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{{Infobox hotel
| hotel_name = Le Royal Meridien Chennai
| logo =
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| image =
| caption =
| location = [[India]]
| address = 1, [[GST Road]], [[St.Thomas Mount]]<br />[[Chennai]], [[Tamil Nadu]]
| chain = Le Méridien
| coordinates = {{coord|13.006758|80.205528|display=inline,title}}
| opening_date = 30 December 2000
| developer =
| architect =
| operator = [[Marriott International]]
| owner = Appu Hotels Ltd.
| number_of_rooms = 240
| number_of_suites =
| number_of_restaurants= 3
| floor_area =
| floors = 3
| height =
| parking =
| website = {{URL|https://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/maamd-le-royal-meridien-chennai/}}
| footnotes =
}}

'''Le Royal Méridien Chennai''' is a [[Hotel rating|five-star]] luxury [[hotel]]<ref>{{cite web
| title = Category : 5 Star Delux
| 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=48
| access-date = 6 Jan 2013
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130118102237/http://tourism.gov.in/TourismDivision/HotelList.aspx?Name=Hotels%20and%20Restaurants&HCID=48
| archive-date = 18 January 2013
| url-status = dead
}}</ref> located at the [[Guindy]]-[[Kathipara Junction]] on [[Anna Salai]], [[Chennai]], [[India]]. Initially built as ''Madras Hilton'' at an investment of {{INR}} 1,650 million,<ref>{{cite news
| last = Ravikumar
| first = R.
| title = Appu Hotels plans 10 more units in TN
| newspaper = Business Line
| location = Chennai
| publisher = The Hindu
| url = http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/todays-paper/tp-corporate/article1654192.ece
| access-date = 1 Dec 2011}}</ref> the hotel was, however, opened as Le Royal Meridien Chennai.<ref>{{cite news
| title = Hilton withdraws from PGP hotel project
| newspaper = Business Line
| location = Chennai
| publisher = The Hindu
| date = 9 March 2000
| url = http://www.hindu.com/businessline/2000/03/09/stories/020918c8.htm
| access-date = 1 Dec 2011}}</ref>

==History==
The hotel was developed by the PGP Group with a management contract with Hilton. However, the contract ended in March 2000 and the group signed a contract with Le Meridien Hotels and Resorts and the hotel came under the brand "Le Royal Meridien Chennai". The hotel was soft launched on 12 April 2000,<ref name="sanjjay brmaHotelUnderLeRoyalMeridien">{{cite news
| title = PGP hotel project under Le Royal Meridien banner
| newspaper = Business Line
| location = Chennai
| publisher = The Hindu
| date = 13 April 2000
| url = http://hindu.com/businessline/2000/04/13/stories/14136078.htm
| access-date = 5 Aug 2012}}</ref> with commercial opening on 30 December 2000 when it was formally inaugurated by the then chief minister of Tamil Nadu, M. Karunanidhi.<ref>{{cite news
| title = Le Meridien opens in Chennai
| newspaper = Business Line
| location = Chennai
| publisher = The Hindu
| date = 31 December 2000
| url = http://www.hindu.com/businessline/2000/12/31/stories/1431362q.htm
| access-date = 5 Aug 2012}}</ref>

In May 2005, ''Ask,'' the poolside barbecue at the hotel, was launched.<ref>{{cite news
| title = Le Royal Meridien in Chennai adds a barbecue now
| newspaper = Business Line
| location = Chennai
| publisher = The Hindu
| date = 16 May 2005
| url = http://www.thehindubusinessline.in/2005/05/16/stories/2005051601291500.htm
| access-date = 5 Aug 2012}}</ref> In 2006, the hotel became part of [[Starwood]], when the latter acquired the Le Royal Meridien brand.<ref>{{cite news
| title = Le Meridien in Starwood fold
| location = Chennai
| date = 6 January 2006
| url = http://www.hindu.com/2006/01/06/stories/2006010601781800.htm
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060427223349/http://www.hindu.com/2006/01/06/stories/2006010601781800.htm
| url-status = dead
| archive-date = 27 April 2006
| newspaper = [[The Hindu]]
| access-date = 5 Aug 2012}}</ref>

==The hotel==
The hotel is built on a 3.44 acres land with about one third of the area being a landscaped one. The hotel has 240 rooms, of which 112 are standard rooms, 57 deluxe and 41 Royal Club bedrooms, 22 deluxe suites, seven executive suites, three Royal suites and one presidential suite.<ref name="sanjjay brmaHotelUnderLeRoyalMeridien" /> The hotel's banquet halls can accommodate up to 1,500 people and the hotel has about 12 meeting spaces. It has three restaurants, namely, Navaratna (serving royal Indian cuisine), Cilantro (a 24-hour international dining restaurant serving Indian, Continental, Chinese, and South-East Asian cuisine) and Kayal (Mediterranean specialty seafood restaurant) and bars such as The Dome Bar, Flame Le Club and Le Gourmandise. The hotel has a 9,200 sq ft ballroom known as the Grand Madras Ballroom, which was claimed to be the largest pillar-less ballroom in the city when it was built.

In 2009, the hotel planned to renovate and add 15 more rooms at an investment of {{INR}} 750 million.<ref>{{cite news
| last = Narasimhan
| first = T.E.
| title = Appu Hotels lines up Rs 1000 cr expansion
| newspaper = Business Standard
| location = Chennai
| publisher = Business Standard
| date = 11 February 2009
| url = http://business-standard.net.in/india/news/appu-hotels-linesrs-1000-cr-expansion/348595/
| access-date = 1 Dec 2011}}</ref>

==Awards==
The hotel was awarded the "Best Business Hotel in Asia Pacific" for the year 2002 by the Pacific Area Travel Writers Association (PATWA), at the International Travel Bourse (ITB), [[Berlin]].<ref>{{cite news
| title = Le Royal Meridien wins award
| location = Chennai
| date = 15 April 2003
| url = http://www.hindu.com/2003/04/15/stories/2003041501901906.htm
| archive-url = https://archive.today/20130126200356/http://www.hindu.com/2003/04/15/stories/2003041501901906.htm
| url-status = dead
| archive-date = 26 January 2013
| newspaper = [[The Hindu]]
| access-date = 5 Aug 2012}}</ref> It has also won the best "Innovative HR Practices 2003" by Deccan Herald Avenue.<ref>{{cite web
| title = Le Royal Meridien Chennai
| publisher = HotelsInChennai.org
| url = http://www.hotelsinchennai.org/hotel-leroyal-meridien-chennai.html
| access-date = 15 Nov 2011}}</ref>

==See also==
{{Portal|India}}
* [[Hotels in Chennai]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Official website|https://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/maamd-le-royal-meridien-chennai/}}

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