RAMADA INTERNATIONAL CONTINUES TO EXPAND PORTFOLIO IN CHINA WITH THIRD PLAZA HOTEL

Ramada International announced that the former Holiday Inn in Nanjing, China, has been converted to a Ramada Plaza hotel. This is the fourth Ramada Plaza internationally and Ramada International’s fifth hotel in China. Plaza is Ramada International’s upper-tier lodging product, offering more luxurious amenities than the standard Ramada International hotel.

The 277-room Ramada Plaza Hotel Nanjing is jointly owned by Kang Cheng Ltd. and Shanghai Kang Tai Estate Hotel. The general manager is Ma Xiao Ping.

“We are thrilled that Ramada International has grown so quickly in China,” said Reas Kondraschow, senior vice president and managing director, Ramada International Hotels and Resorts. “We see great opportunity in the Chinese market as an increasing number of people are traveling to the mainland on business, and pleasure and domestic travel within China continues to expand.”

Located in the downtown area of the historic Chinese city of Nanjing, the hotel is less than a mile from the Xuanwu Lake and close to the Purple Mountain.

Guests have three dining options in the hotel – the 150-seat Xian Yi Ge Chinese restaurant, the 100-seat Romano’s Italian restaurant, and the 90-seat Pepper’s coffee shop. There is a lobby lounge called Gallery.

The hotel also offers guests amenities such as a business center, gift shop, swimming pool, fitness center, beauty salon, sauna and chess room.
In addition, the hotel offers five banquet facilities with seating capacities ranging from 16 to 350 people.

Ramada Plaza is designed to meet the needs of today’s travelers with luxury amenities and services. All Ramada Plaza hotels have mini-bars in every room, large televisions with at least two English language channels and a movie channel, sunrise check-in as early as 7 a.m., air-conditioning and climate control in every room, a 24-hour health club, concierge services in English, meeting space, at least one restaurant and bar, and 24-hour room service.

Ramada International, a division of Marriott International, currently has four additional hotels in China – a Ramada Plaza hotel in Shanghai with 281 rooms; a 310-room Ramada Plaza hotel in Wuhan, which opened last October; a Ramada hotel in Guangzhou with 331 rooms; and another in Hong Kong with 205 rooms. An additional Ramada Plaza hotel located in Suzhou, China, will open in late 2000.

Ramada International hotels provide value-conscious guests with the essential elements of a good hotel stay for a fair price. Delivery of five core values ensures the guest has a restful night’s sleep, an invigorating bath experience and a Ramada Mornings breakfast in an attractive hotel that is exceptionally clean and staffed with helpful and friendly personnel.

Ramada International hotels are located in 14 countries and territories, including Bahrain, Finland, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, China, India, Indonesia, Thailand, Myanmar, Guatemala, Puerto Rico, Germany, Hong Kong and Italy.