The Radisson brand is on track to have more than 100 hotels in Asia Pacific by 2015, according to Carlson. A total of 40 properties are contracted to open by 2013, including key properties in Ahmedabad, Amritsar, Bangkok, Chennai, Ghaziabad, Gurgaon, Karachi, Kolkata, Manila, Mumbai, Mysore, Noida, Pune, Shanghai, and Shenyang. Recent openings and pipeline projects include:
- The Radisson Marina Hotel Connaught Place, New Delhi’s first heritage boutique city-center hotel that balances the historical external façade with a modern interior. (Opened in 2010)
- The Radisson Blu Plaza Hotel Mumbai Powai designed by architect Hafeez Contractor together with Hirsch Bedner (Opening in 2012)
- Two new Radisson hotels under development in Chongqing, one of China’s fastest growing cities: the Radisson Plaza Hotel Chongqing Nan Bin Lu scheduled to open in 2011, and the Radisson Plaza Hotel Chongqing Shapingba scheduled to open in 2012