Newly Opened Hangzhou Hotels 2024–2025
4 Genuinely New, Well-Reviewed Stays

We open with the newest luxury hotel — InterContinental Hangzhou Wulin opened in May 2025 and scores 9.6/10 from over 1,478 real reviews, the highest five-star score on this list. The story is the building: it's the Wulin GDA Hotel, which opened in 1999 as Hangzhou's first accredited 5-star, then closed for a major rebuild and reopened entirely in 2025 under IHG's Vignette Collection, redesigned by HBA. It has 202 rooms, some with West Lake views, in-room vinyl record players and several restaurants. Early guests praise the brand-new rooms, the design and the near-lake location. The honest caveat: as a freshly opened hotel it's still bedding in its service, and it currently carries the Vignette Collection name as a transitional step (with a strong likelihood of rebranding to a full InterContinental in future).

The second new luxury pick is the urban Four Seasons — Four Seasons Hotel Hangzhou at Hangzhou Centre opened in September 2024 and scores 9.5/10 from over 1,894 real reviews. This is Hangzhou's second Four Seasons (distinct from the Four Seasons at West Lake, which is a garden resort on the west side near Lingyin). It sits inside the Hangzhou Centre tower by Wulin Square, a busy shopping and entertainment district, with 214 rooms and suites on floors 19–29 offering elevated views of the city, the Grand Canal and West Lake, plus new restaurants, bars and a rooftop bar. Early guests praise the Four Seasons-level service, the smart modern rooms and the high-floor city views. The honest caveat: this is an urban high-rise hotel — it is not on West Lake, so it's a ~12-min walk/ride to the shore, and it's a top-tier luxury price.

The top-scoring hotel on the whole list — Hangzhou GongShu Asian Games Park Atour scores 9.8/10 from over 2,050 real reviews, the highest here. It's an Atour branch right beside the Asian Games Park on the Gongshu side; that park itself only opened for the Asian Games in September 2023, which places this branch in the new post-Asian-Games wave (with the brand-new rooms many reviews mention). Guests praise the clean, new rooms, the value and the atmosphere; like other Atour branches it has a library corner, signature bedding and free late-night congee, with Pingshui Street on Line 5 (~550 m) linking to the Grand Canal. The honest caveat: this branch is on the Gongshu side by the Asian Games Park, not on West Lake — it's a ~10–15 min Metro ride into the city centre — and it's a smaller hotel (~102 rooms). On the exact opening date, we can only confirm the post-Asian-Games (2023) window; we couldn't find a clearly published opening month.

We close with a four-star international pick that's just opened and suits the expo/transit crowd — Holiday Inn Hangzhou Grand Convention and Exhibition Center opened in August 2024 and scores 9.5/10 from over 494 real reviews. It's an IHG Holiday Inn on the Xiaoshan side next to the Grand Convention & Exhibition Center, with 350 rooms with large windows and a 720 m² ballroom. The draw is being just ~3.7 km from Xiaoshan Airport, which makes it ideal for a trade show or a layover. Early guests praise the new, clean rooms, the good breakfast and the convenience for events. The honest caveat: this location is far from West Lake and the old town (it's the Xiaoshan airport/expo side), so it's not for a lake-focused trip — but for an exhibition or an early/late flight, it's good value and very convenient.