Business

Business hotels in Puri: somewhere to work by the sea

Puri is not a convention city. But it does have the one thing a mid-size offsite needs: a room to meet in, a driver on call, and a coastline to walk off the day.

Banquet hall
1,300 sq. ft.seats up to 90
Nearest airport
Biju PatnaikBhubaneswar, over an hour
MICE desk
+91 33 4006 0787the direct line
Room for teams
4-bed, sleeps 5with a separate living room
Swimming pool
Noneno pool, no spa
The banquet hall Banquet hall with round skirted tables and high ceilings, set for up to 90 guests
1,300 sq. ft., laid out for up to 90 guests.
Twin room Platinum Twin Bed - twin beds with a long window and sitting area
Twin beds and a balcony, for colleagues sharing.

In detail

What Puri can and cannot do for business travel

It is worth being clear at the outset: Puri is a pilgrimage and beach destination, not a corporate hub. There is no convention centre and no cluster of office towers. What there is, however, is genuinely useful for a specific kind of trip — a retreat, an offsite, a small conference, or a team spread across a few days who would rather not fly everyone into a big city.

The meeting space

The hotel has a banquet hall of 1,300 sq. ft. that seats up to 90. That is a genuine capacity for a board away-day, a dealer conference, a training session or a family gathering. It can be laid out in more than one configuration, which is the difference between a room that works for one thing and a room that works for several.

What we do not have is a fleet of smaller breakout rooms, a dedicated AV technician permanently on site, or the kind of high-bandwidth fibre a large hybrid event needs. If your agenda depends on any of those, tell us early and we will tell you plainly whether we can help rather than take the booking and disappoint you later.

Getting people here

Biju Patnaik International Airport in Bhubaneswar is the nearest airport, and it is over an hour away by road. That distance is the single biggest factor in planning a business trip to Puri. The travel desk can arrange a car, and for a group it is far simpler to book one vehicle than to have six people negotiate autos independently.

The rooms

After a day of sessions, the sea-facing rooms are the argument for being here at all. The Platinum Twin Bed has twin beds and a balcony; the Platinum 4 Bed sleeps five with a separate living room, which suits a team sharing a villa-style arrangement.

Call the MICE desk, not reservations. Group bookings, room blocks and the banquet hall are handled on a separate line: +91 33 4006 0787. They will know what the hall can take far faster than the front desk will.

What to know

Where a business trip works

Board retreats and away-days

A hall for 90, a coastline to walk off the afternoon, and rooms that sleep a team.

Small conferences and training

Flexible layouts in a 1,300 sq. ft. hall, with in-house catering.

Dealer and distributor meets

Groups that want a destination rather than another airport hotel.

Team building on the coast

The beach and the Marine Drive are the agenda for half of it, honestly.

Conferences near Konark

Konark is 35 km along the coast and makes an extraordinary half-day outing.

What we do not have

No convention centre, and no permanent on-site AV technician. Ask early.

Compared

Rooms for a team, compared

Room capacity for group and business stays at Hotel Sonar Bangla Puri
RoomSleepsBedsBest for
Platinum 4 Bed5Two doubles + living roomA team sharing one unit
Premium 4 Bed5Two large doublesFamilies or small teams
Suite3King + loungeA senior delegate wanting space
Platinum Twin Bed3Two singlesColleagues sharing, twin preference
Platinum Double3One large doubleA couple travelling for work
Deluxe Ground (Non-view)3One doubleBudget-conscious, no stairs

Step by step

How to run a business stay here

Call the MICE desk first

+91 33 4006 0787. They hold the hall diary and the group rooming lists.

Fix dates against the festival calendar

Rath Yatra fills the town and closes roads. Check before you commit.

Book the transfer as one vehicle

The airport is over an hour away. Six separate autos will not work.

Ask what the hall cannot do

Say what your agenda needs. Better to know now than on the day.

Block rooms by the night

Rates move weekly, so a block agreed months ahead is worth locking.

Leave an evening unplanned

The beach is why people extend. Build that into the itinerary deliberately.

Questions

Corporate and group travel

Call the MICE desk and we will check the diary

Call +91 33 4002 1200 Contact