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.
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.
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!"
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.
Hilton Worldwide and Les Roches Jin Jiang International Hotel Management College (LRJJ), China’s top international hospitality management school[1], today signed an agreement to cultivate talent for China’s rapidly expanding hospitality industry. Under the Hilton Class program, Hilton Worldwide will offer students from LRJJ’s hospitality course rigorous workplace training and other curricula designed to equip them for successful careers in hospitality.
At the first Cornell International Hospitality Summit (CIHS), industry leaders and academics will examine the future of the hospitality industry in India. The summit, which will be held Tuesday, January 17, 2012, in Mumbai, India will be co-presented by the school’s Center for Hospitality Research (CHR). Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces is title sponsor of the summit, and all summit sessions will be held at the Taj Mahal Palace.
Mr. Qi Ji, Executive Chairman of China Lodging Group, commented, "Chang joined the Company in January 2011. In the past 10 months, Mr. Su led several improvement initiatives to the hotel operations. I appreciate his contributions and wish him well in his future endeavors."
YHS Global is proud to announce the creation of its first Chapter in Asia and the official launch of the Young Hoteliers Summit Asia. This Morning, Beijing Hospitality Institute opened its door to students coming from 10 Asian hotel schools from the 23rd to the 25th of October 2011. The event is entirely run by students from Beijing Hospitality Institute and features a Creativity Challenge provided by eLong, the leading online travel planning and hotel booking, flight booking site in China.
Martin Rinck, president of Asia Pacific, Hilton Worldwide, talks about the hotel chain's commitment to developing a talent pool and their expansion plans for Greater China. Hilton also puts focus on the Chinese outbound traveler. Earlier this year, Hilton Hotels & Resorts announced the global launch of Hilton Huanying, a tailored experience for Chinese travelers. Hilton Huanying takes its name from the Chinese word for "welcome," and extends authentic experiences with amenities, service standards and dedicated Hilton Team Member training.
Mr. Alex Nanyan Zheng, 7 Days Group's Chief Executive Officer and Director, commented, "Harry has played an important role in the development of our operational platform, and he leaves us with a strong team and robust systems in place. On behalf of the board, I would like to thank him for his contributions to the company over the past two years and wish him well in his future endeavors."
This week, the nearly 2,000 faculty and students starting classes at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University's School of Hotel & Tourism Management (SHTM), are getting a whole new $100 million "lab" to play in. For the first time, courses have been redesigned to incorporate the school's brand-new Hotel ICON into students' learning experience. General Manager Richard Hatter explained that they didn't want to throw the usual lavish hotel grand opening party. Instead, in keeping with the mission of the hotel as an integral part of hospitality teaching and research, the ICON is celebrating with a Hospitality Design Conference on the 21st of this month.
If India’s domestic hotel industry adds the expected 10,000 plus room capacity in the next two to three years, it may face a severe shortage of skilled manpower. As compared with a potential demand of 60,000-70,000 skilled individuals in the next two to three years, only 15,000 hotel management graduates are expected to be available, said Manish Khanna, managing director and chief executive officer of UEI Global, a unit of Berggruen Holdings, USA. Hotel industry officials believe the situation will worsen, if not improve in the near future.
Hilton Worldwide today announced the appointment of Edmond Ip as Chairman, Greater China. In this new role, Edmond will act as an adviser to Hilton Worldwide, primarily overseeing all of the company’s operational interests in Greater China, including implementing a new organizational structure, assisting in recruiting best-in-class talent, and aggregating the growth from the numerous hotel openings in the next few years. Ip will be based between Singapore and Shanghai.
As the first international hotel group that entered China 27 years ago, IHG is now China's largest and fastest growing international hotel company. With 150 hotels currently open, IHG is also China's biggest employer in the hotel industry with 52,000 employees. IHG plans double its presence with opening of another 150 hotels which require an additional 90,000 employees in the next five years.
The School of Hotel and Tourism Management (SHTM) at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) has strengthened its efforts in nurturing hospitality graduates to address the growing demands of the hospitality and tourism industry in Hong Kong and the region. The SHTM has recently moved into its new premises in Tsim Sha Tsui East and revamped more than 30 subjects within its undergraduate curriculum to tie in with the soft opening of its teaching and research hotel (Hotel ICON) by phases in this year's second quarter.
Dusit Thani College, the leading centre of hospitality learning in Thailand established by Dusit International, marks another milestone with the expansion of its newest campus, in one of Asia's most well-known travel destinations - Pattaya, Thailand. Dusit Thani College Pattaya City will open its doors to the public in June 2011.
The School of Hotel and Tourism Management (SHTM) at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU), and Banyan Tree Hotels & Resorts, a leading manager and developer of premium resorts, hotels, spas and galleries, have come together to sign two Memorandums Of Understanding (MOU) to collaborate and work together in the areas of Executive Education and Internship programmes.
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University's (PolyU) School of Hotel and Tourism Management (SHTM) is moving to the new premises in December 2010. Since its inception in 1979, the SHTM has continued to evolve and break new ground. The School is now moving from having a vision of rapid transformation in hospitality and tourism education across the region to being an icon, a globally meaningful symbol of excellence. The SHTM's new education model, with Hotel ICON at its heart, will help to improve hospitality and tourism education everywhere.
The American Hotel & Lodging Educational Institute (AHLEI) has announced that its newest international master licensee is Elite Hospitality Group Ltd., which will serve the hospitality education and training needs of Vietnam's hospitality industry as an AHLEI Hospitality Education Program (HEP) provider.
The Hong Kong PolyU Winter School is an annual programme developed by The Hong Kong Polytechnic University’s (PolyU) School of Hotel and Tourism Management (SHTM) to cater to the needs of senior managers in the hospitality industry. Co-organised by the SHTM and the Hong Kong Hotels Association, and sponsored by the Pacific Asia Travel Association, the Royal Garden and the Institute of Hospitality, the 2011 programme will be held from 17 to 29 January on the PolyU campus.