The Green Hotel hosts meetings for up to 40 people, garden dinners for up to 200 seated guests and parties for up to 500, and the whole hotel can be booked for a single group. It occupies Chittaranjan Palace, a former residence built for the princesses of Mysore, in the Jayalakshmipuram district of Mysore in Karnataka, with 31 bedrooms between the palace and a garden wing.
Seminars and company events
The largest meeting room seats up to 40 people, a size that suits a workshop, a training day or a leadership retreat. A board room and private dining rooms complete the offer, though the site gives no capacity for them. On request, the hotel provides an overhead projector, a slide projector with screen, video, a public address system, a photocopier, email access and a 24-hour telephone line. A travel desk helps participants with itineraries, tickets and other arrangements.
For the evening, the hotel can arrange a performance of classical Indian music and dance, a quiz night or a barbecue in the garden. Golf at the Mysore golf course can also be organized for guests. A group can take part of the hotel or all of it, which gives a company retreat the house to itself.
Weddings and receptions
The site does not present weddings as a product. Private parties take place in the gardens, which seat up to 200 people and hold up to 500 for a party. Families planning a celebration should ask the hotel directly what it accepts.
Rooms and capacities
The gardens are the main event space, with 200 seated or 500 for a party, and they have won first prize from the Mysore Horticultural Society. Indoors, the large meeting room seats 40, while the board room and the private dining rooms take smaller groups.
Accommodation
The hotel has 31 bedrooms. Palace rooms are in the historic building and include the Princess's Room, the Maharani's Suite, the Rose Room, the Marigold Room, the Writer's Room and two Bollywood rooms. Garden rooms are in the garden wing, from a twin room to a suite with a sofa and a garden view. The rooms were renovated and furnished with traditional Indian crafts. Breakfast is included in the room rate.
Catering
The restaurant serves a wide range of vegetarian and non-vegetarian dishes and is open to non-residents. Special diets can be catered for, and lunch and dinner are sold separately from the room. The hotel also runs the Malgudi Cafe.
History and setting
Chittaranjan Palace was built for the princesses of Mysore and later restored as a hotel. The Charities Advisory Trust, a British charity, set up the Green Hotel as a model of sustainable tourism, and all profits go to charitable and environmental projects in India. The hotel uses solar energy and recycled water for its garden. For a company that reports on the footprint of its events, this model gives a concrete argument for the choice of venue.
Getting there
The address is 2270 Vinoba Road, Jayalakshmipuram, Mysore 570 012. Mysore lies about 140 kilometers from Bangalore, whose international airport serves most visitors arriving by air. Mysore Junction is the main railway station of the city, with trains to and from Bangalore.
