The Vivanta Connemara Chennai will undergo refurbishment of its rooms in a phased manner.
The 159-year old hotel will see refurbishment of rooms, spa and also focus on its pan Asian restaurant Hip Asia. “While we maintain our uniqueness of heritage property, we would offer cutting edge deliveries. We plan to refurbish our rooms in a phased manner,” Samrat Datta, general manager of Vivanta Connemara Chennai told the Business Standard.
Formerly known as Vivanta by Taj – Connemara the hotel was rebranded as Vivanta Connemara Chennai by Taj in 2010 when the group decided to divide its hotels into different categories.
According to Datta, there are no plans to expand the property and add more rooms. Stressing the hotel would bank on its colonial vintage and bridge the past with the present, he said there are plans to offer Anglo-Indian brunch at the restaurants and also be part of holding vintage car rallies.
Following the recent relaunch of the hotel’s Chettinad cuisine specialty restaurant Raintree, the focus will be on Hip Asia, the pan Asian restaurant, Datta said.
Speaking of the business, he said it has picked up last month onwards but was down during the first half compared to previous year.
“Our occupancy ratio ranges between 65-70%. The ratio of room rent: F&B revenue is around 40:60,” Datta confirmed. According to him, one of the trends is the increased foot fall of the non-resident guests to the hotel’s various restaurants.
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