The Park Plaza Hotel Chennai will feature 144 guest rooms, a modern lobby lounge, business center, coffee shop, specialty restaurant, bar, banquet hall & other facilities.

The Park Plaza Chennai is expected to be operational by 2009.

Park Plaza Hotels & Resorts, part of Carlson Hotels Worldwide, has enjoyed tremendous growth in its market segment since becoming part of Carlson in July 2000. The acquisition called for Carlson, a global leader in hospitality, to grow the Park Plaza brand through a focused franchise development and acquisition program with strong emphasis on aggressive development, enhanced brand definition and alignment, and improved quality.

Park Plaza Hotels & Resorts hotels take a full-service approach offering rooms, suites, meeting facilities, catering, restaurants, room service and a wide variety of business services. Park Plaza hotels are located in downtown and airport locations of primary and secondary cities and are generally 150 rooms or larger.

Carlson Hospitality Worldwide is a global leader in hospitality services, encompassing more than 1,700 hotel, resort, restaurant and cruise ship operations in 82 countries.

Chennai formerly known as Madras, is the capital of the state of Tamil Nadu and is India's fourth largest metro. It is located on the Coromandel coast of the Bay of Bengal. With an estimated population of 7.06 million (2007), the 368-year-old city is the 34th largest in the world.

Chennai is the third largest commercial and industrial centre in India, and is known for its culturual heritage and temple architecture. It is also a hub for south Indian classical music and dance performances. Chennai is considered the automobile capital of India, with a major percentage of the automobile industry having a base here and a major portion of the nation's vehicles being produced here. This has led to Chennai being referred to as the Detroit of South Asia. It has also become a major centre for outsourced jobs from the West. The 12-kilometre long Marina Beach along the Bay of Bengal forms the city's east coast. The city is known for its sport venues and hosts an ATP tennis event called the Chennai Open