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Old Jan 16, 2012 | 4:11 am
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Originally Posted by needsake
My wife and I are going to be in Chennai from July 1st through the 11th. The SPG site shows 4 hotels available during this time period:

1. Sheraton Park: 7000 INR/night (cash & points not available)
3. Le Royal Meridien: 7900 INR/night
4. ITC Grand Chola, opening 2/2012

I need to make a lot of trips to Virugambakkam, so it'd be great to be close to there. I mapped all the hotels here: http://goo.gl/PO2en

Sheraton to Virugambakkam is 10.4km / 20 minutes.
Le Meridién to Virugambakkam is 10km / 16 minutes.

Does anyone have any insight / advice for me? Additionally, if I want to sight see, should I try to arrange for things myself or call the SPG concierge? I'm only a Gold preferred guest.

Thanks!

// edit: took Aloft out of the running. Google maps lied to me; it is waaaaay farther away than I need it to be.
i usually stay at the le méridien....its an old property but i really like it....also, it will take you a lot longer than 16 minutes to cover 10km in chennai....depending on the time of the day & traffic, it could take anywhere from 20 minutes to over an hour....
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