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July 1, 2015

Joe Wu has been appointed as Managing Director China & South East Asia at LUX* Resorts & Hotels

LUX* Resorts & Hotels has announced the appointment of Mr. Joe Wu as Managing Director – China & South East Asia to oversee the Mauritius-based group’s expanding presence in China.

The Lux Collective

Supplier News Sales & Marketing

July 1, 2015

SnapShot Raises €25M Led by Shiji Networks to Help Hotels Leverage Big Data

Hotel data and demand management innovators SnapShot GmbH have raised €25M in series B funding to develop an expansive product line of new analytics tools.

June 30, 2015

Alvaro Rautenberg has been named General Manager at The Grand Mansion, A Luxury Collection Hotel

Starwood Hotels and Resorts is pleased to announce that Mr. Wolf-Alvaro Rautenberg has been appointed as the General Manager of The Grand Mansion, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Nanjing. A seasoned hospitality veteran with decades of experience and special expertise with opening new, luxury hotels, Mr. Rautenberg is uniquely suited to open this distinctive new property in 2015.

Starwood

Nanjing, China

June 29, 2015

Six Senses Enters China with the Opening of Six Senses Qing Cheng Mountain

QING CHENG MOUNTAIN, China -- One of the world's most anticipated new resorts and Six Senses entrée into China, Six Senses Qing Cheng Mountain will have its preview opening on August 1, 2015.Located at the picturesque gateway to the country's majestic Qing Cheng mountains, Six Senses Qing Cheng Mountain has been created to complement the UNESCO World Heritage & Natural Cultural site at nearby Dujiangyan. It was in this region known as the homeland of the Giant Pandas that the legendary Silk Road began. The resort, which is situated to the west of the Sichuan Basin, is just over an hour's drive from the regional capital of Chengdu and 48 miles (78 kilometers) from Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport (CTU).

Six Senses

Qing Cheng Mountain, China

June 29, 2015

Mandarin Oriental Announces Another Luxury Hotel In Beijing

Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group has announced that it will manage another luxury property in the heart of Beijing, scheduled to open in 2017, in the Wangfujing district of the capital city. Mandarin Oriental Wangfujing, Beijing will be located in the new premier mixed use centre 'WF CENTRAL' being developed by Wangfu Central Real Estate Development Company Limited, an affiliated company of Hongkong Land.

Mandarin Oriental

Beijing, China

June 23, 2015

Meliá Hotels International disembarks in Shanghai to consolidate growth in China

Meliá Hotels International, the leading Spanish hotel company with more than 370 hotels worldwide, has made further progress to ensure growth in China with the announcement of a new hotel in Shanghai, which will become its eighth property in the country.

Melia

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Press Release Food & Beverage

June 23, 2015

Marriott ‘BANG!’ Contest Offers Shanghai F&B Entrepreneurs ‘Opportunity of a Lifetime’

Marriott International is offering ambitious Shanghai entrepreneurs a chance-of-a-lifetime to make their dream F&B concept come true. The opportunity comes by entering the hospitality group's ground-breaking global 'BANG!' competition. With the promise 'You have the idea, we have the space', Marriott International is inviting ideas for F&B concepts that will reinvent a lounge at Renaissance Shanghai Caohejing Hotel and JAVA+ venues at Marriott Hotel City Centre and Marriott Hotel Luwan.

Marriott

Press Release Sustainability

June 15, 2015

Santiago Cabré has been appointed as General Manager at Wanda Reign Wuhan

Originally from Spain, educated in Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne and Cornell University, Santiago Cabré has 20 years of rich experience in the position of General Manager in the hospitality field, most recently as General Manager of Gran Hotel Bahia del Duque Resort.

Wanda Hotels & Resorts

Wuhan, China

June 12, 2015

Starwood Debuts Element® Brand in Asia Pacific

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE:HOT) today announced the debut of its eco-conscious Element® brand in Asia Pacific with the opening of Element Suzhou Science and Technology Town in Suzhou, China. Owned by Suzhou Science and Technology Town Kexin Cultural Tourism Development Co., LTD., the new Element hotel is set to offer healthy, active travelers a smart and sustainable stay, designed to fuel a balanced life while on the road.

