ThirushRaja Blog's: 2014

Le Meridien

Profile:

Le Méridien is an international hotel brand with a European perspective, formerly headquartered in the United Kingdom, with 130 properties. It is owned by Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, and has a portfolio of more than 120 hotels in over 50 countries worldwide.

Located between Chennai, Bengaluru, and Kochi in southern India, Coimbatore is the second-largest city in the state of Tamil Nadu and one of Indias most dynamic and fastest-growing cities. Strategically positioned close to Coimbatore Airport (CJB), major businesses, and the new Tidel Park (a technology centre and special economic zone), Le Meridien Coimbatore is the ideal place for the sophisticated business professional.

History:

The Le Méridien brand was established in 1972 by Air France "to provide on a home away from home for its customers." The first Le Méridien property was a 1,000-room hotel in Paris — Le Méridien Etoile. Within two years of operation, the group had 10 hotels in Europe and Africa. Within the first six years, the number of hotels had risen to 21 hotels in Europe, Africa, the French West Indies, Canada, South America, the Middle East and Mauritius. By 1991, the total number of Le Méridien properties had risen to 58.

In late 1994, Le Méridien was acquired by UK hotel company Forte Group, which in turn was acquired by Granada plc in 1996. Through a merger in the summer of 2000 between Granada Group and global contract caterer Compass Group — and the subsequent de-merger of the two companies in February 2001 — the ownership of the Forte Hotels division and its three brands (Le Méridien, Heritage Hotels and Posthouse Forte) passed solely to Compass.

In May 2001, Nomura Group announced the acquisition of Le Méridien Hotels & Resorts from Compass Group plc for £1.9 billion and Le Méridien was merged with Principal Hotels, which was acquired in February 2001. In December 2003, Lehman Brothers Holdings acquired the senior debt of Le Méridien.

On November 24, 2005, the Le Méridien brand and management fee business was acquired by Starwood Hotels & Resorts. The leased and owned real estate assets were acquired in a separate deal by a joint venture formed by Lehman Brothers and Starwood Capital.

In 2011, Le Méridien opened up its 100th hotel in Coimbatore, India.

In mid-2012, during the search conducted by Maradu Municipality, the food safety officials seized damaged food from star hotels including Le Méridien Kochi.

FEATURES :

COIMBATORE :

 THE MANCHESTER OF SOUTH INDIA

Ø The second largest city of Tamil Nadu and one of the fastest growing cities in India.

Ø Has more than 30,000 tiny small, medium and large industries and textile mills

Ø The city is also known for it's educational institutions. Coimbatore Agricultural University is renowned as one of the best colleges of it's kind in South Asia.

Ø Tirupur - a neighbouring town has carved a niche for itself in the garments market

Ø The Coimbatore airport caters to domestic flights to all the major Indian cities and international flights to Sharjah and Singapore.

LE MERIDIEN :

 LE MERIDIEN COIMBATORE – AN URBAN RESORT

Ø The first 5 star deluxe hotel of Coimbatore located in between Health city and Textile City.

Ø 5.6 Acres of land with beautifully landscaped gardens gives Eco-Friendly emphasis.

Ø 254 Beautifully designed trendy rooms.

Ø 8 Food and Beverage Venues

Ø The Grand Kovai Ball Room is the largest Ball Room in South India.

Ø 14 elegant function rooms ranging from 441 Sq. ft to 4000 Sq. ft.

Ø Most exclusive health club in South India.

Ø Easily accessible from Airport (3 Kms) and CODISSIA - Nations biggest exhibition centre.

Ø The Grand Kovai Ball Room has a contemporary yet glamorous look with state-of-the-art technology which can take up to 2000 Pax.

Ø This is the largest in South-India, with the highest ceiling height of 22” feet, and is obstruction free with no pillars and chandeliers on top with 100,000 colour schemes into it.

Ø It can be partitioned into 3 separate halls with spacious pre-function area which is ideal venue for exhibitions, conferences, weddings, and cocktail parties.

Ø The hotel has 11 elegant meeting rooms namely

LE MERIDIEN SERVICES :

ü Food

ü House keeping

ü Finance

ü Human Resource

ü Business Center

ü Fitness Center

ü Cake Shop

Types of Room’s Available in Le Meridien :

Ø Royal

Ø Executive room:

Ø Club Floor Room

Ø Junior Suite

Ø Deluxe Suite

Ø Royal Club

Ø Tamilnadu Suite

Common Room Amenities:

Ø Tea/Coffee Maker

Ø Electronic Safe

Ø Ironing Board

Ø Television

Ø Bathroom Toiletries

Ø DVD Player

Ø Mineral Water

Ø Snack Basket

Ø Fruit Basket

Ø Daily Newspaper

Ø Air Conditioning

Ø Wi-Fi Internet

Ø Study Table

Ø Sofa Unit

Ø Data Port

Ø Intercom

Ø Direct dial phone

Ø Mini bar

Ø Safe Deposit Locker

Ø Shower Area

Ø Hot/cold Water

Ø Iron

The hotel provides accommodation to the guests at its well-furnished 254 rooms and suites, which are mentioned below:

Deluxe Queen Rooms :
They are multi-facilitated rooms that are equipped with facilities like high speed internet access, free daily newspaper, in room safety, mini bar, bathrobes and many more.

