Two new properties of Pan Pacific Hotels Group will be opened in the Zhejiang Province: Pan Pacific Ningbo and Pan Pacific Serviced Suites Ningbo.

Invested by Ningbo International Trade Investment and Development Company, the 430-room Pan Pacific Ningbo and 200-room Pan Pacific Serviced Suites Ningbo are part of a mixed-used development, which including the Ningbo International Conference Exhibition Center. In addition a new commercial district and up market residential area is evolving in the immediate area.

The opening of these new properties in Ningbo is part of Pan Pacific Hotels Group's Greater Shanghai strategy to establish its presence in Shanghai and the fast-growing cities surrounding it: including Suzhou, Hang Zhou, and Shaoxing. The group also opened its seventh Global Sales Office in Shanghai earlier this year. According to the president and CEO of Pan Pacific Hotels Group, Mr. A. Patrick Imbardelli, both Pan Pacific Ningbo and Pan Pacific Serviced Suites Ningbo are significant and important brand-defining additions for the group as it seeks to build its presence in China.

Pan Pacific Ningbo and Pan Pacific Serviced Suites Ningbo are scheduled to open at the end of 2011.