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June 3, 2013

IHG grooms hospitality industry future leaders with IIMT partnership

InterContinental Hotels Group IHG today announced a formal partnership with the Institute for International Management and Technology (IIMT) which expands IHG's existing IHG Academy programme across India. India's workforce, those between 15 and 64, is expected to rise to 67 percent in 2020 and the challenge is to turn those people into an employable workforce. IHG wants to contribute to the education of the future generation in India through its IHG Academy programme.

New Delhi, India

May 28, 2013

Bandung Institute of Tourism is Educational Institute GAP School

Bandung Institute of Tourism in West Java, Indonesia, has signed an agreement with the American Hotel & Lodging Educational Institute (EI) to be a Global Academic Partner (GAP) school, offering EI's courses and certifications to hospitality students and professionals in Indonesia.

Educational Institute

Opinion Article

May 7, 2013

India Hotel Unit Compensation Study©

The fourth edition of the India Hotel Compensation Study© includes salary data from 196 hotels across 54 cities in India, reporting on 70 positions across the entire hotel hierarchy. The India Hotel Unit Compensation Study ©, is designed to provide you with current and credible information concerning salary trends across all job roles in a hotel hierarchy. The survey findings will assist you in benchmarking salary, and accordingly structure compensation. Thus, enabling you to manage businesses better and allow companies to attract and retain talent through equitable compensation practices. The study which was conducted across all hotels in India includes data from 196 hotels across 54 cities in India, reporting on 70 positions across the entire hotel hierarchy.

By Anupama Jaiswal

April 24, 2013

Marriott Institute of Hospitality Education Makes Debut in China

Marriott International today launched the 'Marriott Institute of Hospitality Education' in co-operation with Anhui Zhong-Ao Institute of Technology. This is the latest college partnership model Marriott International has embarked upon in China to develop the future generation of the hospitality workforce to support its growth in the country. [Regan Taikitsadaporn, Chief HRO of Marriott International Asia Pacific (center left) and Wang Yuan Hao, President of Anhui Zhongao Institute of Technology (the third from the right) along with other Marriott and Anhui government executives at launch event.]

April 4, 2013

Interstate Hotels & Resorts Appoints Chief Operating Officer to JHM Interstate India

Interstate Hotels & Resorts announces Deepak Sarin as chief operating officer of JHM Interstate India Hotels & Resorts. Sarin will be responsible for the Company's operations in India, including maintaining a dynamic team of hospitality experts, integrating and supporting the Company's intelligent systems within the portfolio, maintaining the current portfolio and owner relationships and executing on the Company's overall growth strategy, driving JHM Interstate India to become the premier independent hotel management company on the Indian sub-continent. JHM Interstate India is a joint venture between Interstate Hotels & Resorts and JHM Hotels.

March 27, 2013

Mandarin Oriental, Hong Kong Partners With The Hong Kong Polytechnic University To Launch “Hotel Of The Future” Competition

The year 2013 is a very special one for Mandarin Oriental, Hong Kongas this legendary hotel celebrates its 50th Anniversary. While it is commemorating the past, it is also embracing the future by joining hands with the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in organizing a "Hotel of the Future" competition.

Mandarin Oriental

Hong Kong, Hong Kong (SAR)

February 1, 2013

100% success rate for the Youth Career Initiative in India

For 35 young adults in Mumbai 2013 is a year of great expectations. Having successfully completed the six-month Youth Career Initiative programme, they begin a life full of more opportunity and choice. As graduate Rohit Gupta, now employed at the Hyatt Regency hotel puts it, "the Youth Career Initiative has opened up a whole new world of opportunities for me."

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Radical Innovation Hospitality TECHNOLOGY

Radical Innovation is an initiative that challenges creative thinkers and visionaries in hospitality TECH to pioneer compelling innovations that fuel the future of the hospitality and travel industries.

Radical Innovation

January 2, 2013

Home Inns Group Announces New Independent Director and Co-Chairman of the Board of Directors

Home Inns & Hotels Management Inc. (NASDAQ: HMIN) ("Home Inns Group" or "the Company"), a leading economy hotel chain in China, today announced the appointment of Mr. Yi Liu as an independent director and co-chairman of the board of directors of the Company, replacing Mr. Yunxin Mei , effective on January 1, 2013. Mr. Mei will remain as a senior consultant to the Company following his retirement.

Home Inns & Hotels Management Inc.

December 3, 2012

Interstate Hotels & Resorts Appoints Timur Senturk Managing Director Of J Hotel At Shanghai Tower In China

Interstate Hotels & Resorts today announced the appointment of Timur Senturk as managing director of China’s tallest ultra-luxury hotel, the flagship J Hotel located at Shanghai Tower. Currently under construction in Shanghai’s central business district of Lujiazui, Pudong, the J Hotel Shanghai Tower is anticipated to open in the first quarter of 2015, and will be operated by Interstate China Hotels & Resorts, a joint venture between Interstate and Shanghai Jin Jiang International Hotels Company Limited (“Jin Jiang Hotels”).

