Starwood to manage New Hotel in Zhejiang Province of China

Starwood Hotels & Resorts and Wenzhou Jinxiu Hotel Investment Co. have signed an agreement whereby Starwood will manage the Sheraton Wenzhou Hotel in the Zhejiang province of China. The newly built 333-room Sheraton Wenzhou Hotel is scheduled to open in mid-2009.

The Sheraton Wenzhou Hotel will feature 333 rooms, 15,800 square feet of meeting space, three restaurants , a health club and spa as well as an indoor swimming pool. The hotel is located within the city center, with close proximity to the Government Administration Center, central business district and about 30 minutes drive away from Wenzhou Airport.

Wenzhou is located in the southern part of Zhejiang province and is about 420 kilometers southwest of Shanghai. Wenzhou has a history which goes back to about 2000 BC, when it became known for its pottery production. Throughout its history, Wenzhou's traditional economic role has been as a port giving access to the mountainous interior of southern Zhejiang Province. Today Wenzhou remains the chief economic, political and cultural center of southeastern Zhejiang Province. Its main industries are food processing, papermaking, building materials, with some engineering works producing mostly farm machinery. Zhejiang Province is located on China's southeast coast, south of the Yangtze River Delta and south of Shanghai municipality. Zhejiang is noted for its picturesque scenery, and the abundance of its products has made it widely known as a "land of fish and rice." It is also noted for its silk and tea, as well as for its numerous historical and cultural sites of interest to scholars and tourists alike.

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