After more than a decade, Regent Hotels will return to the North American market

▲ Regent Hotels & Resorts Chairman Pan Siliang (left) and Cottonwood Management Founder and Chairman Cheng Hanjie (right) sign the strategic alliance. (Photo / Provided by Regent)

Travel Center / Comprehensive Report

To accelerate group development and expand its scale, the Regent Hotels & Resorts Group and renowned U.S. real estate developer Cottonwood Management jointly announced on February 17 that they have officially signed a strategic alliance agreement. The two parties will collaborate closely to actively explore the North American market.

The initial two projects under this collaboration are located in Boston’s Seaport District and on New York City’s Fifth Avenue. The operational models of both Regent Hotel and Regent Residences will be introduced simultaneously. This marks Regent’s return to managing both hotels and luxury residences after previous ventures such as the Regent Hotel in Portonovi and the Regent Hotel in Jakarta. It is also the brand’s first development project in the North American market in over a decade.


▲ Conceptual rendering of the Regent Hotel and Cottonwood Management’s Boston Seaport District development project. (Photo / Provided by Regent)

Pan Siliang, Chairman of Regent Hotels & Resorts, stated that the North American market holds not only commercial significance but also deep emotional value for Regent. Cities such as New York, Boston, Chicago, and Beverly Hills in Los Angeles have all previously hosted Regent Hotels. The Beverly Hills Regent Hotel, in particular, gained fame as the filming location for the Hollywood classic “Pretty Woman.” He expressed his determination to bring Regent back to the U.S. market and to once again deliver the brand’s distinctive service and operational philosophy.

The development project in Boston’s Seaport District covers an area of 1.0003 million square feet, with plans to construct three buildings comprising 900,000 square feet of Regent-branded serviced residences and luxury residences, as well as 125,000 square feet of retail space and expansive, elegant public areas including an atrium.