四季酒店集团亚太区发展部副总裁黄绍晾先生与888集团董事局主席李华

　　2008年4月22日下午，888集团与四季酒店集团在香港四季酒店正式签订关于四季酒店落户深圳888集团时代广场的合作意向书。出席签约仪式的嘉宾包括：四季酒店集团亚太区发展部副总裁黄绍晾先生、888集团董事局主席李华等。

四季酒店集团与888集团正式签约

　　深圳四季酒店是888集团时代广场二期综合开发项目的酒店部分。项目总建筑面积约12万平米，其中写字楼和酒店各3万平方米，商业2万平方米。项目共2栋塔楼，高100米，其中北面为写字楼，南面为酒店，一至三层为商业裙楼。
　　建设中的深圳四季酒店地处深圳CBD南区核心位置，888集团时代广场二期南塔楼。东有“城市大客厅”美誉的中轴绿色景观带，南面与国际会展中心仅一路之隔，西面与时代广场一期及国际商会中心形成错落有致、气势磅礴的城市建筑群，远眺大鹏展翅的市民中心以及莲花山。酒店将有230间标准客房和豪华套房，并配备了数间高格调餐厅及完备的Spa服务等，酒店最快将于2009年底开业。

庆贺四季酒店集团与888集团签约仪式顺利举行

　　888集团继成功开发888集团时代广场一期之后，二期项目更是集创新商务模式的甲级写字楼、超5星级酒店以及国际一线品牌商业空间之大成；必将成为深圳与国际全面接轨的“地标式顶级商务集合体”。
　　2008年，福田区经贸局调研报告显示：世界500强、全球行业巨头、跨国大公司进驻深圳CBD，在这里设立区域性总部或者办事机构后，明显地带动了它们各自的相关上、下游企业落户深圳CBD，推动了为其配套的商务产业的发展；世界五星级酒店、大型购物广场纷纷落户中心区。全球顶级奢华酒店品牌——四季酒店落户深圳CBD，无疑提高深圳在旅游行业的地位以及提升深圳的区域经济竞争力。

公司高层及深港众多媒体代表共同见证四季酒店与888集团签约仪式

 　　“四季”是世界顶级的高档酒店品牌，由四季酒店集团董事会主席和首席执行官Isadore Sharp于1960年创建。40多年来，凭借一流的硬件设施、宾至如归的高品质、人性化的服务形成了独有的“四季酒店品牌”，被人们誉为“世界最好”的酒店。目前，四季酒店正将亚洲作为其全球业务拓展计划中的重中之重。深圳的四季酒店是四季集团在中国的第8家产业。四季酒店集团目前在全球31个国家和地区拥有75家酒店。
　　888集团为深圳成功引入四季酒店，既巩固了该集团作为“CBD首席运营商”的地位，同时也有效推动了中心区商务产业链的提升与完善，开启深圳CBD高端商务配套及顶级商旅生活新篇章！

Shenzhen Excellence Times Plaza will be home for new
Four Seasons Hotel

April 22, 2008: Excellence Group announced today that it has signed a Letter of Intent with Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts to operate a hotel in Shenzhen at the Shenzhen Excellence Times Plaza. The announcement was made at a signing ceremony held at the Four Seasons Hotel Hong Kong.  Guests who attended included Mr. Christopher Wong, Vice President for Development Asia Pacific for Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, Mr. Li Wa, the Chairman of Board of Shenzhen Excellence Group among others.

Four Seasons Hotel Shenzhen is part of a world-class mixed-use project, the Excellence Times Plaza Phase Ⅱ. This project takes up approximately 120,000 square meters, among which office space and the Hotel each accounts for 30,000 square meters and retail space takes up an additional 20,000 square meters. The building is 100 meters high and is comprised of two towers, an office in the north and the Hotel in the south, connected by a common retail podium with three stories.

The Hotel will be located in the south tower of Excellence Times Plaza Phase Ⅱin Shenzhen CBD. Surrounded by the central landscaped green belt known as the ‘huge living room of the city’ in the east, Shenzhen International Convention and Exhibition p to the south, a building complex including Excellence Times Plaza and the International Commercial p to the west, the Hotel is ideally situated for guests, whatever the purpose of their travel. The grand architecture of Shenzhen Civic p resembling a bird in flight and Lotus Hill Park are also within the view of the Hotel. The Hotel will feature 230 spacious guest rooms and luxury suites, first-class dining facilities and a full-service spa, and is expected to be open by the end of 2009.

Excellence Times Plaza Phase Ⅱ will be another landmark project developed by Excellence Group, building on the existing success of Excellence Times Plaza Phase Ⅰ. Phase Ⅱ features an integration of innovative business Grade A office, Four Seasons Hotel Shenzhen and the world’s top-tier retail brands.  It’s destined to become a landmark commercial complex for Shenzhen.

Research reports conducted by Futian Economic and Trade Bureau show that as the world top 500 enterprises, industry conglomerates, and multinational corporations have come to Shenzhen CBD and set up their regional headquarters or offices there, Shenzhen CBD has attracted the development of affiliated businesses.  The area is fast becoming a destination, with the introduction of several world-class five-star hotels and large shopping arcades. The presence of Four Seasons will certainly enhance Shenzhen’s profile and improve Shenzhen’s regional economic competitiveness.

Four Seasons, founded by Chairman and CEO Isadore Sharp in 1960, is considered to be the finest operator of luxury hotels worldwide. With exceptional facilities, gracious hospitality and impeccable service, the company is following a targeted expansion plan, with Asia as a major focus of growth. The Hotel in Shenzhen will be the Company’s 8th property in China.  Four Seasons currently manages 75 hotels in 31 countries.

Excellence Group’s successful introduction of Four Seasons Hotel Shenzhen will reinforce its position as Chief Real Estate Operator in the Shenzhen CBD and further upgrade and perfect the business industrial chain in the CBD, which will turn a new page for the high-end business service and business travel service in the Shenzhen CBD.