Radisson Rewards, the global rewards program of Radisson Hotel Group, today announced an exciting new collaboration with WeHotel, the global hotel booking platform for Jin Jiang International.
Inspired by the city's beautiful natural surroundings and rich heritage, Kempinski Hotel Hangzhou is now open. Nestled along the southern end of the extraordinary Grand Canal - a UNESCO World Heritage Site - lies the exclusive lifestyle destination that is Kempinski Hotel Hangzhou. The all-new hotel, with its signature dining destinations, exceptional meeting spaces and bespoke luxury facilities, is a beacon of modernity in one of China's seven ancient national capitals.
The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, L.L.C today announced the opening of The Ritz-Carlton, Xi'an in one of China's most historic cities, and the home of the country's legendary 2,000-year-old Terracotta Warriors. Owned by Zhongda. Zhongfangxin Proprietary Company Ltd., the hotel elevates luxury by connecting guests to the destination's rich way of life through a contemporary take on local culture, history and cuisine. Known as 'the cradle of Chinese civilization', Xi'an is the ancient provincial capital of Shaanxi located in the central-northwestern region of China. With a history that spans thousands of years, Xi'an is one of China's four ancient capitals and the former home to thirteen imperial Chinese dynasties. The city marks the eastern end of the ancient Silk Road and today is a key crossroad to one of the country's most important trading corridors.
Kempinski Hotel Beijing Lufthansa Center, Beijing's first European hospitality pioneer, unveils its newly transformed 480 rooms and suites, including a Western and Oriental Presidential Suite, a large Executive Lounge, and a reimagined all-day dining outlet, after the most substantial renovation in its 26-year history. The USD 30-million upgrade brings international leisure and business guests' timeless elegance while providing Beijing with a rejuvenated complex that aims at reinterpreting European luxury in modern China. Since its opening in 1992 the hotel has been a preferred local destination for high-level diplomatic and embassy events, official government summits and state visits.
Hong Kong-based Shangri-La Group announced it has earned the global certification of Ctrip's new China Preferred Hotel Program (CPH). The iconic Asian luxury hotel group is the first international owner and operator of hotels to earn the title. Ctrip, one of China and Asia's largest integrated travel services companies, initiated the CPH certification to promote a customised hospitality standard specifically for Chinese travellers.
Four Seasons Hotel Tianjin welcomes Filippo Fondatori as its new Executive Chef, where he is responsible for overseeing all culinary programs in the hotel including Cielo western restaurant, Jin House Chinese restaurant, La Sala lobby lounge, Kawa, Aria on 9 Sky Garden, Gusto bar, catering and events as well as in-room dining.
Following the pioneering joint venture announcement in February, Hyatt and BTG Homeinns Hotels Group continue to make great strides with the unveiling of a new hospitality brand on Wednesday, June 19. Leveraging the respective strengths and resources of Hyatt and Homeinns, the UrCove brand is positioned to compete in the currently underserved upper-midscale segment. UrCove is an entirely homegrown hotel brand, built specifically to meet Chinese travelers' preferences and growing expectations for a seamless, comfortable and premium travel experience in the upper-midscale market.
Based in Shanghai, Xavier Desaulles, CEO of APAC Markets business unit, will lead the commercial teams across Greater China, Japan, South Korea, South-east Asia and Pacific markets. He was previously CEO of the East and South Asia Pacific markets since 2016. Desaulles was the regional managing director for South-east Asia, India and the Middle-East at the Rémy Cointreau Group prior to his position at Club Med.
Jean-Charles Fortoul, based in Shanghai, will Lead the operations and development of the resorts across APAC. With over 18 years of experience in the hospitality industry, Fortoul has held senior leadership positions at Club Med since 2002, managing various markets across Europe, the Middle East and South-east Asia. Previously he was the vice president of operations for East and South Asia & Pacific, and vice president of sales emerging countries of South-east Asia, managing nine holiday resorts and six commercial countries across Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam & Myanmar.
