Shangri-La Asia to Develop a 698-room Traders Hotel at Hung Hom Bay in Hong Kong
HONG KONG - December 27, 2011 - Shangri-La Asia Limited today announced that the company will build and operate a multi-use complex on Hung Luen Rd at Hung Hom Bay to include a Traders Hotel as well as retail and leisure facilities. The announcement followed the official confirmation that Shangri-La won the bid for the land acquisition at a government auction. The Traders Hotel will be the fourth property for the company in Hong Kong.
The complex includes two podium floors for contemporary retail, lifestyle and entertainment facilities to support the surrounding office and residential buildings. A transport interchange within the building offers easy access to the surrounding areas including the upcoming cruise terminal in the bay.
The 15-storey hotel will feature 698 guestrooms with a minimum size of 32 square metres; most offering unobstructed Victoria Harbour views. The hotel facilities will also include three restaurants, a 1000 square metre health club plus a 50 by 25 metres outdoor swimming pool facing the harbour. The meeting and banqueting facilities will include a 700-square-metre ballroom.
"We are delighted to have been awarded this prime location on Victoria Harbour," said Greg Dogan, President and Chief executive Officer of Shangri-La International Hotel Management Limited. "The area around Hung Hom Bay is going through a redevelopment and with the facilities offered at the new complex we will be able to offer valuable amentities to back the surounding community."
Shangri-La Hotel announces Traders Hotel at Hung Hom Bay Hong Kong Hong Kong-based Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts, one of the world's premier hotel companies, currently owns and/or manages 72 hotels under the Shangri-La, Kerry and Traders brands, with a room inventory of over 30,000. Over almost four decades the group has established its brand hallmark of 'hospitality from the heart.' The group has a substantial development pipeline with upcoming projects in Canada, mainland China, India, Malaysia, Mongolia, Philippines, Qatar, Sri Lanka, Turkey and United Kingdom. For more information and reservations, please contact a travel professional or access the website at www.shangri-la.com
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