Wyndham Hotel Group, the world's largest* hotel company with over 7,340 hotels and part of Wyndham Worldwide Corporation (NYSE: WYN), today announced its continued expansion in China with the addition of eight new Ramada® properties. Currently, the company has 543 hotels and 67,559 rooms in the country.
China now accounts for the largest number of Wyndham Hotel Group properties in the Asia-Pacific region with hotels under the Wyndham® Hotels and Resorts, Ramada®, Howard Johnson®, Days Inn® and Super 8® brands. Wyndham Hotel Group is also the largest* U.S.-based hotel company in China.
"Wyndham Hotel Group remains committed to continued, ambitious development within China," said Robert Loewen, chief operating officer of Wyndham Hotel Group. "The lack of quality rooms in many second-tier and third-tier cities provides us with opportunities to further expand our presence. We are proud to announce these new additions which will help grow our footprint in the region."
The eight new Ramada properties will be added over the next two years in the cities of Linyi, Liuzhou, Changzhou, Changsha, Suzhou, Wuyishan and Xishuangbanna. These properties will join the brand's existing 49 hotels, making Ramada the second most prolific Wyndham Hotel Group brand in China, after Super 8®.
Among the eight new Ramada hotels, the Ramada Suzhou Luzhi was the first to open in November 2012 with 133 rooms in the beautiful water town draped in over 1,400 years of history.