Frankson LeeLee landed in Beijing earlier this month directly from InterContinental Hong Kong. Since then, the native of Singapore has been adapting instantly into the culture of this historical and vibrant city. He sees Beijing's culture as playing a vital role in the successful running of a hotel. Lee started his career in hospitality as a trainee at Le Meridien Singapore in 1994 after graduating from hotel school. Later he joined Shangri-la Hotels Group and worked in Singapore, Hangzhou, Chengdu and Tokyo. In 2009, he worked as hotel manager and acting general manager at Mandarin Oriental Sanya before he joined InterContinental Hotels Group in 2010, as resident manager of InterContinental Hong Kong.