CHANGSHU, China, April 8, 2008 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- With traditional ribbon cutting and lion eye dotting ceremony to signify an auspicious beginning, and with representatives from Starwood Hotels & Resorts Asia Pacific, a cadre of government dignitaries, medias, honored guests, property owners, and senior hotel representatives in attendance, Four Points by Sheraton Changshu, a member of Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE: HOT) property, opened its doors on March 28 in the dynamic city Changshu.
Mr. Qian Jin, Vice President, Area Managing Director of Starwood Hotels & Resorts Asia Pacific, Mr. Mao Jianhua, Chairman of Yukun Real Estate Investment Co., Ltd., Mr. Paul Lee, Four Points by Sheraton Changshu General Manger, along with government dignitaries from Changshu Municipal People’s Congress and Changshu Tourism Administrative Commission joined the ribbon cutting and lion eye dotting for the hotel’s opening ceremony.
Changshu is a city famous for its centuries-old history and culture. It’s reputed as the International Garden City and is approximately 1.5 hours from Shanghai. Changshu is a top destination with great weather, whether the people are here for business or pleasure. As the first hotel of Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. in Changshu, Four Points by Sheraton Changshu Hotel is ideally located in the center of the city. The property consists of 3 towers including the hotel, serviced apartments and a shopping mall complex and is centrally located near government offices and the city’s financial district, establishing Four Points by Sheraton Changshu as a new landmark in Changshu city.
Hotel offers 340 well-appointed rooms and suites. Designed with comfort and convenience in mind. You can easily enjoy views of the Yu Mountains, ancient alleyway and also city vista in room. Our Four Points Four Comfort Bed and shower, satellite TV, IDD, high speed internet, mini bar and LCD TV in room, all these things will satisfy your trip in Changshu city.
The hotel has a great variety of meeting and convention rooms with over 1,618 square meters of meeting space. There is a ballroom of 550 square meters, 7 function rooms and 1 boardroom, all equipped with state-of-the-art, high-tech meeting equipment including simultaneous translation systems. Hotel personal meeting and banquet services are available for corporate and personal clients, emphasizing elegance and distinctive quality. Guests can even enjoy different styles of delicious foods in our 6 refined restaurants or can relax in our unique lobby bar and beer house.
About Yukun Real Estate Investment Co., Ltd.
Changshu Yukun Real Estate Investment Co., Ltd. is a real estate enterprise invested by Meidiyang Group, one of well-known real estate enterprise in Changshu. Yukun currently has 2 main projects under development in Changshu city, Yukun-Guomao business/residence project and Yukun-May city business center. Four Points by Sheraton Changshu is the first international upscale hotel project of Yukun.
About Four Points by Sheraton
Four Points by Sheraton has 135 properties in 22 countries, and is a mid-scale, select service hotel brand introduced by Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. in 1995. It was voted “The Number One Mid-priced Chain” by Business Travel News Readers in 1999. The first Four Points by Sheraton was introduced to China in late 2004 with the opening of the Four Points by Sheraton Shenzhen.
For the self sufficient traveler, Four Points by Sheraton aims to provide honest, uncomplicated, comfort service value to them. The brand is all about providing a high level of comfort and little indulgences while away from home from a great bed to a perfect cup of coffee to free high speed Internet access and free bottled water -- Four Points by Sheraton provides good, honest value. Celebrating “simple pleasures” the brand is rolling out a “Best Brews” international beer program; providing simple tips to make life less complicated and launching a series of great looking new interior design packages. Growing fast around the world, the brand is set to open more than 30 hotels in 2008 alone.
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. is one of the leading hotel and leisure companies in the world with approximately 900 properties in more than 100 countries and 155,000 employees at its owned and managed properties. Starwood Hotels is a fully integrated owner, operator and franchisor of hotels and resorts with the following internationally renowned brands: St. Regis(R), The Luxury Collection(R), Sheraton(R), Westin(R), Four Points(R) by Sheraton, W(R), Le Meridien(R) and the recently announced Aloft(SM) and Element(SM) Hotels. Starwood Hotels also owns Starwood Vacation Ownership, Inc., one of the premier developers and operators of high quality vacation interval ownership resorts. For more information, please visit http://www.starwoodhotels.com/pressclub .
