The capital city of Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, has recently hosted the 59th Meeting of the UNWTO Commission for Africa. Held between 18-21 April, the Commission included a High-level Meeting on Chinese Outbound Tourism to Africa, where regional representatives debated the potential that the sector brings to the continent.
IHG® (InterContinental Hotels Group), one of the world's leading hotel companies, has today unveiled HUALUXE® Zhangjiakou as its 300th open property in Greater China. The hotel becomes IHG's fifth for the HUALUXE® Hotels and Resorts brand and the only international-branded, upscale hotel in Zhangjiakou, Hebei Province, one of the host cities for the 2022 Winter Olympic Games. IHG is a leading international hotel company in Greater China and has more than 30 years of experience in the region, having opened its first Holiday Inn® hotel in Beijing in 1984. Since then we have continued to grow, opening our 100th hotel in 2008 and 200th just five years later in 2013. In 2016 alone, we signed more than 80 hotel deals – the most ever. As IHG has grown, it has become the one of the industry's largest employers and an important contributor to the Chinese economy. IHG employs 65,000 people across our hotels and corporate offices, more than 95% of which are local Chinese.
Hilton (NYSE: HLT) today announced the opening of Hilton Quanzhou Riverside, Hilton's 100thhotel in Greater China. Hilton Quanzhou Riverside is also the first Hilton Hotels & Resorts property in Fujian and the brand's 40th in Greater China. The 25-story, 296-room riverfront hotel is located in the heart of Quanzhou, Fujian Province's largest metropolitan area and an important economic center in southeastern China that continues to support the corporate, MICE and leisure travel segments.
Hilton (NYSE: HLT) today announced the opening of Hilton Quanzhou Riverside, Hilton's 100thhotel in Greater China. Hilton Quanzhou Riverside is also the first Hilton Hotels & Resorts property in Fujian and the brand's 40th in Greater China. The 25-story, 296-room riverfront hotel is located in the heart of Quanzhou, Fujian Province's largest metropolitan area and an important economic center in southeastern China that continues to support the corporate, MICE and leisure travel segments.
Hilton (NYSE: HLT) today announced the opening of Hilton Jiuzhaigou Resort, marking Hilton's debut in Jiuzhaigou, Sichuan Province. Home to a UNESCO World Heritage national park famed for its natural beauty and biodiversity, Jiuzhaigou offers travelers a stunning getaway on the edge of the Tibetan plateau. Hilton Jiuzhaigou Resort features 426 rooms, suites and villas set on the lush hillside of the Min Mountains.
Mr. Florian Heiner demonstrates over 20 years overall experience and over 10 years in General Management in China within multi international & Asia-Pacific regional hotel groups, premier & upscale luxury and life style luxury brands in world’s leading resorts and urban destinations; Berlin, New York City, Singapore, Bangkok, Greater China various cities, Shanghai and Brisbane-G20 summit.
Hilton (NYSE: HLT) has named Qian Jin as the company's first area president for Greater China and Mongolia. It comes at a time when Hilton prepares to celebrate its 100th hotel opening in Greater China, with more than 230 hotels in the pipeline.
2016 results on expenditure from major outbound markets reflect increasing demand for international tourism across the world, as reported in the latest UNWTO World Tourism Barometer. With a 12% increase in spending, China continued to lead international outbound tourism, followed by the United States, Germany, the United Kingdom and France as top five spenders.
Business activity for China's hoteliers stayed flat in January according to the latest reading of the country's Hotel Industry Pulse (HIP). e−forecasting.com's China HIP - a business analytic which tracks monthly overall business conditions in China's hotel industry - remained unchanged in January at previous month reading of 95.8. HIP index is set to equal 100 in 2010.
Shimao Property Holdings Limited (SEHK:813), a leading Chinese property developer and operator, and Starwood Capital Group, a leading global private investment firm, announced today that controlled affiliates of the two companies will establish a new hotel joint venture based in China. Under the terms of the agreement, the venture will be owned 51% by Shimao and 49% by Starwood Capital Group.
TOPHOTELPROJECTS World Tour recently celebrated the success of the inaugural event of their second world tour in Macau. The event was the first in a series of six day-long conferences to be held over 2017 that explore developments and opportunities in a number of key markets. The Macau event took place on March 21st in the Parisian Hotel Macau and was a great day of networking, panel discussions and prize-giving.
