Grand Ji Hotel Makes Debut at Paris Design Week as First Chinese Hotel Brand to Participate Under Its Own Name

Key facts

• Grand Ji Hotel, a premium brand under H World Group, debuted at Paris Design Week's China Creative Power (CCP) pavilion as an official annual partner.
• Paris Design Week's CCP pavilion took place from 10 to 19 September.
• The hotel's spatial design was led by Kuang Ming (Ray) Chou, founder and creative director of Vermilion Zhou Design Group and chief designer of H World Group.
• The Grand Ji Hotel brand debuted in Hangzhou, China.
• The design is informed by the Taoist concept of 大象无形 and the phrase "the formless greatness, a quiet way of seeing."
• Guests are greeted by a tea table for a tea ceremony instead of a large front desk, and phones serve as room keys with voice-controlled curtains, televisions and air conditioning.
• Five Eastern motifs — water, clouds, mountains, pine and tea — influenced materials, art and light flow; entrance wall bricks were made from compressed tea leaves.
• H World said it is the first time a Chinese hotel brand has taken part in Paris Design Week under its own name, marking a shift from "leading in scale" to "leading in design."
• H World Group has over 13,000 hotels and more than one million rooms across 21 countries and is headquartered in Shanghai, China.