On November 6, 2019, Beijing - MGM Fisherman's Wharf Hotel Group (hereinafter referred to as "MGM Fisherman's Wharf") signed a hotel management agreement with Shenzhen Special Investment Development Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Xiaomeisha Investment"). The Shenzhen MGM Hotel will settle in Xiaomeisha, injecting fresh vitality into this "ocean within the city" with its inherent entertainment genes and strong resource integration capabilities, and jointly create a world-class urban coastal leisure destination. The signing ceremony was held on November 4 at the Beijing Diaoyutai State Guesthouse, attended by Vice District Governor Zhou Min of Yantian District, Shenzhen, Mr. Zhang Junlin, Chairman of Shenzhen Special Investment Group, Mr. Gui Ziqiang, Vice President, Mr. Jim Murren, Chairman and CEO of MGM International Hotel Group, Mr. Bill Hornbuckle, President and COO, leaders from Diaoyutai State Guesthouse, and executives and guests from Xiaomeisha Investment and MGM Fisherman's Wharf witnessed the signing.
MGM is a globally influential entertainment destination brand, with vitality, dynamism, and entertainment as its core concepts. Each hotel is a vibrant business card and leisure center of the city, creating unique and unforgettable entertainment experiences for guests. Xiaomeisha's positioning as a world-class urban coastal leisure and recreational town aligns perfectly with the brand concept of MGM. Mr. Bill Hornbuckle, President of MGM International Hotel Group, stated at the signing ceremony, "As a world-leading entertainment destination brand, MGM Hotels aims to create exciting and dynamic unforgettable experiences. Xiaomeisha, as the earliest famous coastal leisure area in Shenzhen, under the strategic framework of Shenzhen Special Investment Group to build a world-class urban coastal leisure town, undoubtedly provides an ideal platform for MGM to enter and collaboratively create a vibrant entertainment, marine culture, and scene-based commercial positioning in Xiaomeisha. We sincerely thank the project owners for their trust in the MGM Hotel brand and their confidence in achieving grand goals with our team in the most vibrant and rapidly developing region in South China!"
Known as the "Oriental Hawaii," Xiaomeisha is about a 30-minute drive from the center of Shenzhen and has a two-hour transportation radiation effect on the major developed cities in the Pearl River Delta. As an important part of the Eastern Tourism Golden Triangle in Shenzhen, Xiaomeisha undertakes the role of a city coastal leisure and lifestyle destination with an ecological theme and a blue shoreline. Shenzhen's state-owned large comprehensive enterprise group "Special Investment Group" has invested 15 billion yuan to create the "Xiaomeisha Tourism and Leisure Platform," aiming to build it into an international and world-class urban coastal tourist resort that integrates tourism, residence, and business. Mr. Zhang Junlin, Chairman of Special Investment Group, said at the signing ceremony, "MGM Hotel brand is a globally leading high-end hotel brand for vibrant entertainment destinations, while MGM Fisherman's Wharf Hotel Group is a Sino-American joint venture and a high-end hotel management platform with unique cultural charm of both Chinese and Western styles. It perfectly aligns with the positioning of the Xiaomeisha project. Shenzhen is a city full of passion and vitality. With the sincere cooperation of MGM Fisherman's Wharf Hotel Group, we believe that the 'Shenzhen MGM Hotel' will become a cultural landmark in Shenzhen and even in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, as well as a beautiful business card for Shenzhen's construction of a global ocean center city, making international and exciting coastal living within reach."
The Shenzhen MGM Hotel is located in the resort landmark area, adjacent to the newly built Oceanarium, only a few steps away from the azure coastline. The hotel is designed by Sato Comprehensive Planning, a first-class architectural firm in Japan, and the conceptual design is undertaken by the Tokyo Fuji Art Museum New Building Design Unit. The hotel has a total construction area of 45,000 square meters and plans to have no fewer than 300 rooms, various restaurants and lounges, multiple multi-purpose halls and meeting rooms, fitness centers, pools, and other entertainment and leisure facilities.
The Shenzhen MGM Hotel is expected to be completed and opened before 2024.
