Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE:HOT) today announced the debut of its eco-conscious Element® brand in Asia Pacific with the opening of Element Suzhou Science and Technology Town in Suzhou, China. Owned by Suzhou Science and Technology Town Kexin Cultural Tourism Development Co., LTD., the new Element hotel is set to offer healthy, active travelers a smart and sustainable stay, designed to fuel a balanced life while on the road.
Mandarin Oriental, Kuala Lumpur is proud to be the first hotel in Malaysia to provide guests with an eco-friendly courtesy car that runs entirely on electricity.
The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company has become the first Founding Partner of IMPACT 2030: The Global Initiative for the Advancement of Corporate Volunteering. IMPACT 2030 was introduced at the United Nations on Friday, December 5, 2014 on "International Volunteer Day" where The Ritz-Carlton and the fellow Founding Partner companies showcased the meaningful difference their employees are making locally, nationally and internationally through corporate volunteering.
A refreshing and wholesome green stay during travel is made possible at Cosmo Hotel Hong Kong's newly launched green floor, which all the guestrooms located on the green room are fully stocked with a fine range of natural in-room amenities. Cosmo Hotel Hong Kong is also one of the few certified green hotels in Hong Kong to have introduced 100% indoor smoke-free policy in the entire hotel property.
The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA), The Netherlands Centre for the Promotion of Imports from Developing Countries (CBI), and Travelife have kicked off their co-operation with a series of training courses for tour operators and advisors. The trainings took place following the signing of the three-party Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between CBI, PATA and Travelife on May 18, 2014 in Zhuhai, China at the PATA Annual General Meeting.
The Charterhouse Causeway Bay raises donation for World Vision Hong Kong to support survivors from Philippines Typhoon Relief Operation
InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) and IL&FS Skills, one of India’s largest skills development organisations, have today announced the launch of the 15th IHG Academy programme in India, joining over 300 IHG Academy programmes globally. The partnership will see IL&FS Institute of Skills (IIS) providing IHG approved vocational hospitality training across the country as part of the programme. Following the three-month course, participants are able to apply for roles at IHG hotels in India and across the globe.
Another feather in their caps for Cosmopolitan Hotel Hong Kong, Cosmo Hotel Hong Kong and Dorsett Mongkok, Hong Kong this year, as they have recently been honoured with Corporate Citizenship Logo Award 2014by the Hong Kong Productivity Council (HKPC). This recognition celebrates the hotels' ongoing outstanding achievements in implementing social responsibility through partnering with various social enterprises.
In the face of the overwhelming challenge to provide immediate relief to a multitude of people affected by super typhoon Yolanda, The Ascott Limited in the Philippines steps forward to do its share. Ascott, with support from CapitaLand Hope Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Ascott's parent company, CapitaLand, aims to raise PHP1.5 million for the emergency relief response of World Vision. World Vision's relief efforts aim to provide food, blankets, mosquito nets, tarps, hygiene kits and emergency shelter to nearly 400,000 typhoon victims. The child-focused humanitarian agency has also started setting up child-friendly spaces in the badly hit provinces to help children recover from the trauma and regain a sense of normalcy following the disaster.
The Schoolof Hoteland Tourism Management (SHTM) of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) today (17 September) announced the findings of a study on "Enhancing the Role of the Travel Trade in Reducing Tourism's Carbon Footprint". The study found that though senior management and owners of travel agencies are aware of tourism's contribution to carbon emissions, the limited provision of carbon efficient products is hindering their frontline staff from promoting low carbon tourism to their clients.
Yao Ming, former National Basketball Association star, visited the Marriott International headquarters Friday to celebrate the company's partnership with the Yao Foundation. Under the terms of the three-year agreement, Marriott will donate $800,000 to the Yao Foundation to help establish three Project Hope schools in rural areas of the Southwestern region of China. The Marriott donation will also be used to support the Yao Foundation Hope Primary School basketball season program in 2014 and 2015. Pictured are associates and family members who were the lucky winners of autographed t-shirts and a logoed basketball. Enjoy event photos below. Click here for more photos.
The leadership styles of hotel managers influence their perceptions of corporate social responsibility (CSR), argue Dr Basak Denizci Guillet, Professor Ruhi Yaman and Dr Deniz Kucukusta of the School of Hotel and Tourism Management (SHTM) in a recently published research article.
Asian hospitality chain Meritus Hotels & Resorts (MHR) has signed a Memorandum of Agreement with Funtasy Island Development (FID) Pte Ltd for the management of a deluxe resort development comprising a 200-room condotel, a 230-suite hotel, and an aggregate of 413-unit villas on Funtasy Island - envisioned to be the largest eco theme park and the first gated island community in the world.
Distinguished Cornell faculty will join alumni and other industry leaders at the Cornell International Summit: Hospitality, Real Estate, and the Built Environment to discuss innovation and growth in China's hospitality and commercial real estate markets. The summit will be held Saturday, April 20, 2013 at the Waldorf Astoria Shanghai on the Bund and is co-presented by the Cornell School of Hotel Administration, College of Architecture, Art, and Planning, and Center for Real Estate and Finance.
Pudong Shangri-La, East Shanghai successfully attempts to break the Guinness World Record by having five hundred and eight, the most number of people to blow out candles simultaneously. This was achieved by staff of Pudong Shangri-La, East Shanghai at Riverside Avenue in Pudong, Shanghai on 23 March 2013.
Understanding how climate influences tourists' decisions about when and where to travel can help to predict travel demand for a particular destination, according to the Dr Carey Goh of the School of Hotel and Tourism Management (SHTM) at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Although much is already known about how economic factors affect such demand, Dr Goh suggests that a complete understanding is impossible without considering the effects of social and psychological factors. Being able to predict when and why people are most likely to travel would help planners and policymakers to develop and market their services more effectively.
Some 2,000 employees of luxury golf and spa resort Mission Hills came together today to form the largest Human QR Code in an effort to promote eco-tourism to the world and to make sustainable tourism a global reality.
The second PATA China Responsible Tourism & China-ASEAN Tourism Development Forum concluded in Shanghai November 16 with 152 participants, up from 130 who attended the first forum on December 16, 2011.
The Kanas Lake Nature Reserve in the extreme north-west of China and the city of Chengdu, one of China's most populous cities, are the locations of two new UNWTO Sustainable Tourism Observatories designed to monitor the environmental, social and economic impacts of tourism.
IHG (InterContinental Hotel Groups) is the first hotel company in Australia to build an electric car charge network, connecting eight properties across the group with cutting-edge technology for a new and growing customer segment. From today five IHG properties across New South Wales – including Crowne Plaza Coogee Beach, Crowne Plaza Terrigal, Crowne Plaza Hunter Valley, Holiday Inn Sydney Airport and Holiday Inn Old Sydney – will launch electric car (EV) charge spots in their property car parks or forecourts.