HOTEL NEWS

Accor-Ambassador Korea has celebrated the opening of the new IBIS STYLES AMBASSADOR SEOUL MYEONGDONG. The 180-room property is located minutes from Myeongdong Station, Myeongdong shopping district, Cheonggyecheon Stream and the N Seoul Tower. Thailand-based real estate developer Grand Canal Land has appointed New World Hotels & Resorts to manage the NEW WORLD GRAND RAMA 9, BANGKOK HOTEL when it opens in mid-2017. The LANGHAM, SYDNEY has re-opened its doors following a renovation programme that spanned from August to December 2014. JIN JIANG INTERNATIONAL has acquired Starwood Capital’s Louvre Hotels, the secondlargest hospitality group in Europe after Accor, for a reported 1.3 billion. SOUTH KOREA LOTTE GROUP will open a new luxury hotel in St Petersburg in 2017, representing a US$140 million investment. ANANTARA SIAM BANGKOK has opened its doors in the former Four Seasons Hotel Bangkok property. Worldhotels has added a new Hong Kong property to its growing network. Located in Hung Hom, the 388-room HOTEL SÁV features a business centre and three function rooms, the largest of which can host 35 guests. SHILLA STAY JEJU has opened in a central location in Jeju City, a ten-minute drive from Jeju International Airport. JW Marriott Hotels & Resorts continues to expand its Chinese presence with the opening of the new 501-room JW MARRIOTT HOTEL SHANGHAI CHANGFENG. SIX SENSES HOTELS RESORTS SPAS is developing a new resort property in Uluwatu, southwest Bali, which is a 35-minute drive from Ngurah Rai International Airport. Regal Hotels International’s new property, REGAL AIRPORT HOTEL, XI’AN, is the only hotel directly connected to Xi’an Xianyang International Airport Terminal 3. MANDARIN ORIENTAL, MARRAKECH is expected to begin operations from June 18, with the hotel already accepting bookings ahead of its grand opening. INTERCONTINENTAL DUBAI MARINA will open its doors this May. The 328-room property is part of the Bay Central development, and is situated close to the new Dubai Tram that links to the Dubai Metro.