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Marriott International, Inc. will open its second Renaissance-branded hotel in Beijing by 2008. When opened, the 540-room property will be called the Renaissance Beijing Capital Hotel and will be the eighth hotel in Marriott International’s portfolio in Beijing. Aedas has been retained as the project architect and the interior designer is Hirsch/Bedner Associates.

The 26-story property will be situated on the southern edge of the Beijing central business district as part of the massive R&F City 1.6-million square meter mixed-use development. Construction on a subway station, that will be connected to the hotel by the retail mall at R&F City, is underway and is expected to be completed before the 2008 summer Olympic Games.

540 Oversized Guest rooms, with most measuring 40-square meters and all featuring four-fixture baths. The large executive lounge will also have a board room.

For dining and entertainment, the Renaissance Beijing Capital Hotel will have three restaurants, a bakery café, a lobby lounge and an entertainment bar. The restaurants will be comprised of an all-day facility with a permanent grand buffet, a Chinese restaurant offering six private dining rooms and a specialty restaurant with one private dining room.

Recreational facilities will include a health club and a 1,500-square meter spa with eight treatment rooms as well as an indoor swimming pool. Other amenities will include a gift shop and business center.

For conferences and social events, the Renaissance Beijing Capital Hotel will have 2,189-square meters of flexible meeting space featuring a 1,262-square meter grand ballroom that will be divisible into five sections. A 270-square meter junior ballroom as well as a 104-square meter meeting room will each be divisible into two sections. The hotel will have five additional meeting rooms and a board room.

The Marriott International hotel portfolio in Beijing currently consists of the Renaissance Beijing Hotel, Beijing Marriott Hotel West, the New World Courtyard Beijing, the Beijing Palm Spring Marriott Executive Apartments and the New World Jing Guang Hotel. Under construction are the JW Marriott Hotel Beijing and the Courtyard by Marriott Beijing Northeast, both of which are expected to open in early 2008.