List of hotels in Chennai
Background
Chennai is the third most visited city in India by foreigners, after New Delhi and Mumbai.[1][2] In 2013, Chennai attracted 3,581,200 foreign tourists.[3] The city was visited by 3,857,900 tourists in 2014 and 4,243,700 tourists in 2015.[2] Visitors to heritage sites in Kanchipuram and Mahabalipuram and medical tourists make up the largest number of visitors to the city, chiefly from the United States, the United Kingdom, Sri Lanka, Malaysia and Singapore.[4] In 2011, Chennai was ranked 41st in global top 100 city destination ranking, with 3,174,500 tourists, a 14 percent increase from 2010,[5] and up from 2,059,900 tourists in 2009.[6] In 2012, Chennai served 3,535,200 foreign tourists ranking as 38th most visited city in the world and most visited city in India.[7]
As of 2012, the city had 21 luxury hotels in the five-star category, with over 4,500 rooms in the inventory.[8] As of 2018, the collective luxury room inventory across four and five-star categories is around 7,000.[9] About 85 percent of the room demand in Chennai comes from business travellers. Demand in the CBD area comes mainly from BFSI and PSU companies, while the demand in the southern side of the city (Old Mahabalipuram Road) comes from IT/ITeS companies. Proximity to electronics and the auto industry players in and around the Sriperumbudur area in the west side of the city creates demand for hotels near the Chennai airport area among business travellers.[10]
List of completed hotels
Hotel | Parent Company | Location | Number of rooms | Number of floors | Year of opening | Star rating | Notes | Image |
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Taj Connemara | Indian Hotels Company Limited | Anna Salai | 150 | 1854 | 5-star | Oldest existing hotel in Chennai and the only heritage hotel in the city. Originally opened as the "Imperial Hotel."[11] | ||
Taj Coromandel | Indian Hotels Company Limited | Nungambakkam | 205 | 10 | 1974 | 5-star deluxe | The first luxury hotel in Chennai.[12] | |
Taj Club House | Indian Hotels Company Limited | Anna Salai | 220 | 7 | 2008 | 5-star deluxe | ||
Taj Fisherman's Cove Resort & Spa | Indian Hotels Company Limited | Covelong Beach, East Coast Road | 138 | 2 | 1974 | 5-star deluxe | Covers an area of 48 acres (19 ha); built on the ramparts of a ruined 18th-century Dutch fortress; the first beach hotel in Chennai; has the largest swimming pool (10,000 sq.ft.) in the city.[13] | |
Hyatt Regency Chennai | Hyatt | Anna Salai | 325 | 18 | 2011 | 5-star deluxe | Tallest hotel in the city when built; first building to surpass the LIC Building, the then tallest building in the city, in height; built on an 83-ground land.[14] | |
Park Hyatt Chennai | Hyatt | Velachery Road | 201 | 11 | 2012 | 5-star deluxe | ||
ITC Grand Chola Hotel | ITC Hotels | Anna Salai | 600 | 10 | 2012 | 5-star deluxe | Largest hotel in South India and the third largest hotel in the country; dubbed the largest stand-alone hotel in the country (1,600,000 sq.ft.); built on an 8-acre plot; has the largest convention centre in the country (100,000 sq.ft.).[15][16] | |
Welcomhotel Chennai | ITC Hotels | Gopalapuram | 90 | 10 | 1975 | 5-star | The first hotel of the ITC Hotels group; formerly known as 'Chola Sheraton Hotel' and then as 'My Fortune' | |
Welcomhotel Kences Palm Beach | ITC Hotels | East Coast Road, near Mamallapuram | 90 | 5-star | Built on a 9 acre land. | |||
Welcomhotel GST Road | ITC Hotels | GST Road, Singaperumal Koil | 172 | 10 | 5-star | Originally a mid-segment hotel named TheFortune Select Grand, it was upgraded to a 5-star property in January 2020.[17] | ||
Crowne Plaza Chennai Adyar Park | Intercontinental Hotel Group | Alwarpet | 287 | 8 | 1981 | 5-star | Originally built as 'Adyar Gate Hotel' in 1981[18] | |
The Leela Palace | The Leela Palaces, Hotels and Resorts | Raja Annamalaipuram | 326 | 16 | 2013 | 5-star deluxe | First hotel on the Marina Beach; built on a 6.25-acre land; themed after the Chettinad architecture of Tamil Nadu | |
Trident | The Oberoi Group | Meenambakkam | 167 | 3 | 1988 | 5-star | The first airport hotel in Chennai; built on 5 acres (2.0 ha) of land | |
Ramada Plaza by Wyndham Chennai | Wyndham Hotels and Resorts | Sardar Patel Road, Chennai | 135 | 5-star | ||||
The Park | The Park Hotels | Anna Salai | 214 | 12 | 2002 | 5-star deluxe | Built on the erstwhile 'Gemini Studios'[19] | |
Le Royal Meridien | Marriott International | St. Thomas Mount | 240 | 3 | 2000 | 5-star deluxe | Built on a 3.44-acre land | |
Westin Chennai | Marriott International | Velachery | 215 | 10 | 2013 | 5-star | Built on a plot measuring 7,792 sq.m.[20] | |
Sheraton Grand Chennai Resort & Spa | Marriott International | East Coast Road, near Mamallapuram | 125 | 2018 | 5-star deluxe | Built on a 10-acre land.[21] | ||
Radisson Blu Hotel | Radisson Hotels | St. Thomas Mount | 101 | 3 | 1999 | 5-star | The second 5-star airport hotel in the city | |
Radisson Blu City Centre | Radisson Hotels | Egmore | 162 | 12 | 2012 | 5-star | ||
Radisson Blu Resort Temple Bay | Radisson Hotels | East Coast Road, Mamallapuram | 157 | 5-star | Built on a 45-acre land with 27,000 square feet meandering pool being the second largest in the world.[22] | |||
Hilton Chennai | Hilton Worldwide | Ekkaduthangal | 253 | 11 | 2011 | 5-star deluxe | Built on a 42-ground land | |
Residency Towers | The Residency Group of Hotels | T. Nagar | 176 | 16 | 2003 | 4-star | Built on a 26-ground land | |
The Raintree Hotel Anna Salai | Ceebros Hotels | Anna Salai | 230 | 16 | 2010 | 5-star | ||
Raintree Hotel, St Mary's Road | Ceebros Hotels | Alwarpet | 105 | 14 | 2005 | 5-star | First hotel in South India to get the Eco hotel certificate[23] | |
Savera Hotel | Dr. Radhakrishnan Salai | 230 | 11 | 1969 | 4-star | One of the oldest high-rise hotels in the city. | ||
Accord Metropolitan | Accord Group | T. Nagar | 162 | 13 | 2005 | 5-star | Originally opened as the "Trader's Hotel" | |
Elite Grand Hotel | Old Mahabalipuram Road, Semmencherry | 178 | 6 | 2007 | 5-star | Built on a 2.25 acres of land; originally built as the Kohinoor Asiana Hotel. |
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