Mandarin Oriental, Sanya Remains the Brand's First Mainland China Resort

Before Mandarin Oriental expanded into Shenzhen, Guangzhou, and Shanghai, it opened its first mainland China resort on Hainan Island, in Sanya, a stretch of coastline that's earned a reputation as China's own tropical getaway. The 296-room beachfront resort sits on 30 acres of beach and gardens, a genuinely expansive footprint compared to the brand's more compact city hotels.

Nine restaurants and bars keep the resort's dining program varied across a stay of any length, with Yi Yang serving Cantonese cuisine and dim sum as one of the property's anchor venues. Hainan's positioning as a domestic beach destination gives Sanya a different guest mix than Mandarin Oriental's more international city properties, leaning toward longer resort-style stays over quick business trips.

For travelers curious about Hainan Island's growing reputation as the "Hawaii of China," Mandarin Oriental, Sanya offers the brand's signature hospitality applied to a genuine beach resort format, a distinctly different experience from the brand's harbor-view towers in Hong Kong or Shanghai.

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