Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts in major global growth

Following the announcement of an opening in Paris, Zurich-based Mövenpick has confirmed 11 new projects in nine countries bringing the company’s total number of operating and planned hotels worldwide to 100.

The upscale company now has 69 hotels in operation, 31 in development of which nine will open this year.  It has no connection with the splendid ice cream producer sold to Nestlé many years ago but is still available at the hotels.  

The Chinese property at Hainan, to be launched in 2013, has 380 rooms.  Chifeng (Inner Mongolia) is the site of a 350-room hotel targeted for 2015.  The company’s entry into Bangladesh focuses on a 280-room resort at Cox’s Bazar, the longest beach in the world at 124kms South East Asia will see openings in Jimbaran (Bali) in 2014 and a 250-room resort will be based on Pantai Pandak Beach (Malaysia) set for 2015.

From April 2012, Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts will take over a 298-room upscale Red Sea property in Sharm El Sheikh (Egypt).  There is a new hotel in Marrakesh for 2014.  Tunisia sees a project in the desert oasis of Tozeur for next year whilst on Djerba island a 255-room hotel is undergoing a multi-million-euro refurbishment. www.moevenpick-hotels.com

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