June 5, 2023
VIA EDGAR
Ms. Pearlyne Paulemon
Office of Real Estate & Construction
Division of Corporation Finance
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, NE
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: | Atour Lifestyle Holdings Limited (CIK No. 0001853717) Registration Statement on Form F-1 (File No. 333-272434) |
Ladies and Gentlemen:
In accordance with Rule 461 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Atour Lifestyle Holdings Limited (the “Company”) hereby requests that the effectiveness of the above-referenced Registration Statement on Form F-1, as amended (the “Registration Statement”) be accelerated to and that the Registration Statement become effective at 4:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on June 7, 2023, or as soon thereafter as practicable.
If there is any change in the acceleration request set forth above, the Company will promptly notify you of the change, in which case the Company may be making an oral request of acceleration of the effectiveness of the Registration Statements in accordance with Rule 461. The request may be made by an executive officer of the Company or by any attorney from the Company’s U.S. counsel, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP.
The Company understands that the representatives of the underwriters of the offering, have joined in this request in a separate letter filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) today.
The Company hereby acknowledges the following:
| · | should the Commission or the staff of the Commission (the “Staff”), acting pursuant to delegated authority, declare the filing effective, it does not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the filing; |
| · | the action of the Commission or the Staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, in declaring the filing effective, does not relieve the Company from its full responsibility for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the filing; and |
| · | the Company may not assert Staff comments and the declaration of effectiveness as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States. |
[Signature page follows]
| Very truly yours, |
| Atour Lifestyle Holdings Limited |
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| By: | /s/ Haijun Wang |
| | Name: | Haijun Wang |
| | Title: | Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors |
[Signature Page to Underwriters’ Acceleration Request]