
Meliá Hotels International has announced new hotel projects in Asia with the addition of two hotels in the cities of Xi'an in China and Da Nang in Vietnam, both strategic growth markets for the Spanish company.
The Gran Meliá Xi'an Hotel, the second hotel for the company in China after the opening of the Gran Meliá Shanghai Hotel in 2009, is located in New Qujiang district in Xi'an. The hotel will open in 2013 and will have 419 rooms and a convention centre.The Asia-Pacific region has become a strategic area for growth for the company, and in 2011 the hotel company strengthened its corporate structure in the region to boost further growth in the region consistent with its Strategic Plan for 2012-2014. Currently about 90% of the hotels in the Company pipeline to open are located outside Spain.The Meliá Danang Hotel will open in December 2012 and is located on Non Nuoc beach on the outskirts of Danang. The hotel will provide 150 rooms including 10 villas.Both hotels have been added under management contracts to the portfolio of Meliá Hotels International in Asia, which currently consists of one hotel in China, one in Vietnam, one in Malaysia, four in Indonesia and one more due to open in Indonesia (Meliá Surabaya).The Asia-Pacific region has become a strategic area for growth for the company, and in 2011 the hotel company strengthened its corporate structure in the region to boost further growth in the region consistent with its Strategic Plan for 2012-2014. Currently about 90% of the hotels in the Company pipeline to open are located outside Spain.