Overseas destination marketing organisations (DMOs) wanting to improve their marketing strategies in China should consider expanding their social media presence, according to Assistant Professor Dan Wang of the School of Hotel and Tourism Management (SHTM) at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and a co-author. In a recently published study, the researchers highlight the variability in overseas DMOs' use of social media for marketing in what they describe as "China's unique social media landscape". The DMOs need to better understand that landscape, they argue, to gain access to its large audiences and the opportunity to build relationships with very many potential consumers.
The power of tourism to induce poverty reduction and development constituted the main focus of the UNWTO Workshop held in Guangdong, China. The workshop was conducted under the framework of the agreement signed between UNWTO and the Chimelong Group in 2016 designed to support sustainable tourism and wildlife protection through tourism.
This week at HOTELEX Shanghai 2017, Ming Fai will unveil a new multi-device charger for guestrooms that features unmatched versatility in its charging output. Not only can the new Kube Essentials alarm clock power ALL mobile electronics, including smartphones, tablets, cameras, and wearable technologies, but it's AC output enables guests to charge laptops. With a small footprint and an even smaller price, the new Kube Essentials from Kube Systems will be on display in stand E3J01 at the Shanghai New International Expo Center March 28 to 31.
WATG is pleased to unveil the design for Four Seasons Tianjin, located in the heart of China's fourth largest metropolis. Rising above the city's central business district and steps away from the main retail area and historic quarter, the 210-metre tower and podium offer 259 hotel guest rooms, 90 residential units and 5,000 square-metres of retail space.
Autograph Collection Hotels, part of Marriott International (NASDAQ: MAR), today announced the opening of The Shanhaitian Resort Sanya, Autograph Collection, marking the brand's debut in China. The hotel joins the Collection's ensemble of more than 100 strikingly independent properties around the world that are exactly like nothing else and share the brand's values of vision, design and craft. This marks a milestone for the brand, as AutographCollection Hotels continues to lengthen its lead as the fastest growing brand in its category. On track to reach 200 hotels in the next five years, Autograph Collection Hotels will expand its presence in Asia Pacific with upcoming openings in Indonesia, Malaysia, South Korea, China and the Philippines.
Hilton (NYSE: HLT) today announced the opening of Hilton Linzhi Resort in China's Tibet Autonomous Region. Hilton Linzhi Resort is Hilton's first hotel in the region and home to Tibet's first nine-hole golf course. Located between the Himalayas and Yarlung Zangbo River, Hilton Linzhi Resort sits atop 800 lush acres dotted with big flower peonies (Paeonia Ludlowii), a symbol of traditional Tibetan medicine.
Uber may have become the latest in a long line of Western tech firms to have failed in China, but fellow gig economy darling Airbnb is determined to succeed in the Middle Kingdom.
Today, the company announced a new brand for its China-based business and the local launch of Trips, its travel services feature. Beyond those launches, the firm pledged to increase its local presence via plans to triple its headcount in China and double its investment in the country.
China's hotel brands are going global to cater to millions of Chinese who are traveling abroad nowadays. In this podcast, EHL professors Yong Chen and Maggie Chen discuss the phenomenal growth in Chinese tourism, both domestically and internationally.
Christine Wang brings with her around 14 years of expertise in Sales, Marketing and Catering Management. She joins Le Royal Meridien Shanghai from Hilton Hongqiao Shanghai where she held the position of Director of Business Development since 2014. In pursuit of excellence, she creatively tested business models resulting in a hight growth in total revenue and GOP and leading the hotel to the No. 1 Revenue contributor in Hilton Greater China. With savvy leadership, creativity and strategic thinking, she was also selected and participated into SHINE GM program in Hilton APAC region in 2016. An accomplished strategic thinker and effective communicator, she worked at various position levels with responsibility for sales, marketing, revenue and team development across a wide range of international hotels including Marriott Hongqiao, Hyatt on the Bund and Sofitel Hyland Shanghai.In her new position, Christine will be responsible for driving the overall sales and marketing strategy of Le Royal Meridien Shanghai with 761 rooms, where she will also oversee the daily operations of the hotel Sales, Marketing Communications, Online Marketing, MICE, Event & Catering, bringing her expertise to further enhance the hotel's reputation as one of the leading business hotels in China.