New Movenpick Hotels in China and Thailand

Mövenpick Hotel Enshi

Movenpick Hotels & Resorts has signed two new agreements to manage properties in Asia – one in Enshi City, China and another in Hua Hin, Thailand.

Marking its debut in China, the 14 storey, 250-room Mövenpick Hotel Enshi wikk open in the heart of the business district of Enshi City, Hubei Province in Central China this summer and will feature two restaurants, a bar, club lounge, 515m² ballroom, eight meeting rooms, a pool, spa and fitness centre. It is said to be the first five-star hotel in the city.

Mövenpick Hotel Enshi will be followed by a 380-room resort on Phoenix Island, Sanya, a 350-room property in Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia and a 300-room hotel in Jiading, Shanghai. All properties will be ready by 2015.

“The Mövenpick Hotel Enshi will be our first opening in China, marking an important milestone for our company. Chinese consumers regard Swiss products and services as refreshingly different and we are looking forward to leveraging our Swiss roots and culinary legacy to carve a unique niche in this fascinating country,” said Andreas Mattmüller, chief operating officer for Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts, Middle East and Asia.

Meanwhile in Thailand, where Mövenpick is already operating two resorts in Phuket, a new management contract has been secured in Hua Hin.

The 190-room Mövenpick Resort & Spa, Hua Hin will offer landscaped gardens, two restaurants, a lobby lounge, ballroom, spa, pool and function rooms. It will begin welcoming guests within the next three years, as will five other properties Mövenpick has planned – two in Chiang Mai and one each in Koh Samui, Bangkok and Pattaya.

The two new signings are in line with Mövenpick’s global strategy to open 100 hotels across Africa, Europe, the Middle East and Asia by 2015, or 25 properties in each region.
Mövenpick currently operates seven properties in Asia.