InterContinental Hotels (IHG) has signed a deal to manage a new landmark hotel in Beijing.
The InterContinental Beijing City Center will be the third InterContinental in the city.
The deal with Beijing Topwin Real Estate Development company will see the new 320 room property open in 2014.
It will be part next to the Sanlitun entertainment area of Beijing which includes the Beijing Workers' Stadium and a nightlife area.
IHG currently has 126 hotels in China, operating under four of its brands, InterContinental, Crowne Plaza, Holiday Inn and Holiday Inn Express.
More than 100 new hotels are also being developed including 17 InterContinentals, of which seven are due to be opened in 2010.
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