SPAIN’S biggest hotel group, Meliá Hotels International, has announced it would open an Innside hotel in 2015 and Meliá Zhengzhou in January 2016, both situated in Zhengzhou, capital of Henan province.
The hotels involve a three-way tie up with Meliá’s existing partner, Greenland Group (TTG Asia e-Daily, May 22, 2013), and the Henan Jinniu Group, a national leader in coal-mining and manufacturing for the construction industry.
Located in Zhengzhou’s commercial district, the hotels will together provide 933 rooms, meeting facilities and a 900-pax main hall.
Coming under the deluxe Melia Hotels & Resorts banner, Meliá Zhengzhou will include VIP facilities, known as The Level, with premium rooms and exclusive services.
The announcement brings the total number of China hotels in the pipeline to six. Its first project with Greenland, Gran Meliá Xián, is due to open in 1H2014, and Meliá Jinan, is scheduled for later this year. Others locations include Tianjin and Chongqing, opening in 2015 and 2016 respectively.
Having doubled the size of its Asian portfolio in the past two years, Meliá says it will be concentrating future growth in China on major cities and holiday destinations, how it first came to the fore in Spain in the 1950s.
