The St. Regis Qiandao Lake and AC Hotel by Marriott Qiandao Lake are slated to open in late 2026 in Zhejiang Province, Eastern China.
Dusit International, one of Thailand's leading hotel and property development companies, represented in China by Dusit Fudu Hotels and Resorts, has signed a management agreement with Zhejiang Xinyishang Tourism Development Company Limited to manage Dusit Thani Resort Moganshan, Zhejiang, a luxury wellness-focused resort in an area of outstanding natural beauty just outside Hangzhou, one of the most prosperous cities in China.
Michael Brooks has been appointed as General Manager at Alila Anji, Zhejiang, China. Born and brought up in colonial Africa, Michael is truly a global citizen having lived in eleven countries. He is a professional hotelier with over 40 years of experience in the industry. He qualified from Ecole Hôtelière de Lausanne, Switzerland and went on to work in Europe, Africa, Australia and China in hotel operations. He was a management consultant for 14 years before returning to hotel operations in 2001, as General Manager of Palazzo Versace, the first fashion-branded hotel in the world on the Gold Coast, Australia. In 2004, he moved to The World as General Manager, a private floating community of 169 islands in Dubai. Michael will now be tasked with opening Alila's first property in China, located in a place of natural beauty, surrounded by bamboo groves and tea plantations which is also the setting of the film Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon.