InterContinental Hotels Group announced its first two Hualuxe Hotels and Resorts properties in China.

Hualuxe Nanchang High Tech Zone is located in Nanchang in Southeast China and Hualuxe Yangjiang City Centre is located in Yangjiang, which borders the South China Sea. Both properties will open in the first half of 2015. The Hualuxe brand, which IHG first introduced in 2012, caters specifically to Chinese consumers. IHG has signed 24 hotels under the brand across 20 cities in China, including Beijing, Shanghai and Chengdu. All locations are slated to open during the next three to five years. IHG stated it plans to extend the brand into major international destinations, such as New York City and London.