The doors to the 394-key DoubleTree by Hilton Chengdu – Longquanyi opened January 8, marking the brand’s debut in the largest city of Sichuan Province in southwest China.
International and regional hotel brands are diving deeper into China with a string of property openings and signings across first- and second-tier cities. Here we bring you a quick wrap of the hotels that are opening this year and beyond.
The doors to the 394-key DoubleTree by Hilton Chengdu – Longquanyi opened January 8, marking the brand’s debut in the largest city of Sichuan Province in southwest China.
Located in a nationally designated economic and technological development zone, the hotel offers access to the Chengdu Longquan Automobile City and other key business and industrial centres. Plans have been laid for the construction of an integrated business district to be built up around the hotel.
This winter, Shanghai will see the addition of a 343-room Amara Signature Shanghai in the historical Changshou Road commercial zone, which is located in the city’s west downtown area.
Meanwhile, a 210-key Radisson Zhengzhou will join the Zhengdong New District, Zhengzhou city in China with Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group signing a management agreement to open the property in the first quarter of 2022.
The hotel is located in Zhengzhou, the capital city of Henan province, which is an emerging tier-one city that serves as a hub for the nation’s railroad, aviation, highway, electric power, post and telecommunications.
Radisson Zhengzhou will be located between two core areas, Dragon Lake Financial Centre and Ruyi Lake Central Business District (CBD). The hotel is within easy reach of the Henan provincial government’s various offices, Zhengzhou Economic and Technological Development Zone, as well as the Zhengzhou International Convention and Exhibition Centre.
Thailand-based ONYX Hospitality Group and Sincere Holdings Group have announced a strategic partnership to boost the serviced apartments market across key Chinese cities.
Under the agreement, Sincere Holdings Group will receive exclusivity rights from ONYX Hospitality Group to develop and open Shama serviced apartments, including those bearing the Shama Luxe and Shama Hub sub-brand names, in 12 key cities across China, namely Shanghai, Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Beijing, Chengdu, Chongqing, Hangzhou, Nanjing, Suzhou, Tianjin, Wuxi and Xiamen.
The first two Shama serviced apartments to be developed as part of this partnership will be in Shanghai – Shama Hongqiao Shanghai in Minhang District and Shama Changfeng Shanghai in Putuo District. Both are slated to open in 2018.