Research by the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) has revealed that within the next decade, Beijing will overtake Paris to become the world’s largest Travel & Tourism city destination.
The global hospitality industry is awash in hotel brands. There are currently 970 hotel brands in the market. There is at least one hotel brand for each of the 26 letters of the English alphabet. Unfortunately, this dizzying array of variety and noise makes it difficult for the lay consumer to recognize very many of them, and undoubtedly poses a problem for individual establishments, many of which are preparing for the return of international travel as the industry moves forward from the pandemic.
There was surprise around the globe when China announced the easing of most of its COVID restrictions in December 2022. That meant the end of a zero-COVID policy which had suppressed China hotel industry performance for almost three years.
In the recently released China Construction Pipeline Trend Report from Lodging Econometrics (LE), analysts report that the country’s total hotel construction pipeline, at the close of the fourth quarter, stands at 3,581 projects/675,074 rooms.
InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG®), one of the world's leading hospitality companies, is delighted to announce the recent signings of Crowne Plaza Shanghai Snow World and Shanghai Snow World Hotel, Vignette Collection – the first Vignette Collection hotel in Greater China. The hotels are part of the Shanghai Yaoxue Snow World Complex, a highly anticipated integrated sports-entertainment-tourism resort with the world's biggest alpine-themed indoor ski park, which is expected to become a major tourist destination in Shanghai after opening. As they build this world-class tourism destination, the signings demonstrate IHG's long-term commitment to the China market – closely cooperating with owners and accelerating brand expansion, in line with the market’s national and regional development policies.
Marriott International, Inc., recently announced that it has signed an agreement with China Central Place, Suzhou to bring The Ritz-Carlton and Marriott Executive Apartments brands to Suzhou, a major city in Eastern China. The two complex properties plan to open at the end of 2024 and in the middle of 2025, respectively.
472-room Hyatt Place hotel opens in Hangzhou International Airport.
Accor announces that it has completed the sale of its residual stake in H World Group Limited (formerly known as Huazhu Group Limited) for $460 million. This transaction finalizes the value creation of the investment initiated in 2016. The cumulative disposal value since 2019 has reached $1.2 billion, compared to an initial investment of less than $200 million. This contributes to the “asset-light” strategy of simplifying the Group's balance sheet. Following this transaction, Accor no longer holds any shares in the capital of H World Group Limited.
Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group has announced the appointment of Christian Dolenc as General Manager of Mandarin Oriental, Shenzhen.
Hilton (NYSE: HLT), Asia’s fastest-growing hospitality company, was named one of the “Best Workplaces in Greater ChinaTM 2022” by Great Place to Work®, continuing its success of being named to the “Best Workplaces” list eight years in a row and retaining its status as “The Legend”. To be granted the honor of being named "The Legend", a company is required to have built solid trust by being listed among the "Best Workplaces in Greater China" for at least five consecutive years.
The design-led hotel offers an elegant and effortless experience to locals and travelers in the "Venice of the East".
THE NEW ADDITION TO THE EMBLEMS COLLECTION WILL BE A TRANQUIL AND ARTISTIC RETREAT AT THE HEART OF A UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE.
Marketers beware: Prior ways of marketing to Chinese consumers, including travelers, won’t work as well today because their preferences changed during the pandemic.
The 227-room Hyatt Place hotel opens in heart of Chengdu Tianfu International Bio-Town.
Accor is pleased to announce a new strategic partnership with Overseas Chinese Town (OCT) Hotel Group, expanding the relationship between the two companies and embarking on a new and exciting journey to develop leading-edge hospitality projects in China. Accor is the world’s leading creator of hospitality brands, with an unrivalled portfolio of over 40 hotel brands across all segments. Accor and OCT Hotel Group are now closely exploring opportunities with many of these brands, beginning with Fairmont Hotels & Resorts, one of Accor’s most prestigious luxury brands. Fairmont Shenzhen Interlaken is set to open by the end of 2024.
Classic style and heritage passed down from generation to generation to reappear on glittering banks of the Huangpu River.
Sitting at the foot of Xisai mountain in the Wuxing district of Huzhou, this resort integrates landscape, culture and wellbeing. Its architecture intertwines waterscape and mountainscape, using symmetrical space in its 116 guest rooms, 26 suites, 30 family rooms and four villas, as well as two barrier-free rooms, each with a unique theme.
Pullman Hotels & Resorts, an Accor premium hospitality brand, announced the opening of Pullman Jinhua – a 322-room hotel in the heart of Jinhua City in Zhejiang Province, one of the major cities in the Yangtze River Delta G60 Science and Technology Innovation Corridor. The opening of Pullman Jinhua comes less than two weeks after Pullman Shenzhen North began welcoming guests – a superbly located hotel, high among the uppermost floors of the landmark North Station Huide Tower in the Longhua District of Shenzhen. Accor is also set to open Pullman Huai’an Falcon before year-end, while a new Pullman hotel development has just been signed at Tianfu International Health Town.
IHG Hotels & Resorts (IHG), one of the world's leading hotel companies, today celebrated the launch of its luxury boutique hotel brand,Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants(Kimpton),in mainland China. The Kimpton brand launch was attended by actress Sun Li and Managing Director of IHG Greater China, Daniel Aylmer, atan official ceremony at the Kimpton Bamboo Grove Suzhou.
In the recent China Construction Pipeline Trend Report from Lodging Econometrics (LE), LE analysts report that China’s total hotel construction pipeline, at the close of Q3 2022, stands at 3,604 projects/684,288 rooms, up 1% by projects and unchanged by rooms year-over-year (YOY).