Fortune Select Palms Hotel

We are located at No 142 on Old Mahabalipuram Road, which everyone just calls OMR. We are right near D P Jain College in the Perungudi area. This part of Chennai has changed so much; it used to be much quieter, but now it’s all IT parks and glass buildings. Our hotel is a bit of a contrast to all that. We have a lot of people staying here who work in the tech companies nearby, so they are often in a hurry. The morning traffic on OMR is pretty legendary, and you can hear the horns honking from the front entrance. Inside, we just try to keep things organized. The staff spends a lot of time in the dining area because people are always coming in for a quick lunch or a late dinner after a long shift. We’re not a small place, so there’s a lot of walking back and forth between the wings of the hotel. The Chennai heat is a real thing, so we keep the water bottles stocked and the lobby as cool as we can. It’s a lot of repetitive work, like checking linens and making sure the coffee is hot, but it’s what keeps the place going. We don’t put on airs; we’re just a bunch of people working to keep a big hotel running in a very busy part of the city.