HOTEL NEWS

ACCORHOTELS has opened two new Ibis hotels in Asia: the 587-room Ibis Bangkok Impact hotel in Thailand and Ibis Saigon Airport hotel in Vietnam – a five-minute walk from Tan Son Nhat International Airport. ASCOTT has opened its first serviced residence in Jeju. The Somerset Jeju Shinhwa World is part of the Shinhwa World integrated resort, which includes MICE facilities, theme parks and gaming. DUSIT INTERNATIONAL has signed a management agreement to operate Dusit D2 Chaengwattana, the company’s first D2-branded property in Bangkok, scheduled to open in 2020. FOUR SEASONS has launched a new property in Tianjin, the 259-room hotel offering three restaurants, two ballrooms, a spa, gym and club lounge. GCP HOSPITALITY has opened a new property in Shenzhen’s Nanshan district, the Residence G, approximately 50 minutes from Shenzhen Bao’an International Airport. The hotel offers 178 rooms, which range from 38 sqm studios to 174 sqm three-bedroom apartments. MARRIOTT INTERNATIONAL has launched the Four Points by Sheraton Melbourne Docklands. The 273-room waterfront property is situated about two kilometres west of Melbourne’s central business district. MOVENPICK HOTELS AND RESORTS is set to manage the new Movenpick Hotel and Apartments Al Azaiba Muscat, its first property in Oman’s capital. PAN PACIFIC HOTELS AND RESORTS will open three new properties in AsiaPacific. These include Pan Pacific Beijing, Pan Pacific Melbourne (formerly the Hilton South Wharf) and the Pan Pacific Yangon in Myanmar in September. ROSEWOOD HOTELS AND RESORTS has announced the Rosewood Hoi An, scheduled to open in Vietnam in 2019. SHILLA STAY has expanded its portfolio with two new properties in Seocho, Seoul, and Haeundae, Busan. SMALL LUXURY HOTELS welcomes the new 137 Pillars Bangkok, a boutique property with 34 suites, a meditation spa, dining outlets, rooftop bar and the highest infinity pool in Bangkok.