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May 23, 2016

Anthony Quin has been appointed as General Manager at Moevenpick Hotel Enshi

Swiss hotel-management company Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts has appointed General Manager Anthony Quin to head the team at Mövenpick Hotel Enshi in Hubei province, China. The move follows a spate of recent senior hires in Asia, including the Philippines and Thailand, as the upscale hospitality company sets its sights on further growth in the region. Australian national, Mr Quin started his career with Intercontinental Hotels Group, remaining with the company for eight years in a number of positions throughout Australia and Canada.

Mövenpick

Enshi, China

May 18, 2016

eRevMax wins big with NH Hotel Group China

NH Hotel Group China, the joint-venture company of NH Hotel Group and HNA Hospitality Group, has selected eRevMax to provide channel management and business intelligence solutions for its managed properties. The properties will be using RateTiger Shopper & Channel Manager to monitor and manage rates and availability across multiple online sales channels from a single platform. The group has also subscribed to Managed Rate Services to receive competitive price intelligence reports for better rate management.

eRevMax Ltd.

Beijing, China

May 18, 2016

DoubleTree by Hilton Debuts in Suzhou City

Hilton Worldwide (NYSE: HLT) and DoubleTree by Hilton today announced the opening of DoubleTree by Hilton Suzhou, which marks the debut of the DoubleTree by Hilton brand in Suzhou City, one of China's busiest cities and a core city within the Yangtze River Delta economic zone. DoubleTree by Hilton Suzhou is owned by Suzhou Broadcasting System and managed by Hilton Worldwide.

Hilton

Suzhou, China

May 17, 2016

Hilton Garden Inn Debuts in Foshan City, China

Hilton Garden Inn, Hilton Worldwide's (NYSE: HLT) upscale global brand of hotels, today announced the opening ofHilton Garden Inn Foshan. Owned by Foshan Nanhai Environmental Engineering Co. Ltd. and managed by Hilton Worldwide, Hilton Garden Inn Foshan brings 236 new rooms to the Hilton Garden Inn brand of more than 675 hotels worldwide. Hilton Garden Inn Foshan is the brand's first hotel in Foshan.

Hilton

Foshan, China

Press Release Technology

May 17, 2016

Louis T Collection and WIHP Open New Doors For Chinese Travellers

As Chinese travellers leave the comfort zone of the group tour for do-it-yourself exploration, a new partnership between a fledgling hotel group and a marketing services company is pointing the way. Louis T Collection (Louis T) and WIHP's (World Independent Hotels Promotion) has launched ChinaConnect, a tailored Chinese language service for hotels, with their first property, Hotel Ares Eiffel in Paris.

Louis T Collection

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Supplier News Technology

May 11, 2016

Agilysys Executives to Participate on G2E Asia Panels at Macau Event

Agilysys, Inc. (Nasdaq: AGYS), a leading global provider of next-generation hospitality software solutions and services, today announced that its President and CEO, Jim Dennedy, and its Senior Vice President of Global Revenue, Jim Walker, will both be featured on industry panels at the upcoming Global Gaming Expo Asia (G2E Asia), which will be held May 15-17 at The Venetian Macao. Every year, more than 95% of Asian casino operators attend G2E Asia to look for cutting-edge products and solutions and gather upcoming industry trends.

Agilysys

Press Release Operations & Strategy

May 11, 2016

IHG Launches New Franchise Model for Holiday Inn Express Brand in China

IHG® (InterContinental Hotels Group), one of the world's leading hotel companies, today announces the launch of a new franchise model for its Holiday Inn Express brand in China. The new model, called Franchise Plus, has been specifically tailored for the Chinese market and provides owners with all of the benefits of operating a franchise model, but with additional benefits and features from IHG's managed model.

IHG

Press Release Sales & Marketing

May 10, 2016

U.S. Hotels Make Chinese Travelers Feel at Home

In a growing number of U.S. hotels, fried noodles and congee are joining the bacon and eggs on the breakfast buffet, chopsticks are lining up alongside the forks and staff are being trained to say "huanying" as well as "welcome". Chinese travelers are flocking to America – where they're being welcomed with open arms particularly following a 2014 visa agreement, which extends business and tourism visas from China to the US (and vice versa) from one year to 10 years.

JLL

May 9, 2016

Dusit Announces A New Luxury Resort In Fuzhou, Fujian Province

Dusit Fudu Hotels and Resorts announces the signing of an agreement with Zheng Heng Group to manage the new deluxe Dusit Thani Resort in Fuzhou, Fujian Province, the first internationally branded hot springs and wellness resort in the area. The agreement was signed by senior executives from both parties at a ceremony held at the flagship Dusit Thani Bangkok hotel on 6 May 2016.

