Marriott Signs New Hotel in Yiwu, China

Marriott has signed a management agreement with Sanding Holding Group for a 281-room Marriott-branded hotel in Yiwu, China. The new hotel is scheduled to open in 2014.

The Yiwu Marriott Hotel will be located at the juncture of Shangcheng and Futian Roads in close proximity of the International Trade City.

“After establishing a solid presence in China’s major coastal cities, we’re excited by our continued expansion into the country’s secondary and tertiary cities,” said Simon Cooper, Marriott International’s president and managing director for the Asia Pacific Region. “We’re confident that the hotel’s superb location and quality of design coupled with the local government’s active promotion of the city as the top MICE destination in Zhejiang Province, will contribute strongly to the Yiwu Marriott quickly becoming the hotel of choice for domestic and international visitors to the city.”

Dining and entertainment options at the hotel will comprise of a three-meal restaurant with a permanent buffet; a Chinese food outlet with 22 private dining rooms, 11 of which will be located at the hotel’s top floor offering views of the city and park below; and a specialty restaurant.

Business travel amenities will include an executive level and lounge that will offer a private meeting room and a business center that will have two separate meeting rooms.

Recreational amenities will include an indoor swimming pool and a health club with state-of-the-art equipment.

For social events and conferences, the hotel’s 1,410 square meters of function space will include an 850-square meter grand ballroom that will be divisible into three sections; three individual meeting rooms in varying configurations that will also be divisible into sections and a 70-square meter board room.

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