Marriott opens 3rd hotel on Hainan island.

MARRIOTT International has rolled out its third Marriott Hotel brand property, the Sanya Marriott Hotel Dadonghai Bay, in Hainan, hot on the heels of the opening of Haikou Marriott Hotel.

'At Marriott International we are proud to be opening our 74th Marriott International Hotel across six brands in China, taking the total number of properties in China under the iconic Marriott Hotels brand to 18 properties. The fourth quarter of 2014 has been an exceptional time for Marriott in Hainan, with the opening of our first Marriott business hotel in the capital Haikou, and then this beautiful resort hotel at Dadonghai Bay in sunny Sanya,' said Henry Lee, greater China CEO for Marriott International.

The 452-unit resort hotel rests at the foot of the Luhuitou Mountain, a short drive away from Sanya city and close to popular tourist sites such as the Nanshan Temple and Luihuitou Park.

The hotel's New Wing offers 292 rooms and suites, each showcasing scenic views of the mountain or ocean. A refurbished Executive Wing will open in the last quarter of 2015, adding 160 rooms and suites with private balconies starting from 56m2.

Sanya Marriott's boasts more than 1,747m2 of functional meeting space including a pillar-less Grand Ballroom that can accommodate up to 880 people, plus an outdoor terrace and an expansive seafront lawn. It also has a wedding pavilion on the seafront lawn with a backdrop of the tropical shoreline.

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