Centara Grand Beach Resort Phuket will open on Karon Beach in October. All 262 guestrooms include balconies with sea views and there are meeting facilities for up to 820 people.
Dusit Thani Sanya will open in 2011 in Xiangshui Bay, marking the group’s entry into China. The beachfront property will include 160 guestrooms, 22 villas and a presidential suite as well as meeting facilities, three restaurants and a Devarana Spa.
W Taipei will open in December this year in the city’s Xinyi CBD. The 405-room hotel will include 2,800 sqm of meeting space, a 24-hour business centre, two restaurants, a bar, lounge and rooftop outdoor pool deck and bar.
One&Only The Palm Dubai will open in October this year, offering 90 guestrooms and four villas, an overwater restaurant, marina and 350m-long private beach.
InterContinental Hotels Group has announced five new hotels for China: the 217-room Holiday Inn Beijing Sifang (early 2012), the Crowne Plaza Changchun Noble (late 2012), the 300-room Crowne Plaza Kunming (2014), the 200-room InterContinental Haikou (2014) and the 300-room InterContinental Changchun (2015).
The US$256 million Crown Metropol has opened in Melbourne, Australia. The 658-room property is part of the Crown integrated resort, which also includes the new Crown Conference Centre.
Shilla Seoul has reopened its newly refurbished Yeong Bin Gwan banquet annex. The traditional two-storey Korean mansion offers several indoor and outdoor venues for up to 1,000 guests.
The 160-room Armani Hotel Dubai has opened across 11 floors of the new Burj Khalifa.