Condé Nast Traveller India, announced the winners of the third edition of its Readers’ Travel Awards at a glittering ceremony. The globally renowned and the most prestigious Travel awards in the industry, Readers’ Travel Awards honour the best in travel, tourism and hospitality, as chosen by the discerning and influential readers of Condé Nast Traveller. The Westin Chennai Velachery won the runner up for India’s favourite new business hotel award.

The Westin Chennai Velachery also won the award, for being voted as the Top 10 of Asia’s New Hot Hotels by TripAdvisor.Based purely on guest reviews, for this award the hotels had a mammoth task to create top of the mind brand recall, drive positive occupancy levels and keep abreast with seamless five star services amongst other international hospitality entrants in the city around the same time. The Westin Chennai Velachery is one of the only two hotels from India earning this recognition.

The award winning hotel is a new age oasis, nestled amidst lush greenery of Chennai, the hotel’s sensory rich environment offers a refreshing respite from the bustling metropolitan city and features a breathtaking view of the cityscape and the surrounding green environment.

Honoured and ecstatic on the occasion, The Westin Chennai Velachery, General Manager, Shrikant Wakharkar was quoted saying “I would like to thank the readers of Condenast Traveller and the members of TripAdvisor who took time out from their busy schedules to rate us as India’s Favourite New Business Hotel and considering us amongst the Top 10 of Asia’s New Hot Hotels respectively. We will continue to rise beyond the expectations of our future customers and strive to live-up and exceed the guest experience at The Westin Chennai Velachery – giving every traveller to Chennai a memorable stay.”