Radisson Blu Hotel Chennai
{{short description|Luxury hotel in Chennai, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2018}}
{{Infobox hotel
| hotel_name = Radisson Blu Hotel GRT Chennai
| logo =
| logo_width = 225px
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| address = 531, GST Road, Saint Thomas Mount
Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600 016
| chain = Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group
| coordinates = {{coord|12.99437|80.187551|display=inline,title}}
| opening_date = 1 March 1999
| developer =
| architect =
| operator = Radisson BLU
| owner = GRT Hotels and Resorts Private Limited
| number_of_rooms = 101
| number_of_suites = 7
| number_of_restaurants= 3
| floor_area = 2
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| height =
| parking = Yes
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Radisson Blu is a five-star hotel{{cite web
| title = Category : 5 Star
| work = List of Approved Hotels as of : 06/01/2013
| publisher = Ministry of Tourism, Government of India
| year = 2013
| url = http://tourism.gov.in/TourismDivision/HotelList.aspx?Name=Hotels%20and%20Restaurants&HCID=47
| access-date = 6 Jan 2013}} in Chennai, India. It is located 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 {{INR}} 340 million. In 2001, the hotel was renamed as Radisson GRT after it was bought by the city-based GR Thanga Maaligai.{{cite news
| last = Ramesh
| first = M.
| title = GRT Grand, T Nagar set to takeover Radisson Hotel
| newspaper = Business Line
| location = Chennai
| publisher = The Hindu
| date = 29 July 2001
| url = http://www.hindu.com/businessline/2001/07/29/stories/14293606.htm
| access-date = 30 Nov 2011}}
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.{{cite news
| last = Venkatraman
| first = Hemamalini
|author2=Nandini Sivakumar
| title = Radisson to add new 162-room hotel in Chennai
| newspaper = The Economic Times
| location = Chennai
| publisher = The Times Group
| date = 26 October 2009
| url = http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2009-10-26/news/27655118_1_radisson-hotels-hotel-project-hotel-segment
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130610005939/http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2009-10-26/news/27655118_1_radisson-hotels-hotel-project-hotel-segment
| url-status = dead
| archive-date = 10 June 2013
| access-date = 30 Nov 2011}}
See also
{{Portal|India}}