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Marriott International
will introduce two of its luxury hotel brands in Beijing in 2007 under a management agreement announced today by Beijing Guohua Real Estate
Co., Ltd.
Located on the eastern edge of the city's Central Business District on Changan
Avenue, Beijing's most famous thoroughfare, the hotels are the 320-room The
Ritz-Carlton, Beijing and the 591-room JW Marriott Hotel Beijing. Both properties
will be part of a massive development complex that will include more than 230,000
square meters of office space, eight residential towers, 160,000 square meters of
retail shopping space and a large park and sports center. Construction on both
hotels is expected to start later this year.
"We are truly delighted to have this opportunity to further grow our lodging
portfolio in China," said William J. Shaw, president and chief operating officer for
Marriott International. "These two hotels will be sensational and we are honored to
have Beijing Guohua Real Estate as our partner in this impressive project."
The Ritz-Carlton, Beijing
For dining and entertainment, The Ritz-Carlton, Beijing will have three restaurants
including a café, a Chinese restaurant offering six private dining rooms and a
specialty restaurant with one private dining room. Additionally, the hotel will have
a lobby lounge and The Ritz-Carlton Bar.
Recreational facilities will include an indoor swimming pool, a health club and a
spa with six treatment rooms. Other amenities will include an executive level and
Club Lounge, a business center, a gift shop, and a concierge desk.
For meetings and social events, The Ritz-Carlton, Beijing will have 1,245 square
meters of flexible conference space including a 700 square meter ballroom,
divisible into three sections; two 160 square meter meeting rooms that will each
be divisible into two sections, two additional conference rooms and a board room.
The JW Marriott Hotel Beijing
For dining and entertainment, the JW Marriott Hotel Beijing will have three
restaurants including a café that will offer a permanent grand buffet; a Chinese
restaurant with 10 private dining rooms; and a specialty restaurant with one
private dining room. The hotel will also offer a lobby lounge and a quiet bar.
Recreational amenities will include an indoor swimming pool, a health club and a
spa with eight treatment rooms. Other planned amenities include an executive
level and lounge, a gift shop, a bakery shop, a concierge desk and a business
center.
For social events and conferences, the hotel will have 2,255 square meters of
flexible meeting space including a 1,200 square meter grand ballroom divisible
into five sections; a junior ballroom divisible into two sections, two 130 square
meter meeting rooms each of which will be divisible into two sections, five
individual meeting rooms offering 75 square meters of space each and a board
room.
In Beijing, Marriott
is currently represented by the 155-room Beijing
Marriott West, the 212-room Renaissance Beijing Hotel and the 293-room New
World Courtyard Beijing. |