November 19, 2012

PolyU Designated Headquarters by International Body of Hotel Professionals

The School of Hotel and Tourism Management (SHTM) at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) has been designated by the Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals (HFTP), an international professional association based in Texas, U.S., as its headquarters for the Asia-Pacific region.

Hong Kong PolyU

Hong Kong (SAR)

November 2, 2012

Marriott International Hosts Revolutionary 'Lifestyle University' Program in Bangkok

In an effort to keep pace with the company's continued growth in Asia, Marriott International, Inc. (NYSE: MAR) recently hosted the first ever Lifestyle University educational program to help identify future leaders for Renaissance Hotels and Autograph Collection, two of the company's lifestyle brands.

Bankok, Thailand

October 26, 2012

PolyU’s School of Hotel and Tourism Management and Hotel ICON Present A Star of Renaissance

"A Star of Renaissance" gala, jointly presented by the School of Hotel and Tourism Management (SHTM) of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) and Hotel ICON, on 23 October (Tuesday) has successfully raised over HK$2 million for SHTM.

Hong Kong PolyU

Hong Kong (SAR)

October 16, 2012

Hong Kong's PolyU Study Finds Cultural Values Influence Service Provision

Cultural values have a significant influence on service delivery in Hong Kong's tourism and hospitality sectors, according to Dr Nelson Tsang of the School of Hotel and Tourism Management (SHTM) in a recently published research paper by the International Journal of Hospitality Management. Dr Tsang surveyed frontline staff to identify the link between specifically Chinese cultural values and service delivery and determine the most influential of those values. He argues that the human resource professionals and managers of multinational service firms "must work to analyse Western organisation management concepts and methods critically" to evaluate "how their core values differ from those of the Chinese". The management implications for these firms are considerable.

Hong Kong PolyU

Hong Kong (SAR)

June 29, 2012

Marriott International Launches Careers Presence on Chinese Social Networking Site

To highlight its commitment to the China market and support its need to hire 30,000 employees in the country by the end of 2014, Marriott International announced today the launch of its job seeker-focused presence on the Chinese social networking site, Weibo, The launch on Weibo kicked off with "Our Hotel Rocks" ,a video contest in which Marriott's mainland China hotels participated.

June 12, 2012

PolyU Offers Ph.D. Scholarship and Executive-in-Residence Programme to Officials of UNWTO Member States

An Affiliate Member of the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO), The Hong Kong Polytechnic University's (PolyU) School of Hotel and Tourism Management (SHTM) recently announced two programmes aimed at human resource capacity building for tourism in Asia and the Pacific.

Hong Kong PolyU

Hong Kong (SAR)

Radical Innovation Hospitality TECHNOLOGY

Radical Innovation is an initiative that challenges creative thinkers and visionaries in hospitality TECH to pioneer compelling innovations that fuel the future of the hospitality and travel industries.

Radical Innovation

May 31, 2012

Hilton Worldwide and Les Roches Reveal Insights on ‘Generation Y’

Hospitality students around the world are eager for international career opportunities, and many are considering working in China after graduation, according to a survey jointly conducted by leading global hospitality company Hilton Worldwide and Les Roches Jin Jiang International Hotel Management College (LRJJ), China's top international hospitality management school.

May 16, 2012

Fairmont Raffles Hotels International Appoints Gao Zhi Xiong as Vice President, Development, China

Having more than tripled its presence in China over the last few years and with many more hotels in the pipeline, Fairmont Raffles Hotels International (FRHI), the parent company of Fairmont Hotels & Resorts, Raffles Hotels & Resorts, and Swissôtel Hotels & Resorts, today announced the appointment of Gao Zhi Xiong as vice president, development, China.

March 30, 2012

SHTM Hong Kong to Launch Executive Masters in Global Hospitality Leadership

In the fast-paced hospitality industry, increasing competitiveness is pushing organisations to seek ever more adaptable senior executives who can strengthen leadership strategies and boost competitive advantages. The Executive Masters (EM) in Global Hospitality Leadership is designed to meet the needs of these executives in their pursuit of global leadership in the ever evolving hospitality business.

Hong Kong PolyU

Hong Kong (SAR)

February 3, 2012

Call for Papers: The 11th Asia Pacific Forum for the Graduate Students Research in Tourism and International Convention & Expo Summit 2012 (APF & ICES 2012)

The 11th Asia Pacific Forum for the Graduate Students Research inTourism and International Convention & Expo Summit 2012(APF & ICES 2012) is a 2-in-1 conference which will be held at Hotel ICON, the state-of-the-art teaching and research hotel in Hong Kong, on 22-24 May 2012. The theme for this year is "Initiate Connecting Opportunities Now!"

Hong Kong PolyU

Hong Kong (SAR)

January 23, 2012

Dusit International and Ecole Hôtelière de Lausanne (EHL) Launch Hospitality bachelor course to open in Thailand

A new bachelor programme will be launched in Thailand after an agreement was signed between Dusit International and Ecole Hôtelière de Lausanne (EHL).The new bachelor course in Hotel and Resort Management, which will have in intake of both Thai and international students in 2012, will be run at Dusit Thani College in English.