally Posted by sridhar_n

How's the progress on these projects?

Talking about Leela, there is a Leela Palace in Chennai, isn't it? Is it part of the same group and in that case, is it a 5 Star hotel?

Which Leela are you talkin' about? The Leela Palace Kempenski (of the Leela group) is still under construction. It'll be thrown open in 2010. It's an INR 2.8 billion (US$ 75 million), 380-room five-star deluxe hotel and is 15-stories high. (see rendering posted by Mukund on page 1). On inauguration, it'll be Chennai's first beachfront 5-star hotel.

The JW Marriott hotel is nearby. It's a 371-rooms five-star deluxe hotel under construction at a cost of INR 4.6 billion (being built by Viceroy Hotels of Hyderabad and will be managed by Marriott International).