China has entered a joint partnership with an undisclosed Saudi Arabian firm to build a seven-star hotel in Beijing, similar to the Burj Khalifa in Dubai. This announcement comes barely a month after China revealed plans to build the highest hotel in the world in Shanghai (see story here).
The hotel will cost an estimated US$1.3 billion and will be built in Beijing’s Mentougou district, which is at least 30km away from the capital’s city centre. No other details of the project have been released, although it is claimed that the design of the hotel will be modelled after its Dubai counterpart.
The hotel will be the second property to receive a sever-star classification in China, the first being the Pangu 7 Star Hotel in Beijing, built near the Olympic stadium in 2008.
Alisha Haridasani