Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group has signed three new hotels in China.
At a press conference held at the Radisson Blu Plaza Xing Guo Shanghai this week, Carlson Rezidor penned hotel management contracts for the Radisson Blu Plaza Wuxi, Radisson Blu Chengdu East and Radisson Blu Wuhan ETD Zone. These three hotels add to the company’s existing 33 hotels in operation and under development in China.
“We have steadily grown our presence in China over the past five years and we are now stepping up our momentum in this key market. We currently have a presence in the gateway cities of Beijing and Shanghai and are now venturing into high-potential secondary cities such as Wuhan, Wuxi and Chengdu. These emerging cities are integral to our expansion strategy as they are growing rapidly to become China’s top cities that attract significant foreign investments and tourism receipts,” said Simon Barlow, Carlson Rezidor’s President for Asia Pacific.
Radisson Blu Plaza Wuxi is a 300-room hotel in the Xishan district of the city, which lies in eastern China’s Jiangsu province. Situated within a 42-storey building – one of the tallest in Wuxi – the hotel offers views of Wuxi Lake. The hotel is expected to open in the third quarter of 2014.
The 242-room Radisson Blu Chengdu East will mark Carlson Rezidor’s entry into Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan province. The hotel is located in Media Plaza, a mixed-use development in the SC Tower which, at 339 metres, is the tallest building in western China. This property is expected to open in April 2014.
Finally, the 348-room Radisson Blu Wuhan ETD Zone is located in the centre of the Wuhan Economic & Technological Development Zone, which is home to the city’s auto and high-tech manufacturing industries. This hotel is currently under construction and is expected to open its doors in June 2014.
The three new hotels form part of a major drive into the Chinese market for Carlson Rezidor. As well as establishing a dedicated Chinese website, the company recently opened a Chinese call centre, expanded its Shanghai regional office and established new sales offices in Shanghai, Beijing and Hong Kong.
