Meliá Hotels to open third property in China

Meliá Hotels International will open its third Gran Meliá property in China and group’s 11th property in the China market.

The hotel group signed the Gran Meliá Chengdu in partnership with Chengdu Renju Tourism & Hospitality. The 270-room Gran Meliá Chengdu is scheduled to open in 2021. The property will be in the northwest JinCheng Lake Park in the middle of the city’s old area CBD and new CBD.

"We’re proud to embark on this new partnership with Chengdu Renju Real Estate, a strong state-owned real estate development enterprise in Chengdu, who has a proven success track record and shares the same operational concept with our company,” Bernardo Cabot, SVP of Meliá Hotels International Asia Pacific, said in a statement. “I’m confident that with this strong partnership we can create an exceptional and unique property, and bring Spanish luxury and Spanish hospitality to Chengdu.”