Radha Regent Chennai, earlier called as Radha Park Inn, is a
four-star hotel
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located at
Arumbakkam
Arumbakkam is a residential locality in Chennai.
The locality
Arumbakkam is notable for D G Vaishnav College. The Chennai Bottling Company (popularly known as the Gold Spot Company) was located here, which has now been converted into a car d ...
in
Chennai
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,
India
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. The hotel is the second hotel of the
Sarovar Hotels & Resorts in
India
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and the first of star hotels to open on
Inner Ring Road, Chennai
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. The hotel also opened
Geoffrey's, the first
Pub
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of Chennai in 2001.
The hotel
Opened in 1997, the hotel has a total of 91 rooms, including 62 superior rooms, 23 executive rooms, and 6 suites. The restaurants at the hotel include The Lobby Cafe, a multi-cuisine restaurant (Originally as Cafe at the park in 1997), The Orient Blossom, an Oriental delicacies restaurant opened in 2004, Geoffrey's Pub, and Aura, the lounge bar which was added in 2004 replacing its earlier counterpart Pub at the park. There are six banquet halls with a total space of 6,500 sq ft. The hotel also has introduced in 2013 a Garden Banquet lawn of 20,000 sq ft, Bougainville, which can accommodate 3,000 guests.
The hotel interiors were designed by Ramanan J in 1997 & in 2004 The Orient Blossom was designed by
Mumbai
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-based Prakash Mankar & Associates.
The hotel developer Radha Regent Hotels have also opened two
three-star hotel
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s in
Bangalore
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;
Radha Hometel
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in
Whitefield, Bangalore
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in 2005 and
Radha Regent Hotel, Bangalore
Radha ( sa, राधा, ), also called Radhika, is a Hindu goddess and the chief consort of the god Krishna. She is worshiped as the goddess of love, tenderness, compassion, and devotion. She is the avatar of goddess Lakshmi and is also de ...
in
Electronic City
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in 2008, the former being the first Hometel
brand hotel of
Sarovar Hotels & Resorts.
Awards
*Sarovar Park Plaza Hotel of the Year, Presented by
Sarovar Hotels & Resorts in 2004
See also
*
Hotels in Chennai
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. In 2013, Chennai attracted 3,581,200 foreign tourists. The city was visited by ...
*
Sarovar Hotels & Resorts
References
External links
*http://www.radhahotels.com/
*http://www.sarovarhotels.com/chennai-radha-regent.shtml/
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