Accor Signs Pullman Hotel in Yichang, China

AccorHotels has signed a management agreement with Yichang Xin Hua Yuan Real Estate for the first Pullman hotel in Hubei Province.

Located in the prime district of east Yichang city, Pullman Yichang will occupy 16 floors of a 35-storey building which will also house Grade A offices.

Scheduled to open in the middle of 2018, the hotel will feature 250 guest rooms, a choice of F&B venues, meeting and event spaces, as well as a gym and other recreational facilities.

The hotel will be a 10-minute drive to to the old town and 15 minutes away from high-speed railway station. The Yichang Sanxia Airport is a 25-minute drive from the hotel.

“We are thrilled to bring the Pullman brand to Yichang, an historic and dynamic provincial economic hub which is more often known as the source of Ba-chu culture,” said Paul Richardson, Chief Operating Officer, Accor Hotels Greater China. “With the signing of Pullman Yichang, we have once again partnered with Xin Hua Yuan, in which we celebrated our first opening of the Novotel Wuhan Xinhua. Pullman Yichang will add to the group’s growing network of hotels in Greater China.” 

Yichang Xin Hua Yuan is a subsidiary of HubeiXinhua Jiechen Investment Group which owns Novotel Wuhan Xinhua that opened in 2002.