Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide’s St Regis Brand has made its foray into the Thailand market with the opening of The St Regis Bangkok. Designed by world-renowned Brennan Beer Gorman Architects and developed by Rajadamri Lodging Limited, the hotel is situated in the heart of Bangkok along Rajadamri Road. At 47 storeys high, The St Regis Bangkok has 227 guestrooms including 51 suites and 53 residences, with guestrooms ranging from 45 to 250 square metres. In terms of meeting facilities, the hotel has a 1,515-square-metre ballroom to cater to the needs of major corporations and financial institutions located within proximity.

Shanghai Disney Resort, The Walt Disney Company’s first theme park in mainland China, has recently broken ground. The resort is located in the Pudong New Area in the city, and will house several themed areas and a central green space of over 46,000 square metres for outdoor events. Robert A Iger, President and CEO of The Walt Disney Company, has commented that the new resort will be authentically Disney and yet distinctly Chinese. Shanghai Disney Resort, which will see an initial investment of approximately US$1.4 billion, is slated to open in 2015.

New Delhi’s business district of Mayur Vihar is set to see two new properties under Hilton Worldwide. The hotel group has signed a management agreement with Eros Resorts and Hotels Ltd to bring in a fourth Hilton Hotel and the first DoubleTree by Hilton hotel in India. The Hilton New Delhi Mayur Vihar and the DoubleTree by Hilton New Delhi Mayur Vihar will be offering 173 guestrooms and 196 guestrooms, respectively. The two hotels, which are part of a twin-tower conversion project in the capital city, will add on to Hilton Worldwide’s four hotels in the country.