Kempinski signs New Hotel in Xiamen (China)
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Kempinski signs New Hotel in Xiamen (China)
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Category: Asia Pacific - China - Industry economy
- Hotel projects
This is a press release selected by our editorial committee and published online for free on 2008-06-12
Kempinski Hotels has been awarded the management contract for a new, five star luxury development in Xiamen, China. The Kempinski Hotel Xiamen is owned by Xiamen Yuanchang Real Estate Development Co., Ltd. and due to open in 2010. The hotel is located on the shores of Yun Dang Lake and will be the highest building in town.
Xiamen is a coastal sub-provincial city in China’s south-eastern Fujian province. It borders Quanzhou in the North and Zhangzhou in the South. Xiamen was recently voted China’s cleanest city and its second most liveable city. The Kempinski Hotel will be a 39-storey tower. All 448 spacious guest rooms (33m² to 58m²) will be located on the eighth to the 23rd floors and will offer all modern amenities. The remaining 16 floors above the hotel rooms will be offices with commanding views of the city. The food and beverage offer will range from a spacious continental restaurant and Kempi Deli as well as a lobby lounge to a German style Paulaner Brewery, a traditional Chinese restaurant and a speciality seafood restaurant. All conference facilities are on the fourth floor, the luxurious 1,000 m² Grand Ballroom will be ideal for conferences, presentations and festive events. A smaller ballroom of 440 m² and meeting rooms of 650 m² and a reception room will cater for smaller meetings, workshops and board meetings. The fifth floor will be dedicated to recreation and relaxation with a spa, heated in-door swimming pool and state-of-the-art gym and fitness centre.
‘We are delighted to manage this exciting new property, once completed it will be a prestigious new address for Xiamen city’, says René Schmitt, Kempinski’s President for China. ‘Xiamen has always been highly important for investors and the economy is booming, but this region is also of special interest for leisure travellers with a rich and exciting history and culture.'
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