The new hotels are in France, Egypt, Tunisia, Morocco, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Bangladesh and Thailand.

The upscale hotel company of Swiss heritage now has 69 hotels in operation and 31 in development of which nine will open this year.

"We have always believed in growth, but at a sustainable pace. In every region from Europe and Africa to the Middle East and Asia, we have carefully consolidated our developments to maintain a balanced portfolio distribution that ensures decision-making is effective, resources are efficiently utilized and development is sustainable," said Jean Gabriel Pérès, president and chief executive officer of Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts.

"A hundred hotels worldwide is a major achievement for our company and I am delighted," he said. Such a landmark is a credit to the hard work of everyone at Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts, he added.

In a challenging economic environment, it is vital to have a reliable business model that is stress resistant to constant change, said Jean Gabriel Pérès.

"This has been the foundation of our success in recent years and the philosophy that has helped us achieve the milestone of 100 hotel projects in a sustainable way."

From April 2012, Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts will take over a 298-room upscale Red Sea property in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt.

In Morocco, the company will reopen a new 380-room hotel in Marrakesh in 2014 following a multi-million-euro renovation this year.

An architecturally stunning low-rise hotel in the Tunisian desert oasis of Tozeur will be operated under the Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts brand from 2013 following a major refurbishment.

On the Djerba island in Tunisia, a 255-room hotel is presently undergoing a multi-million-euro refurbishment before being reopened by Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts next year.