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Appointment General Management

James Xi has been appointed as General Manager at Shangri-La Hotel Ningbo

Shangri-La
Ningbo, China
James Xi
A native of Shanghai, Mr. James Xi began his hospitality career at Shanghai Hilton in 1987. In early 1991, Mr. Xi immigrated to the United States to complete his MBA majoring in Hospitality Management at University of Houston. This commenced his journey with the hospitality industry overseas, where his experience spanned across the prestigious hotel brands, Hilton Hotel & Conference Centre, Embassy Suites Hotel, Double Tree by Hilton and Adams Mark Hotel. He held numerous leadership positions in these hotels including Executive Assistant Manager and Resident Manager. Mr. Xi joined Shangri-La Hotel International Management Company in 2002. His first assignment was Resident Manager at Shangri-La Hotel Dalian followed in the same role at Shangri-La Hotel Changchun. He was promoted to General Manager in 2004 and successfully opened Traders Hotel Kunshan by Shangri-La, Shangri-La Hotel Wenzhou and Shangri-La Hotel Changzhou respectively in 2005, 2009 and 2012 with great pre-opening and post-opening achievements. Under his leadership, Shangri-La Hotel Wenzhou was awarded Hotel of the Year for the entire Shangri-La group. Most recently he led the team of Shangri-La Hotel Yangzhou and successfully turned-around the hotel performance, leading to outstanding achievements in market share ranking, gross operating profit and guest service excellence from 2013 to 2015. With his extensive operations background, astute revenue management and marketing knowledge, as well as his effective leadership, Mr. Xi will lead the team to take Shangri-La Hotel Ningbo to new heights in the near future.
General Management Asia Pacific China Ningbo
Shangri-La
Hotel GroupManagement CompanyBrand Owner

Shangri-La Group is one of the world’s premier developers, owners and operators of hotel and investment properties which comprises office buildings, commercial real estate and serviced apartments/residences. The Group’s other principal activities include hotel management services as well as property development for sale. It currently owns and/or manages over 100 hotels globally in more than 75 destinations under the Shangri-La, Kerry, Hotel Jen...