Analysts at Lodging Econometrics (LE) report that China's total construction pipeline continues to expand with 2,845 projects/590,809 rooms, up 15% by projects and 8% by rooms year-over-year (YOY). Both projects and rooms in the pipeline are at new all-time highs. Construction growth has been substantially enhanced by the billions of liquidity unleashed by the government last year to offset the manufacturing slump and slowing economy brought about by the escalating trade dispute with the United States. China has 2,083 projects/414,967 rooms presently under construction, up 21% and 12% YOY, respectively while projects scheduled to start construction in the next 12 months stand at 387 projects/83,074 rooms, both at record highs. Projects in the early planning stage stand at 375 projects/92,768 rooms. In the first quarter, China opened 185 new hotels/27,455 rooms. LE anticipates 795 new hotels/127,420 rooms will open for all of 2019 while in 2020, 732 new hotels with 124,160 rooms are forecast to open. Guangzhou leads China's pipeline with 128 projects/28,367 rooms, near its high set in the fourth quarter of 2018. Shanghai follows with 114 projects/22,747 rooms. Next is Chengdu at a record high 110 projects/23,295 rooms. Suzhou with 83 projects/15,092 rooms and Hangzhou with 79 projects/17,415 rooms follow. Franchise companies topping China's construction pipeline are Hilton Worldwide with 421 projects/86,750 rooms, InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) with 340 projects/76,861 rooms, and Marriott International with 291 projects/79,860 rooms, all three setting record highs. Next is JinJiang Holdings with 273 projects/31,118 rooms and AccorHotels with 201 projects/35,318 rooms. Brands in the pipeline are dominated by Hampton by Hilton, at an all-time high, with 242 projects/38,608 rooms. Hilton's second largest brand is DoubleTree with 65 projects/18,733 rooms. IHG's primary brand in China is Holiday Inn Express, at a record count, with 162 projects/29,599 rooms and Holiday Inn with 57 projects/14,880 rooms. Marriott International's top brands are the full-service Marriott Hotel & Resort, hitting an all-time high, with 67 projects/20,373 rooms and Courtyard with 36 projects/9,321 rooms. Leading brands for JinJiang Holdings are 7 Days Inn with 118 projects/9,296 rooms, and Vienna Hotel with 74 projects/10,360 rooms. AccorHotels' leading brands are hitting all-time highs with 85 Ibis projects/9,214 rooms, and Mercure Hotel with 57 projects/9,948 rooms.
InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG®) and Empire Group announce the signing of a new Kimpton Hotel & Restaurant in Hong Kong today, as IHG expands the boutique luxury brand's presence in Greater China. The signing comes on the heels of the brand's first opening in Asia in March 2019 -Kimpton Da An in Taipei. With the signing of Kimpton in Hong Kong, the brand now has five hotels in the development pipeline across Greater China, all located in tier one cities and popular travel destinations including Shanghai, Sanya, Nanjing and Beijing.
Types of ownership can be crucial determining factors in hotel firm performance. Indeed, domestic and international institutional shareholders have different effects on the performance of hotel firms in China, according to Dr Henry Tsai of the School of Hotel and Tourism Management (SHTM) at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and his co-researchers. In a recent study, the researchers found that firms with high levels of state ownership performed poorly in terms of future growth potential, but the effects of domestic and international shareholders were rather more complex.
Cordis, Dongqian Lake, Ningbo opens today, claiming its mantle as the first Cordis resort by Langham Hospitality Group as well as the fifth property in the global Cordis portfolio.
This Hotel Yearbook 2020 China Special Edition - 酒店旅遊創新年鑒 中國特輯 was produced for HFTP, coinciding with CHTA Connecting Travellers Conference - 未来旅行者大会 2019 which took place from May 28-30 in Shanghai Marriott Hotel Parkview. 100+ innovative companies, nearly 2000 attendees from China local and global well-known hotel management groups, capitalists (owners & ventures), airlines, OTAs, scenic spots and etc. are expected to be here. And more than 100 Chinese and Western C level cross-border top leadership will get together to share their most innovative thoughts.
Dusit has signed a management agreement with Jiangxi Honglv Real Estate for a Dusit Thani hot springs resort in China.
During a media event, Las Vegas Sands and Sands China Ltd. executives and international businessman David Beckham revealed more details about The Londoner Macao, the British-themed reimagining of the company's existing Sands Cotai Central Cotai Stripintegrated resort.
Suzhou 22 May 2019 - Shangri-La Group today announced that Shangri-La Hotel, Suzhou Yuanqu is set to open on 1 June 2019. This makes it the second hotel in Suzhou, China for the luxury Asian hospitality group. The first Suzhou hotel, Shangri-La Hotel, Suzhou, was opened in 2007 and is also located in the city's core business district.
Accor has expanded its portfolio of luxury hotels with the opening of the Raffles Shenzhen.
Meliá Hotels International, the leading Spanish hotel group, today announces to deepen the strategic partnership with Ctrip and to launch a flagship store on the leading online travel agency's Chinese website and mobile app.