The article below lists top hotels in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

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 was around 7,000.[9] About 85 percent of the room demand in Chennai comes from business travellers. Demand in the central business district comes mainly from BFSI and PSU companies, while the demand in the southern side of the city (Old Mahabalipuram Road) comes from information technology (IT)/IT-enabled services (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]

Chennai offers the world’s most affordable five-star hotel rooms. According to a 2021 survey by LuxuryHotel.com, it is the least expensive city for a five-star stay in the world, with a baseline for a five-star room being ₹ 3,530 (34 UK pounds). It ranks 35th in the world in the percentage of five-star hotels (4.21%, with 33 five-stars among 784 hotels in the city).[11]

List of functioning hotels

Hotel Parent Company Location Number of rooms Number of floors Year of opening Star rating Notes Image
Taj Connemara Indian Hotels Company Limited Anna Salai 150 6 1854 5-star Oldest existing hotel in Chennai and the only heritage hotel in the city. Originally opened as the "Imperial Hotel."[12]
Taj Coromandel Indian Hotels Company Limited Nungambakkam 205 10 1974 5-star deluxe The first luxury hotel in Chennai.[13]
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.[14]
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.[15]
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.).[16][17]
Hyatt Regency Chennai Hyatt Anna Salai 325 18 2011 5-star deluxe Tallest hotel in the city when built; first building in the city to surpass the LIC Building, the then tallest building in the city, in height; built on an 83-ground (199,200 sq. ft.) land.[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
Grand Chennai by GRT Hotels GRT Hotels T Nagar 133 9 4-star Owned by the jewellery company, G R Thanga Maligai.
Taj Club House Indian Hotels Company Limited Anna Salai 220 7 2008 5-star deluxe
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.
Park Hyatt Chennai Hyatt Velachery Road 201 11 2012 5-star deluxe
Crowne Plaza Chennai Adyar Park Intercontinental Hotel Group Alwarpet 287 8 1981 5-star Originally built as 'Adyar Gate Hotel' in 1981[19]
Holiday Inn Chennai Holiday Inn Rajiv Gandhi Salai, Thiruvanmiyur
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.[20]
Taj Wellington Mews Indian Hotels Company Limited Taramani, Rajiv Gandhi Salai 112 14 2021 5-star India's first all-women-managed luxury hotel
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'[21]
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.[22]
Sheraton Grand Chennai Resort & Spa Marriott International East Coast Road, near Mamallapuram 125 2018 5-star deluxe Built on a 10-acre land.[23]
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
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[24]
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.

See also

References

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  6. ↑ "Top 100 Cities Destination Ranking 2009". Euromonitor International. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
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  8. ↑ Thomas, Liffy; Deepa H. Ramakrishnan (1 June 2012). "New hotels beckon the business class". The Hindu. Chennai. Retrieved 28 December 2012.
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  13. ↑ Muthalaly, Shonali (11 November 2010). "A new approach to luxury". The Hindu. Chennai. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
  14. ↑ "Fisherman's Cove". TravelMuse.com. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
  15. ↑ "Radisson Blu Resort Mamallapuram: Where Nature Meets Luxury". Outlook india. Chennai. 17 September 2018. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
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  18. ↑ "The Oberoi". Emporis.com. Archived from the original on 17 May 2014. Retrieved 18 December 2011.
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  20. ↑ "ITC Hotels opens Welcomhotel on Chennai's GST Road". The Hindu. Chennai: Kasturi & Sons. 11 January 2020. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
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