RAMADA INTERNATIONAL HOTELS & RESORTS UNVEILS FIRST RAMADA PLAZA IN WUHAN, CHINA Third Ramada International hotel to open in China

Ramada International Hotels & Resorts will open the first Ramada International Plaza hotel in Wuhan, China this fall. Plaza is Ramada International’s upper tier product, offering more luxurious amenities than the standard Ramada International hotel.

The owner is Hubei Postal Apartment Ltd., and the general manager is David Yip.

The 310-room Ramada Plaza Tian Lu Hotel will be located at 5 Youth Road, in the heart of Wuhan, 25 kilometers from Tian He International Airport and three kilometers from Hankou Railway Station.

Guest rooms will feature IDD/DDD telephones with sockets for fax machines and Internet access, televisions with satellite channels, mini-bars, in-room safe, and in-room coffee- and tea-making facilities. The Ramada Club level rooms will have ISDN lines for high-speed Internet access. In addition, the hotel will have babysitting services on-site, complimentary parking, facilities for disabled guests, 24-hour room service, laundry and valet service, free airport shuttle to the hotel and a medical clinic.

For dining, guests will be able to choose from the hotel’s four restaurants – Grand View Revolving Café, Yalanxuan Chinese Restaurant, Eiffel French Restaurant and the Ramada Sports Bar and Restaurant. In addition, the hotel will have two bars, a lounge for Ramada Club guests and a gourmet shop.

For leisure and entertainment, guests will be able to take advantage of the hotel’s spa, which includes sauna and massage, heated indoor swimming pool, health club and a beauty salon/barber shop, as well as access to nearby tennis courts and golf course.

The Ramada Plaza Tian Lu Hotel will offer extensive business facilities for travelers, including a business center with two private offices; a multi-function room that will hold up to 400 people for a banquet and 650 people for a cocktail party; and 13 meeting rooms with LCD, simultaneous translation systems, overhead projectors, built-in screens and video cameras.

Ramada Plaza is designed to meet the needs of today’s travelers with luxury amenities and services. All Ramada Plaza hotels have mini-bars in every room, large televisions with at least two English language channels and a movie channel, sunrise check-in as early as 7 a.m., air-conditioning and climate control in every room, a 24-hour health club, concierge services in English, meeting space, at least one restaurant and bar, and 24-hour room service.

Ramada International currently has two hotels in China – one in Guangzhou with 331 rooms and the other in Hong Kong with 205 rooms. Two additional Ramada Plaza hotels are currently under conversion in China and will open in late 2000 and early 2001. One hotel will be located in Shanghai and the other in Suzhou.

Ramada International hotels provide value-conscious guests with the essential elements of a good hotel stay for a fair price. Delivery of five core values ensures the guest has a restful night’s sleep, an invigorating bath experience and a Ramada Mornings breakfast in an attractive hotel that is exceptionally clean and staffed with helpful and friendly personnel.

Ramada International hotels are located in 14 countries and territories, including Bahrain, Finland, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, China, India, Indonesia, Thailand, Myanmar, Guatemala, Puerto Rico, Germany, Hong Kong and Italy.