Corporate events are changing shape. Companies booking meetings and conferences increasingly want venues that tick sustainability and wellbeing boxes alongside the usual Wi-Fi and breakout rooms — and hotels are racing to prove they can deliver all three.
In Chennai, Radisson Blu Hotel & Suites GRT Chennai has packaged that shift into a single offer. Its GReaT Green Meetings programme leans on eco-conscious meeting setups, menus built from locally sourced ingredients and a tree-planting option that helps offset the carbon footprint of an event. GRT Hotels & Resorts CEO Vikram Cotah frames it as making sustainability practical for planners rather than an added headache — measurable practices bundled into normal event operations.
The commercial hook is a residential MICE package starting from INR 14,999 plus taxes per night on double occupancy, with a minimum booking of ten rooms. That covers accommodation, breakfast, lunch and dinner for each night, use of a conference hall and two tea or coffee breaks a day. Delegates get 24-hour access to the pool and gym, plus 15% off therapies at the on-site Bodhi spa. Organisers can earn double Radisson Rewards points under the Book Your Meeting offer.
Where the property differentiates itself is in scale and setting. A 74-suite 'Biophilia' wing uses nature-inspired design with the idea of giving delegates a calmer space between sessions. Event space is flexible: the pillarless Royal Ballroom seats 750 or handles receptions of up to 1,250, and combined with Royal Mile — a hall with a 60-foot ceiling and natural daylight — the hotel claims capacity for events of up to 2,000 guests. There is also a dedicated vegetarian kitchen and customised menus for organisations with specific requirements.
Location does some of the work too. The hotel sits roughly ten minutes from Chennai International Airport, with easy reach to Guindy, Pallavaram, Tambaram, the Chennai Trade Centre and the city's main industrial and technology corridors — a sensible base for companies drawing delegates from across India or abroad.
For business travellers and event planners, the story points to a wider trend: venues are no longer competing on square footage alone. Expect more hotels to bundle carbon offsetting, wellness perks and purpose-driven hospitality into corporate rates as standard. If your next offsite or conference lands in Chennai, this is a useful benchmark for what a full-service green meeting package currently costs and includes.
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