HOTEL NEWS

SHANGRI-LA HOTELS AND RESORTS will open its hotel inside London’s iconic The Shard tower in May. The 202-room property will occupy floors 34 to 52 of the 72-storey glass building at London Bridge.

HILTON WORLDWIDE has signed a management agreement to open Conrad Pune in 2015, the first Conrad-branded property in India.

KEMPINSKI is set to open its largest property in China this May, in Yanqi Lake, roughly 45 km north of Beijing Capital International Airport, and 60 km north of the city centre.

INTERCONTINENTAL HOTELS has opened the first Holiday Inn Express in Jakarta, Indonesia. The 101-room Holiday Inn Express Jakarta Thamrin is located in the central business district that is its namesake.

DESIGN HOTELS has kicked off the new year by adding nine new independent member hotels to its portfolio. The new additions are located across three continents, with Grace Beijing, China being the only one in Asia.

ST REGIS NEW YORK will soon be completing an extensive renovation and redesign of its guestrooms, suites and public spaces.

ONYX HOSPITALITY has officially opened the first-ever football themed hotel in Thailand, Amari Buriram United.

MELIÁ HOTELS INTERNATIONAL has signed two new properties in the growing political and business hub of Zhengzhou, China – INNSIDE by Meliá and Meliá Zhengzhou.

ACCOR will be developing a new hotel complex in Seoul’s Yongsan neighbourhood for 2017. It will house four different Accor branded properties within the single complex: a Novotel, Suite Novotel, ibis Styles, and Grand Mercure.