Today, the renowned Quay Grand Suites Sydney will rebrand to Pullman Quay Grand Sydney Harbour, signalling a dramatic expansion of Accor’s 5-star Pullman brand in Australia. Pullman Quay Grand Sydney Harbour joins two other Pullmans in Sydney. It also joins Pullman Reef Casino in Cairns and the recently rebadged Pullman Resort Bunker Bay in Western Australia’s Margaret River region.
Customer trust in management and brand reliability are key components of brand value for upscale Chinese hotels, according to recently published research from Professor Cathy Hsu of the School of Hotel and Tourism Management (SHTM) of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) and two co-authors.
The Global Business Travel Association ("GBTA"), the world"s premier business travel and corporate meetings organization, announces the results of its inaugural GBTA BTI™ Outlook – China, sponsored by Visa Inc. The GBTA BTI™ Outlook – China includes the GBTA Business Travel Index™ (GBTA BTI™). The GBTA BTI™ provides a way to distill market performance and the outlook for business travel into a single metric that can be tracked over time.
THREE luxury hotels in Shanghai were told to improve their security during a court hearing yesterday when a man was charged with thefts totalling 230,000 yuan (US$ 36,400) in 14 star-rated hotels in Shanghai, Beijing and Guangzhou.
A significant alliance was announced recently at the Hotel Investment Conference South Asia in Mumbai, as Vantage Hospitality Group and three preeminent names from the Asian American lodging community introduced VanMYT Hospitality and revealed plans to launch Vantage"s Value Inn Worldwide® and Value Hotel Worldwide® brands in India.
Accor, the world"s leading hotel operator and market leader in Asia-Pacific, announces the re-engineering of its Grand Mercure brand, tailored for the Chinese market. The brand was unveiled today at the inauguration of Grand Mercure Shanghai Zhongya, the first hotel adapted to this new positioning. Grand Mercure combines Accor"s extensive hotel experience and significant distribution tools with products and services customized to the needs of the upscale Chinese traveler.
The Lexington Shenyang Rich Gate Hotel in Shenyang, China has been consistently recognized with some of the highest hospitality accolades, including "Most Popular Guest Rooms in China" in late 2010 and, most recently, in December 2011, as the "Best Business Hotel in China." The five-star, deluxe, full-service hotel received the award during the "2011 Most Favored Hotels in China" event hosted by the Beijing Review and Expo Weekly.
This partnership covers 15 Campanile hotels in the five French cities most frequently visited by Chinese tourists (Paris, Bordeaux, Lyon, Marseille and Nice) and 15 Jin Jiang Inn hotels in the three Chinese cities most popular with French tourists (Shanghai, Xi'an and Beijing).
Tokyo’s daily hotel performance came back to normality after the 21 September typhoon “N°15” paralysed the city and its rail network, according to data from STR Global, the leading provider of market information to the global hotel industry. The typhoon’s impact can be seen in the daily occupancy performance reported by a sample of mainly upper-upscale and luxury hotels in Tokyo.
Cosmopolitan Hotel Hong Kong and Cosmo Hotel Hong Kong are now launching family travel package offering various free services and room type options well suited to different family's sizes and needs.
The Lexington Shenyang Rich Gate Hotel in Shenyang, China, was recently recognized by hospitality experts and the public as the hotel with the "Most Popular Guest Rooms in China." This was just one of several awards presented during the "2010 Most Favored Hotels in China" event hosted by the Beijing Review and Expo Weekly.
The Indian hospitality industry is likely to see strong demand and continued growth in the coming years as key players like Indian Hotels and EIH, and international brands such as Carlson and Marriott have outlined bullish future plans. "Hospitality in India is uniquely positioned to benefit from the India growth story," Pankaj Karna Managing Director Maple Capital Advisors said, adding that "the sector is expected to see strong demand and continued growth."
Some hotels use luxurious spas or spectacular views to attract guests but one hotel in Japan boasts a unique attraction in its star room -- a large, built-in train set. The Washington Hotel in Tokyo's Akihabara district, which is famous for electronics shops, has built a train set into a 13th floor twin room that features a model Tokyo Tower, a mosaic of the city's neighborhoods and the resort area of Hakone.
In what is believed to be an Australian first, the Best Western Portal Hotel is one of a handful of international hotels catering for the growing number of independent female travellers who demand luxury and security in equal measure. According to owner Georgie Woods, the decision to ban boys – from one floor at least – was based on demand within the market.
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE: HOT) today announced the signing of a Non-Exclusive Master Agreement with D.I.H (Cyprus) Limited (an affiliate of Duet India Hotels Ltd.) and JHM Interstate Hotels India Pvt. Ltd. The agreement was signed concurrently with the execution of the agreement for the Four Points by Sheraton Pune, Nagar Road. The Non-Exclusive Master Agreement also covers the Four Points by Sheraton Jaipur City Square which opened in October 2009 and Four Points by Sheraton Visakhapatnam. Four Points by Sheraton Pune, Nagar Road and Four Points by Sheraton Visakhapatnam are both targeted to open in October 2010.
In 2008, the Lexington Collection® of unique hotels, plaza hotels, and resorts took a major step forward with the debut of its first property in China, the Lexington Shenyang Rich Gate Hotel. Two years later, the Lexington Rich Gate is the largest property in the Vantage Hospitality Group family, with plans to expand next year.
If you build it, they will come. If you build it bigger and higher, they will pay to come. Maybe the Ritz-Carlton saw the Armani Hotel Dubai in the Burj Khalifa--the current tallest building in the world--as a challenge. Or, maybe the hotel group just wanted to create some local competition with the Park Hyatt Shanghai (to date the highest rooftop observation deck in Asia). Or, maybe still, the pending opening of the tallest hotel in the world was just another way for the legendary hotel group to make an unforgettable impression.
The US-based hospitality giant Hilton International Co is understood to be planning to bring more of its global brands, including luxury chains Waldorf Astoria and Conrad, to India. The company, which is keen to expand its presence in India, beyond its existing joint venture with real estate major DLF, is also believed to have sought permission to either invest or acquire stake in other Indian hospitality firms.
The Beach House Maldives has joined Waldorf Astoria Hotels & Resorts. With effect from 1st March 2010, the resort has been renamed, ‘The Beach House Maldives, The Waldorf Astoria Collection’. In celebration, guests at the resort were invited to join the inauguration ceremony, and became a part of a new chapter in the exclusive resort’s history.
Amari, Thailand’s leading domestic hotel management company, today announced a strategic joint venture partnership with Mandeep S Lamba, previously the Managing Director and Founder of Ten Hotels Pvt Ltd, a hospitality management company headquartered in Gurgaon, New Delhi, to launch Amari India.