GT Land appoints Jumeirah to manage a five-star hotel in China

Jumeirah, the Dubai-based luxury hotel company, has been appointed by GT Land Holdings Limited to manage a luxury hotel in Guangzhou. The Jumeirah Guangzhou Hotel, Jumeirah Group’s second hotel to be signed in China, was announced at a ceremony held today in Guangzhou and attended by Mr Su Meng, President of the GT Land and Mr Gerald Lawless, Executive Chairman of the Jumeirah Group.

The 200-room, five-star luxury Jumeirah Guangzhou Hotel, scheduled to open in 2011, will be located in the centre of New Pearl City Tian He District, Guangzhou’s premier and rapidly growing commercial city centre.

The Jumeirah Guangzhou Hotel will feature a sky lobby, with elegantly appointed guest rooms, distinctive dining concepts and Jumeirah’s own luxury Talise Wellness spa – all situated on the top floors of the 50-storey GT Land Plaza, with commanding views of city-centre Guangzhou. Facilities of the Jumeirah Guangzhou Hotel will also include restaurants and bars, a swimming pool and fitness centre as well as access to luxury boutiques.

“It is a great honour for us to have Jumeirah involved in our project in Guangzhou,” said Mr Su Meng, President of GT Land. “The management of the hotel by Jumeirah will greatly raise the hospitality standards in China and help people better understand the concept of luxury hotels.”

“We are very pleased to have been selected as the management company for the operation of this luxury hotel”, said Gerald Lawless, Executive Chairman of the Jumeirah Group, who has just arrived in China having signed another Jumeirah luxury resort in St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands. “China is a fascinating country and one of the world’s fastest growing markets. Today’s announcement is very important for Jumeirah and we are delighted to bring our STAY DIFFERENT™ promise to Guangzhou.”

Caption: The luxury Jumeirah Guangzhou Hotel will be located in the New Pearl City District of Guangzhou (China).

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Note to Editors:

About GT Land Holdings and GT Land Plaza:
Founded in 1995, GT Land Holdings Limited is a Guangzhou-based professional developer and operator of commercial real estate. Its latest project, GT Land Plaza in Guangzhou, covers 920.000 square meters and will include a five-star hotel, office building, shopping mall and service apartments, etc. Once finished, this project will become a landmark of New Pearl City District of Guangzhou.
Jumeirah Group:

Jumeirah Hotels & Resorts are regarded as among the most luxurious and innovative in the world and have won numerous international travel and tourism awards. The Dubai-based luxury international hospitality management group encompasses the world renowned Burj Al Arab, the world’s most luxurious hotel, the multi-award winning Jumeirah Beach Hotel, Jumeirah Emirates Towers, Madinat Jumeirah and Jumeirah Bab Al Shams Desert Resort & Spa in Dubai, the Jumeirah Carlton Tower and Jumeirah Lowndes Hotel in London and the Jumeirah Essex House in New York.

The Group’s activities are, however, not restricted to hotel and resort management. The Jumeirah Group portfolio also includes Jumeirah Living, the Group’s luxury brand of serviced residences offering effortless living in luxurious surroundings; global spa brand Talise Wellness; The Taste Department, the company’s dedicated restaurant division; Wild Wadi water park; The Emirates Academy of Hospitality Management, the region’s only third-level academic institution specialising in the hospitality and tourism sectors; and Jumeirah Retail, with its 15 stores and dedicated luxury online store www.jumeirahcollection.com.

Building on this success, Jumeirah Group became a member of Dubai Holding in 2004, a collection of leading Dubai-based businesses and projects, initiating a new phase of growth and development for the group.

Jumeirah has extensive expansion plans to grow its portfolio of luxury hotels and resorts into key gateway or letterhead cities and aspirational resort destinations worldwide. Currently, the Group has several luxury five-star properties under development in the United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Qatar, Thailand, China, Argentina, Spain, United Kingdom and the US Virgin Islands. In early 2009, the Group is eagerly anticipating the grand opening of Jumeirah HanTang Xintiandi in Shanghai, Jumeirah’s first hotel in the Asia Pacific region.

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