Spectacular new openings as inspirations for film directors, stars and movie makers.

The international high-class hospitality provides plenty of opportunities for great movie settings and sceneries. Legendary is for example the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills/California – seen in the famous movie "Pretty Woman". The Park Hyatt Hotel in Tokyo gained fame with "Lost in Translation".

The 800 meter tower Burj Khalifa – with its Armani Hotel – was used for stunning stunts  in "Mission:Impossible – Ghost Protocol".

The research team of TOPHOTELPROJECTS, the worldwide leading provider of global b2b hotel data and lead contacts, collected the best new top hotels suitable for movie scenes.

Shangri-La Hotel at The Shard, London



A 240 meter angular glass front: the new tower in London, The Shard attracts everybody's attention. From June 2013 the 240 meter high skyscraper will house a Shangri-La hotel. The 202-rooms luxury hotel will be the second property of the exclusive Asian hotel group in the Old World, i.e. Europe. The Shard could be the perfect movie setting for explosive stunts. Imagine James Bond climbing from the observation deck being chased by grim-faced gangsters.

Sheraton Huzhou Hot Spring Resort in China
The new Sheraton Hot Spring Resort in the Chinese city of Huzhou, recently joined the Starwood portfolio becoming their 15th new top hotel, which Sheraton opens up in the next 12 month in the Middle Kingdom. The opening is schedule to takes place this year. With its round building structure the star architect Ma Yansong provides a stunning opportunity for paragliding through it – a sensational stunt idea for Jackie Chan?!
 
Bellagio Hotel Dubai Pearl
End of 2013 a new pearl will shine at the Arabian Gulf. The Bellagio Hotel Dubai Pearl will be the glamorous subsidiary with its prototype already in operation in Las Vegas. MGM Resorts could for example use the 291 room resort as a location for a remake of the classic movie "The Sting" or a follow-up of "Oceans Twelve".
 
Holiday Inn Crocus City, Moscow
The new 1,000 room hotel will be the largest property of the international hotel chain InterContinental Hotels Group. With the opening of the Holiday Inn Crocus City in Moscow during early 2014 a new film setting will be available for Bruce Willis to produce another "Die Hard" sequence.
 
Macao Studio City Marriott Hotel
A new hotel giant arises in the heart of the shiny Cotai Strip in Asia's entertainment hot spot Macao: in autumn 2014 the 968 rooms Marriott hotel Macao Studio City will open its doors. With its international hotel staff and clientele, this could be the perfect location for the South Korean-Japanese hotel series "Hotelier" and all the mystery and intrigues behind the façade of a luxury hotel.

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