Dusit

Fuzhou, China

May 9, 2016

Allan Wong has been appointed as General Manager at Pan Pacific Tianjin

Pan Pacific Hotels Group (PPHG) is pleased to announce the appointment of Allan Wong as General Manager of Pan Pacific Tianjin, which is located in the largest harbour city of northern China. Allan brings to the Group more than 20 years of extensive experience from managing hotels in the thriving cities of Ningbo, Shenzhen and Tianjin under international brands such as Holiday Inn and Crowne Plaza.

Pan Pacific

Tianjin, China

May 5, 2016

Eric Kee has been appointed as General Manager at Mandarin Oriental, Sanya

Eric Kee will join Mandarin Oriental, Sanya in May from his most recent role as General Manager of Pan Pacific, Xiamen. Eric has 25 years of experience in the hospitality industry. He first joined Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group in 1996 as Senior Assistant Front Office Manager at Mandarin Oriental, Macau. He then worked with several hotel groups in China, Malaysia, Macau and Japan before returning to the Group in 2011 as Hotel Manager for The Excelsior, Hong Kong.

Mandarin Oriental

Sanya, China

May 4, 2016

Hakan Ozel has been appointed as General Manager at China World Summit Wing

A Turkish national and with over 10 years of experience in the Shangri-La family, Mr. Ozel brings strategic thinking and knowledge of hospitality from his diverse and rich career path in Asia and beyond. Prior to his current appointment, he was the general manager of Shangri La Hotel, Tianjin – the first hotel of the Shangri-La group in the city. He was also the resident manager at Shangri-La Hotel, Beijing, where he undertook special projects to improve the hotel and its facilities. He has also worked at other properties the same group in Wenzhou, Shenzhen and Dalian, as well as Indonesia and the Sultanate of Oman.

Shangri-La

Beijing, China

May 3, 2016

Frasers Hospitality To Open 10 New Properties In China

Today marks the official opening of Fraser Place Tianjin by Frasers Hospitality, a division of Frasers Centrepoint Limited, attended by Mr Lawrence Wong, Singapore's Minister for National Development as guest-of-honour. Further deepening its presence in China, Frasers Hospitality also unveiled plans to launch 10 more properties in China's key cities where it has an established presence, Tianjin, Wuxi, Chengdu, Shanghai and Shenzhen, and new market launches in Nanchang, Dalian and Changsha.

Frasers

Press Release Markets & Performance

May 3, 2016

Frasers Hospitality to Launch Modena by Fraser in Changsha

Frasers Hospitality, a division of Frasers Centrepoint Limited, will be launching its refreshed Modena by Fraser serviced residence brand in the capital of the Hunan Province with the opening of Modena by Fraser Changsha this December. Marking Frasers Hospitality's entry into Changsha, this will follow the upcoming launch of Modena by Fraser Bangkok in August 2016, which will also feature Modena by Fraser's new functional and green-living concept.

Frasers

Changsha, China

May 3, 2016

M-Commerce, youth feed China's outbound travel boom - PhocusWright Report

Chinese travelers are relatively inexperienced with overseas trips, but thanks to decades of increasing prosperity, along with the recent easing of visa restrictions, they are making up for lost time. If recent adverse economic events have Mainland households protecting their savings, overseas travel does not seem to be the first budget item to be trimmed, according to a new report from travel industry research authority, Phocuswright. Chinese travelers spent US$205.7 billion, or ¥1.3 trillion, on outbound trips in 2015.

Phocuswright

Press Release Sales & Marketing

May 2, 2016

Group vs. Individual Travel in China [Infographic]

Escorted group tours have been a big part of Chinese travel, both outbound and domestic, since the country's post-1979 reform and opening first made it easier to travel. But in recent years, anecdotal evidence indicates that travelers from the mainland are abandoning these groups for free and independent travel. See the infographic below for more details on this current consumer trend.

Phocuswright

April 29, 2016

Rick Gonzalez has been appointed as Executive Chef at Six Senses Qing Cheng Mountain

Chef Rick Gonzalez comes to Six Senses Qing Cheng Mountain following previous roles at the recently opened Six Senses Douro Valley in Portugal and with Six Senses Zil Pasyon in the Seychelles, opening Fall 2016.

Six Senses

Chengdu, China