17 Jun 2009

ACCOR’s international economy hotel brand, ibis, has signed 10 new hotels in China, adding to its existing network of 26 hotels and 5,348 rooms.

The new hotels include two that will open in Beijing by the end of the year, the Ibis Beijing Capital Airport and Ibis Beijing Wangjing.

Two other hotels will open by the end of the year, the Ibis Dalian Zhuanghe and Ibis Jinan Jiefang, while Qingdao will welcome Ibis Qingdao Donghai and Ibis Qingdao Ningxia in the coming two years.

ibis hotels will also open in four new cities in China after 2009. Ibis Shenyang Tiexi, Ibis Anshan Shengli Square, Ibis Baotou Aerding and Ibis Weifang Qingnian will strengthen the ibis network in North China.

ibis Asia senior vice-president, Mr Gilles Larrive, said China is set to be a major focus for the expansion of ibis, accommodating the strong growth in the demand for value-driven accommodation by local, intra-regional and multinational business travellers in the region.

Source: TTG News