General Management Asia Pacific News

September 30, 2010

Hilton Hotels & Resorts Named Number One Hotel Brand in Japan for Fourth Consecutive Year

Hilton Hotels & Resorts, the flagship brand of Hilton Worldwide, has again been chosen as the “Number 1 Hotel Brand” in Japan, based on the annual Asia Pacific Hotel Business Guest Survey conducted by UK-based consultancy group BDRC. The BDRC brand ranking index takes into account a hotel brand’s scores for prompted and unprompted awareness, usage of a brand in the last 12 months, preferred hotel choice, loyalty ratio and intention to recommend the hotel to others.

Hilton

Japan

Press Release

September 1, 2010

Capella Singapore named one of world’s top 40 business hotels by Wallpaper*

Capella Singapore, the ultra-luxury resort on Sentosa Island, has been named one of the world’s top 40 business hotels in the September issue of London-based Wallpaper* magazine. Wallpaper* teamed up with Fortune magazine to celebrate the best new business hotels around the globe and the shortlist of 40 properties will be whittled down to just ten in the December 2010 issue of the magazine (on sale on 11 November).

Capella

Singapore

Press Release

August 9, 2010

PolyU scholar honoured with John Wiley & Sons Lifetime Research Achievement Award

or Haiyan Song, Chair Professor of Tourism and Associate Director of the School of Hotel and Tourism Management (SHTM) at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU), has recently been honoured by the International Council on Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Education (I-CHRIE) with the John Wiley & Sons Lifetime Research Achievement Award.

Hong Kong PolyU

Hong Kong (SAR)

Press Release

May 14, 2010

Cornell-Nanyang Institute of Hospitality Management Wins CHIC Award 2010

The Cornell-Nanyang Institute of Hospitality Management (CNI) was honored with Hospitality Excellence Award 2010 at the China Hotel Investment Conference (CHIC) in Shanghai, China today.

Singapore

Press Release

May 5, 2010

JHM Interstate Hotels India Adds Management Contracts

Interstate Hotels & Resorts, the United States’ largest independent hotel management company, today announced that India-based JHM Interstate Hotels India, a 50/50 joint venture management company between Interstate and JHM Hotels, has signed agreements to manage two new-build hotels in India: a 62-room independent luxury resort in Kukas, Jaipur, expected to open in August 2010, and a 140-room Ramada Hotel in Amristar opening in September. Including these hotels, JHM Interstate Hotels India has executed a total of four management contracts in that country.

Aimbridge EMEA

India

Press Release

April 15, 2010

Interstate Hotels & Resorts Signs Joint Venture Agreement with Jin Jiang Hotels to Manage Hotels in China

Interstate Hotels & Resorts, the nation's largest independent hotel management company, today announced that it has signed a joint venture agreement with Shanghai Jin Jiang International Hotels Company Limited ("Jin Jiang Hotels"), China's leading hotel operator and developer, to create a platform to pioneer third-party hotel management in China. The joint venture, called Interstate China Hotels & Resorts, has already entered into discussions with prospective clients.

Aimbridge EMEA

China

Press Release

February 10, 2010

UNWTO Secretary General Appointed as PolyU Adjunct Professor

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University bestowed Adjunct Professorship on Dr Taleb Rifai, Secretary General of the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO), on 9 February in recognition of his valuable contribution to the development of the world’s tourism industry.

Hong Kong PolyU

Hong Kong (SAR)

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Hospitality Net

Press Release

November 27, 2009

Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi GM Wins 'Most Outstanding' At Hospitality Awards

Kai Speth, General Manager of the Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi (Vietnam), has won the award for the Most Outstanding Hotel General Manager (upscale and luxury hotels) at the Worldwide Hospitality Awards 2009, organised by the French trade magazine HTR. Mr Speth will accept his award at the hospitality gala to be held in Paris tonight.

Accor

Hanoi, Vietnam

Press Release

June 8, 2009

UNLV Singapore Graduates Inaugural Class

Forty-one students from the Singapore campus of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) received their degrees June 6 during the first commencement ceremony held since the campus opened in August 2006. The event marks a major milestone for UNLV's first international campus and strengthens the university's effort to create a global network of campuses that can deliver UNLV's world-renowned brand of hospitality management education.

UNLV

Singapore

Press Release

December 5, 2008

Hilton Sanya Resort & Spa Wins ‘chef Of The Year’ On “You Are The Chef”

Sanya, Hainan Island, China,Hilton Sanya Resort & Spa's Executive Chef, Hamish Watts, has been named "Chef of the Year" in the annual awards for International Channel of Shanghai's "You are the Chef" television program.

Hilton Sanya Resort & Spa

Sanya, Hainan Island, China

Supplier News

October 30, 2008

Marco Polo Hongkong Hotel Sets Guinness World Record For Bar With The World’s Largest Selection Of Commercially Available Rums

Marco Polo Hongkong Hotel’s Lobby Lounge was conferred the distinction of ‘BAR WITH THE WORLD’S MOST VARIETIES OF RUM COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE’ by Guinness World Records. Lobby Lounge’s selection of 102 rum varieties from different parts of the globe were individually checked and verified in an adjudication event led by Ms. Angela Wu, official adjudicator for Guinness World Records. Witnessed by members of the press, hotel guests, and loyal patrons of Lobby Lounge, the adjudication process culminated in the presentation of the Guinness World Record certificate to Mr. John Girard, General Manager and Area Director, Marco Polo Hongkong Hotel.

Marco Polo Hongkong Hotel | Gateway | Prince

Harbour City, Hong Kong (SAR)