InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) has unveiled a signing in Shanghai, an underground hotel project on the site of a former quarry.
Scheduled for opening in 4Q2018 is the InterContinental Shanghai Wonderland, an 18-storey hotel with two floors above ground, and 16 below ground, including two floors underwater.
The Shimao Group development will reach 88 metres underground in a deep pit of a former south-western Shanghai quarry, standing out in the current architectural landscape dominated by high-rise buildings, IHG said in a statement.
With a construction area of more than 61,000m2, the hotel will feature 336 rooms and suites that all boast balconies looking out to waterfalls from the surrounding cliffs.
