Choice Hotels adds 26th hotel to Indian portfolio

CHENNAI - Choice Hotels India, the wholly owned subsidiary of Choice Hotels International, has announced that the Clarion Hotel Chennai has joined its portfolio of hotels. This brings the number of Choice brand hotels in India to 26, which are located in 19 cities across India.

The hotel features 100 well-appointed rooms including Luxury Rooms, Club Rooms, Luxury Suites and Presidential Suites. All the rooms have been aesthetically designed and furnished with mini bars, 52” LED television, Wi-fi, electronic safe lock and tea/coffee making facilities. The en-suite bathrooms come equipped with bathrobes and luxury bathroom amenities.

Guests are also able to dine at the Her Name is Ming Restaurant which offers Pan Asian cuisine and the Twenty Fifth Hour Restaurant that serves international cuisine, as well as enjoy drinks in the Purple Room lounge bar.

The hotel also offers meetings and conference facilities with capacity for up to 250 guests, pool and fitness centre.

Duncan Berry, UK CEO, Choice Hotels Europe, said: “We’re delighted to welcome another hotel to the Indian portfolio.  We believe this four-star property will cater to the needs of the ever growing affluent Indian middle class and capture inbound traffic from the expanding number of travellers who are going to India both for business and leisure.”

Other hotels to recently join Choice’s UK portfolio include Quality Hotel Wolverhampton, Quality Hotel Birmingham Airport/NEC, Clarion Collection Hotel Makeney Hall and Clarion Collection Hotel Winchester Royal. Dublin’s gibson hotel has also joined Choice’s Ascend Hotel Collection, a portfolio of distinctive independent hotels, providing guests with an upscale boutique hotel experience backed by one of the world’s largest hospitality franchisors.

The Choice Hotels Europe portfolio of franchised hotels offers business and leisure travelers a full spectrum of premium economy to upscale hotels. Choice Hotels Europe franchises nearly 500 hotels across Europe alone.  Brands franchised by Choice Hotels Europe include Clarion, which is described as four to five star rated; Quality, which is three star rated and provides a mid-scale full service offering and Comfort, which is two to three star rated and is the largest Choice Hotels International brand worldwide, known for value, customer service and reliability.

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