Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts announced the development for a new city resort, the 230-room Shangri-La Hotel, Diqing in Shangri-La county, Yunnan province during a ground breaking ceremony today. The property is targeting to open in early 2013.
The growing Chinese upper class is just beginning to become a major force in luxury markets worldwide, an executive at the Peninsula Hotel chain said Wednesday. "What we're seeing right now is only the tip of the iceberg. It's quite phenomenal," Peter Borer, Chief Operating Officer of The Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels, Ltd., told the Associated Press in an interview.
Regal Hotels International Limited (Regal Hotels Group) is pleased to announce the signing of a hotel project with Suzhou Sicheng Real Estate Company Limited (Sicheng Group) to open a four-star business hotel in Suzhou, the Regal Fanhua Centre Hotel. Situated at Xiang Cheng District, this four-star property will provide a full range of facilities and services to cater for business and leisure travelers.
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE:HOT) today announced that its global powerhouse Sheraton Hotels & Resorts plans to open eight more hotels in China before the end of 2010, and another 18 by 2015. The Sheraton brand also marked a major milestone this month with the opening of its 30th hotel in Greater China– Sheraton Zhongshan Hotel, which is Starwood’s 60th property in Greater China.
Where Everybody Knows Your Name.... is the theme song from the 1980s hit television sitcom Cheers. The melody kept humming at the back of my head when I returned to the Ritz Carlton Pu Dong (Shanghai). Without missing a beat, The Bellboy outside of the Hotel's front doors ran up to me as soon as he caught sight of me trundling up the pathway with my roller-bag, and blurted out in perfect pitch - "Welcome Back - Mr. Ronson". I should not have been surprised by this. I am absolutely convinced that my mug shot had been pre-circulated to 'The Ladies and Gentlemen' of the Ritz Carlton Pu Dong after I documented my experience during my first visit. But to their credit, they lost no time to make sure all memories of that stay were no more.
Located in the elegant and lively Xintiandi district, with its glamorous designer boutiques, art galleries, eclectic restaurants and bars, The Langham will occupy an outstanding new landmark building with interiors by leading hospitality designer, Peter Remedios. The property at the entrance to the bustling hub of Shanghai’s thriving lifestyle scene features panoramic views over the renowned Shikumen storefronts of Old Shanghai that are literally across the road.
Rising elegantly above the bustling city of Dongguan, the new Sofitel Dongguan Humen Oriental has just been opened. This 62 storey tower blends the best of French hospitality with Asian grace. The hotel is the cornerstone of the Huang He Commercial Plaza, considered the heart of Humen’s garment and Central Business District.
Hilton Hotels, the brand that invented the airport hotel concept, again sets a new standard with the opening of the first-ever luxury airport hotel in China. The grand opening of Hilton Beijing Capital Airport hotel and conference facility today highlights the two-year anniversary of Beijing Capital Airport's Terminal 3 and continues to expand the services connected to the world's second busiest passenger airport.
Langham Hotels International has announced it will open in 2013 the only hotel connected to the Guangzhou International Convention and Exhibition Center, home to the Canton Import and Export Fair and Asia’s largest Exhibition space. The landmark property, Langham Place, Pazhou, Guangzhou has been designed to capitalise on the extensive business and leisure opportunities in the region.
China's most iconic hotel will once again welcome guests when the Fairmont Peace Hotel opens its doors on July 28, 2010. In one of this year's most eagerly anticipated openings, Jin Jiang Hotels International and Fairmont Hotels & Resorts unveil the culmination of a comprehensive restoration program following the legendary property's closure in 2007.
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.
China is planning to accelerate a mechanism with which to strip poorly run hotels of their star rankings in order to protect the image of all the 15,000 star-rated hotels across the country, a top tourism official said on Monday.
With the continuous influx of foreign visitors to China, especially to Shanghai, which is hosting the World Expo hoteliers have shrugged off yuan appreciation as nothing more than a remote threat. For Shanghai, the immediate concern of hoteliers is to find beds for the thousands of visitors flooding in from around the country and abroad to visit the Expo. Many hotels, especially those in Pudong district, have been fully booked months in advance.
Gross Operating Profit (GOP) levels of the 5-star hotel sector in China have fallen to the lowest level recorded in the eight years the China Hotel Industry Study has been published. The GOP level of RMB 91,752 per room (USD 13,375) is 39 percent lower than the peak recorded in 2005 and is the fourth straight year the figure has declined.
Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts is pleased to announce three new hotels to open in north China in 2013. The projects are in Qinhuangdao, Tianjin and Tangshan, all of which are important coastal cities on the Bohai Bay with ports serving North China and Northeast Asia.
InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) today confirmed plans to double its presence in Greater China to over 250 hotels over the next five years. This follows the recent opening of two InterContinental hotels in Nanjing and Shanghai and the signing of a deal with HNA Hotels and Resorts last month for five hotels.
InterContinental Hotels (IHG.L), the world's biggest hotelier, plans to more than double in size in China in the next five years, a move which will give a major boost to its performance. The British group, which operates Holiday Inn and Crowne Plaza brands as well as InterContinental, currently runs 131 hotels in China with a further 146 in its pipeline, and will open 30 this year in the world's most populous nation.
Shortly after announcing its new contemporary lifestyle hotel brand VENU at the Arabian Hotel Investment Conference in April 2010, Jumeirah Group, the Dubai-based luxury hospitality company and member of Dubai Holding, has signed an agreement with Shanghai Zendai Himalayas Real Estate Co. Ltd to manage VENU HIMALAYAS Hotel Shanghai. The new contemporary lifestyle hotel in the heart of Pudong district of Shanghai is scheduled to open in 2011.
After two downcast years, the Shanghai World Expo has lived up to its promise of drawing huge crowds and breathing life back into the Shanghai hotel market. Performance results just released by STR Global show for the month of May 2010, average room rates reached close to RMB 1,000 – a level not seen since October 2008.
The Ritz-Carlton Shanghai, Pudong, opening on 21 June, will be the luxury hotel brand’s second property in the city, and its seventh in China. Located in Shanghai ifc, the prime real estate in Lujiazui financial trade zone, the hotel and development is the work of architect Cesar Pelli.