Marriott International has announced the opening of the 342-room Renaissance Huizhou Hotel in China. The hotel opened under a long-term management agreement with Guangzhou R&F Properties Development Co Ltd. The hotel represents R&F's sixth hotel with Marriott International. The hotel is the first Marriott property to open in Huizhou City, Guangdong Province and also the first Renaissance branded hotel to open in the Pearl River Delta. Located in the city's Jiang Bei central business district, the new Renaissance Hotel forms part of the tallest building in Huizhou. The hotel features 247 deluxe rooms, 76 club rooms, 18 club suites and 1 presidential suite. Hotel facilities include a Club Lounge, four restaurants and lounges, an indoor swimming pool, a 24-hour fitness centre and a spa with seven treatment rooms. The hotel has 2,280 square metres of event space, comprising 11 meeting rooms and a 1,380-square-metre grand ballroom.

Accor has expanded its portfolio of Sofitel Luxury Hotels in China, with the signing of a new 231-room hotel in the city of Guiyang. At 57 storeys high, the new Sofitel Guiyang, which is scheduled to open in 2014, will become one of the city's tallest buildings. The hotel will feature three restaurants including a roof-top all-day dining restaurant, two bars, a ballroom, five meeting rooms of varying sizes, the group's signature So Spa, fitness centre So Fit and a swimming pool. It will also have a Club Millesime executive lounge, complemented by a fully equipped business centre, and 100 parking spaces. Sofitel Guiyang, which is being developed by Guizhou Hunter Real Estate Development Co Ltd, is located in downtown Guiyang and housed in the upper and podium sections of the Guiyang International Financial Centre.