Jumeirah Group, part of Dubai Holding, is to manage a luxury hotel in the Yangtze River Delta tourism hub of Hangzhou, China.

The 250-room, five-star luxury Jumeirah Hangzhou will be situated in the central business district of Qianjiang River New Town with easy access to the West Lake area, renowned for its natural beauty and rich cultural heritage. Hangzhou is an hour by train from Shanghai and served by Xiaoshan International Airport. The project's architects, Skidmore Owings and Merrill, have incorporated water terraces, bamboo groves and canals into the design of the hotel. Guests will have access to numerous food and beverage outlets, a banquet and conference centre and extensive retail and shopping facilities in the vicinity.

This is the second management agreement Jumeirah has signed with GT Land Holdings, following the Jumeirah Guangzhou project agreed in 2008. It brings Jumeirah's total number of management agreements for projects in China to five: in Shanghai, Guangzhou, Macau, Sanya and now Hangzhou. It also brings the total number of management agreements signed by Jumeirah globally to 35.