Hyatt Hotels has announced the opening of Hyatt Regency Jinan in the capital city of Shandong province, introducing the Hyatt Regency brand to the booming Jinan city.

Hyatt Regency Jinan occupies a landmark 28-story tower adjacent to the Wanda Plaza retail hub, Wanda Office Tower and Luxury Residences in the centre of the city.

The hotel is in close proximity to train stations and the airport, as well as some of Jinan’s most well-known tourist attractions, including Baotou Spring, Daming Lake and Thousand Buddha Mountain.

Hyatt Regency Jinan offers 343 spacious guestrooms, including 38 suites, created in a contemporary style with unique, localised design elements and high-tech modern amenities.

Rooms feature floor-to-ceiling windows, with views over Daming Lake, the surrounding mountains or downtown Jinan.

In addition, the hotel features four world-class dining venues: Lobby Bar, a lobby lounge; Market Café, an all-day dining buffet restaurant with show kitchens; Su Yuan, an American-style coffee shop; and Jinan Palace, the hotel’s signature Chinese restaurant serving – Shandongnese and Cantonese cuisines.

The hotel offers two dedicated floors of sophisticated meeting and event venues, including a more than 13,000 sq ft (1,300 sq m) pillar-less ballroom that can accommodate 1,200 people for receptions and nine additional venues accommodating 15 to 130 people, all with events teams on hand to deliver creative programming and seamless service.

Leisure facilities include a fitness centre, a luxury day spa by Hyatt, and a 32-meter indoor swimming pool.

Known as the City of Springs because of the natural artesian springs dotted across the landscape, Jinan is Shandong’s provincial capital and a thriving commercial hub at the intersection of cross-China transport and trading routes.