Deluxe Suite :
They are the perfect place to stay amidst modern amenities such as LCD television, DVD player, cordless telephone, 24 hour room service, bottled water, sprinklers in room, etc.

Tamil Nadu Suite :
This suite guarantees a calm stay along with latest facilities in the form of cribs, signature bed, coffee and tea maker, wireless high speed internet access and so on.

Dining :

These restaurants of the hotel are comprised of scrumptious menu that offer to the guests of different tastes:

Latest Recipe :
It has the specialty in preparing regional and international cuisines. It provides food items for all day.

Favola :
It is an Italian specialty restaurant in which you can taste scrumptious Italian cuisines between 12:00 pm to 3:00 pm and 7:00 pm to 11:00 pm.

Peacock :
Come here to taste mouth-watering Indian cuisines. It has eclectic atmosphere and it remains open between 12:00 pm to 3:00 pm and 5:00 pm to 11:00 pm.

Ponzu :
It is the best place to savour Asian cuisines between the timings of 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm and 7:00 pm - 11:00 pm.

Latitude 11 :
It is a bar that provides wide range of cocktails and wines between 11:00 am - 11:00 pm. It is placed at the lobby level.

PLACES OF INTEREST :

Ø Swimming Pool – First of its kind a roof top swimming pool with cabanas on one side and date palms all over to swirl you.

Ø Spa– Treatments varying like aroma therapy, ayurveda, Thai massage would be provided

Ø Fitness Centre – With the latest equipments for cardio workouts.

Ø Lilly Pond – Largest Lilly pond of Asia

Ø Grand Chandelier- The most amazing and the splendid surprise, largest chandelier of 28 mtrs designed at University of Milan, Italy.

Ball Room(Banquet):

Le Meridien Coimbatore's creative banquet team will engage with you to arrange your memorable meeting, conference, wedding or gala social gathering. Be inspired by the selection of refined meeting and function spaces, totaling 3,407 square metres; our forward-thinking service and a vision dedicated to the success of your event.

Ø State-of-the-art technology which can take up to 1500 Pax

Ø Largest Pillar less Ball Room in South-India.

Ø Ceiling height of 22 feet

Ø Acoustically treated interior and wall panels

Ø In-built screens and projectors

Ø Programmable chandeliers with 1 Lakh colour schemes.

Ø Divisible into 3 separate halls - Ball Room I (4,319 Sq. Ft.), Ball Room II (4,265 Sq. Ft.) and Ball Room III (4,265 Sq. Ft.)

Ø Each hall can accommodate 500 persons in theater style

Ø Spacious pre-function area, ideal venue for exhibitions, conferences, weddings, and cocktail parties.

Ø Chic amenities and sophisticated comfort.

Fitness Center:

Ø We have experienced elliptical fitness cross trainers, powers, recumbent cycles and stretch trainers.

Ø Situated in an area of 14250 Sq. Ft. in 2 levels, namely service floor and first floor (Swimming Pool Level).

Swimming pool:

Ø Roof top swimming pool with cabanas on one side and date palms all over.

Ø Beautifully decorated Gazebos, water bodies and lush greenery.

Ø Kids pool and an open whirl pool, Managed by qualified Life Guards

SPA :

Ø Stress and emotion release treatments such as ayurvedic, aroma rejuvenation, shiatsu and Swedish massages.

Ø Relaxing head oil massage by trained therapists.

Sauna & Jacuzzi :

Ø We have experienced control to handle the temperature hot or cool.

Ø Really best experienced in relaxing the soul.

Payment Policy:

The Luxury Tax and Serivce Tax are not included in the rates. A valid credit card is required at the time of check-in for payment of the room, tax and incidentals. If paying in cash, a deposit equal to the room, tax and INR2000 per day will be collected at check-in.

Security Policy:

The hotel reserves the right to deny admittance to its premises. This includes the right to decline the entry of guests and vehicles, the staging of events and functions, and inbound materials and other items, with regards to security considerations, local laws, and hotel policies.

Bar (Alcohol Policy):

Alcoholic beverage service is restricted below 21 years older (with valid identification).

Management Software:

v Micros Software

v Fidelio Software

MICROS-Fidelio stands for technical innovation in the hospitality industry for many years. The focal point of the company’s solution developments are aligned around the current global IT trends such as cloud computing, mobile applications, social communications or next generation analytics – MICROS-Fidelio is currently customizing these topics to the special requirements of the industry.

MICROS-Fidelio’s “FidelioWebSuite” is deployed as Software as a Service model, in essence the company is offering individual hotels a well-proven hotel software solution, that is exactly aligned with the customers specific demands. This “service on demand” application offers small and medium-sized customers an optimal avenue to effectively manage their hotels with a professional IT-solution. The “FidelioWebSuite” is offering individual hotels an economic solution that helps efficiently manage their operations. Online reservations directly via their websites increasing their occupancy rates and reducing booking charges. All hotel information is securely hosted in MICROS-Fidelio’s datacenter in Frankfurt.

Conclusion:

From the above information we could know about, how the workers are employed,how the rooms are maintaining properly, and how the workers serve smartly. From those information we could know that all the employees of lemeridien are trained well.

Contact Details :
Le Meridien
#762 Avinashi Road
Coimbatore- 641062
T- +91 422 4254343 : F- +91 422 2364444
M- +91 9500056608 : Email id- lalitha.raja@lemeridien.com

Submitted By :

ThiruMurugan.R

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