More than 500 delegates congregated at the 6th Annual China Hotel Development and Financing Conference, organized by Horwath HTL in conjunction with STR Global and the China Tourist Hotels Association (CTHA). The event was held from 24-26 March, 2010 at the Crowne Plaza Sun Palace, Beijing, China.
China World Summit Wing, Beijing is scheduled to open at the end of 2009 or early 2010. A German national with twenty years of hospitality management experience, Mr. Matthias Roeke has been with Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts for six years. Prior to joining China World Summit Wing, Beijing, Mr. Roeke was general manager of Shangri-La’s Tanjung Aru Resort and Spa in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia, since October 2007. Recently, the resort joined seven other Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts on Travel + Leisure magazine’s 2009 World’s Best Awards list. In this annual readers’ poll, Shangri-La’s Tanjung Aru Resort and Spa was recognized as one of the world’s top 100 hotels and was named one of the top 15 resorts in Asia. From 2004 to 2007, Mr. Roeke served as resident manager of Island Shangri-La, Hong Kong, an award-winning property which consistently ranks in the readers’ polls of the world’s foremost travel publications, and where he played an instrumental role in improving the hotel’s guest satisfaction scores for overall staying experience. Mr. Roeke attended hotel school training in his native Germany, commencing his professional career in Berlin. He has since been involved on an executive level with the opening of five-star hotels in Stuttgart, Germany; Mumbai, India and Seoul, Korea. Mr. Roeke’s career has brought him to various destinations around the globe, including Singapore, South Africa and Thailand.
With its cool, white interiors and raw concrete finishes, Beijing’s new 3+1 Bedrooms is as minimal as its name. Hidden behind a sliding steel door on a quiet hutong, or traditional alleyway, this stylish little hotel has only three rooms and one suite. Too intimate to be pretentious, it has all the amenities (well, almost all) of a larger boutique property — minus, of course, the scene. Still, if it’s the latter you’re looking for, you won’t have to go far. The hotel comes from Cho, as he’s known, a Beijing night-life whiz whose popular Bed Bar is just a few doors down; his Café Sambal and Paper restaurants are also nearby.
A native German, Chef Christian joined the Hilton Family in 1997. Prior to his appointment to Hilton Beijing, Chef Christian worked as Executive Sous Chef at Hilton Shanghai, Executive Chef at Hilton Sanya Resort & Spa, where he and his team won the MEAP 2006 F&B Award of Excellence, and Executive Chef at Hilton Petaling Jaya, Malaysia. Chef Christian developed his passion for food and cooking when he started working in various restaurants in Germany at the age of 16. He broadened his culinary knowledge by working on the world’s famous five-star cruise liner MS EUROPA. He also has rich experience working in Europe, South Africa, Middle East, United Kingdom, America and Caribbean as well as in Asian countries including China and Malaysia.
The Sandalwood, Beijing - Marriott Executive Apartments opened this week and promises to attract both business and family travellers with 168 one, two and three-bedroom, fully serviced apartments with around-the-clock staff -- a quiet oasis within the capital city’s busy central business district. Marriott International’s (NYSE:MAR) fourth extended stay property in China and second in Beijing is under a management agreement with Beijing Fu Wah Furniture Enterprise Company Limited, with Chris Shum as general manager and Bonnie Yang as director of marketing.
Travelscream, the leading provider of travel deal distribution and social media marketing solutions for the hospitality industry, today announced the opening of an office in Beijing, China. The expansion facilitates Travelscream’s growth in international markets. Travelscream APAC (Asia Pacific) will be lead by Eric Demaret, the former GM of Asia Hotels Sourcing for GTA (Gullivers Travel Associates) by Travelport. He and his team of seasoned local talent will introduce Travelscream’s platform of cutting edge online travel deal advertising and social engagement technologies to hotels, airlines and other travel service providers throughout the Asia Pacific region, which encompasses more than 45,000 hotels.
Yeo brings over 20 years of industry experience to her new position with The Regent Beijing. Recent appointments include positions at the Madinat Jumeirah in Dubai and Singapore’s Mandarin Oriental, the Conrad, and Raffles The Plaza. She holds a degree in Sales and Marketing from the Chartered Institute of Marketing, U.K. “The iconic Regent brand is one of the most respected in the luxury market,” Yeo commented. “While 2009 will likely be a challenging year, I am confident that our commitment to delivering the Regent Experience will help us grow our base of new and repeat guests.”
November 2008, Beijing -- The Heavenly Spa by Westin at The Westin Beijing Financial Street won its very first accolade, voted "Favorite Hotel Spa - Asia" by SPA Magazine's Sliver Sage Readers Choice Awards 2008.