Radisson Blu Hotel Chennai

Radisson Blu Hotel GRT Chennai
Hotel chain Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group
General information
Location Chennai, India
Address 531, GST Road, Saint Thomas Mount
Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600 016
Coordinates 12°59′40″N 80°11′15″E / 12.99437°N 80.187551°E / 12.99437; 80.187551Coordinates: 12°59′40″N 80°11′15″E / 12.99437°N 80.187551°E / 12.99437; 80.187551
Opening 1 March 1999
Owner GRT Hotels and Resorts Private Limited
Management Radisson BLU
Technical details
Floor area 2
Other information
Number of rooms 101
Number of suites 7
Number of restaurants 3
Parking Yes

Radisson Blu is a five-star hotel[1] in Chennai, India. It is located at on GST Road at Meenambakkam.

History

The hotel was built by Macnur Hospitality Limited, 75 percent of whose equity is held by the M A Chidambaram group, in March 1999 at a cost of ₹ 340 million. In 2001, the hotel was renamed as Radisson GRT after it was bought by the city-based GR Thanga Maaligai.[2]

The hotel

The hotel has 101 rooms including 7 suites, 19 business-class rooms, 24 club rooms and 51 "deluxe rooms".

The hotel initially planned to add another 30 rooms by constructing on the land acquired adjacent to the existing hotel.[3] However, in 2010, it planned to add 70 rooms, 150 persons restaurant and an urban day spa.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Category : 5 Star". List of Approved Hotels as of : 06/01/2013. Ministry of Tourism, Government of India. 2013. Retrieved 6 Jan 2013.
  2. ↑ Ramesh, M. (29 July 2001). "GRT Grand, T Nagar set to takeover Radisson Hotel". Business Line. Chennai: The Hindu. Retrieved 30 Nov 2011.
  3. ↑ Venkatraman, Hemamalini; Nandini Sivakumar (26 October 2009). "Radisson to add new 162-room hotel in Chennai". The Economic Times. Chennai: The Times Group. Retrieved 30 Nov 2011.
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