Starwood

Suzhou, China

June 12, 2015

Victor Yan has been appointed as Director of Sales & Marketing at Wanda Reign Wuhan

Victor has extensive marketing experience from international hotel groups including Shangri-La, Accor and New World. He graduated from Wuhan University and obtained Master Degree on Business Administration. He was on the position of Vice Chairman of MBA Association in Wuhan University.

Wanda Hotels & Resorts

Wuhan, China

June 9, 2015

Howard Kwok has been named Deputy General Manager at The Westin Xian

The Westin Xian has recently appointed Mr. Howard Kwok as Deputy General Manager. Prior to Westin, he was a manager at the Yungao Group, a real estate developer with projects in Xi’an, Lhasa and Shanghai. Howard began his career as an analyst in Morgan Stanley. He then became a consultant at McKinsey & Company in China. Howard received a Masters of Business Administration from Harvard Business School in Boston, U.S.A., and has also received a diploma in French Cuisine from the Cordon Bleu in Paris, France. Howard is a native of Hong Kong, and is fluent in Putonghua, Cantonese, English and French.

Starwood

Xian, China

External Article Development

June 8, 2015

Beijing Welcomes The First NUO Hotel Featuring "Modern Ming" Design And Contemporary Art

"Made in China" Luxury Brand NUO has announced the opening of its first flagship, NUO Hotel Beijing, offering highly sensory guest experiences to luxury traveller.

Nuo Hotels

Beijing, China

June 5, 2015

Surging Chinese Investment Has Widespread Global Impact, Especially Hospitality Industry | forbes.com

By Ed Fuller - Earlier this year, I blogged about the excitement in China generated by the news that its Dalian Wanda Group planned to invest $1.09 billion to build and operate a luxury hotel in London. At the time of their announcement (made in the summer of 2013), it was the first luxury hotel venture announced by a Chinese firm outside of China. Since then, Dalian Wanda has added a luxury hotel project in Madrid and, just this past summer, they advised Chicagoans they will open a $900 million skyscraper, the city’s 3rd-tallest building, on Lakeshore Drive East housing a 240-room luxury, 5-star hotel, luxury apartments and retail space in 2018. Additional US markets targeted by Dalian Wanda include New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco.

Forbes

June 5, 2015

Hilton Hotels & Resorts Opens First Hotel in Yunnan, China

Hilton Hotels & Resorts today announced the opening of Hilton Yuxi Fuxian Lake, bringing Hilton's world-class hospitality to picturesque Yunnan Province for the first time. Owned by Yunnan Metropolitan City Investment Group and managed by Hilton Worldwide, Hilton Yuxi Fuxian Lake is located on the northeast coast of landmark destination Fuxian Lake. The hotel exudes a relaxed Mediterranean style, offering 346 luxurious guest rooms with stunning views in an exclusive resort setting in southwest China. This hotel will be the Yunnan Metropolitan City Investment Group's fifth hotel in China.

Hilton

Yunnan, China

June 4, 2015

Ascott Achieves Global Target Of 40,000 Units Through Aggressive Expansion

CapitaLand Limited's wholly owned serviced residence business unit, The Ascott Limited (Ascott), has achieved its target of 40,000 apartment units globally ahead of its planned schedule of end 2015. Ascott has secured 10 new contracts in the growing cities of Nantong, Xiamen, Hangzhou, Tianjin, Wuxi and Nanjing in China, Jakarta in Indonesia, Bangkok and Sri Racha in Thailand as well as Muscat in Oman. This has increased Ascott's portfolio by over 2,000 units to more than 41,000 units in 270 properties across 91 cities in 25 countries, cementing its position as the world's largest international serviced residence owner and operator.

The Ascott Limited

Press Release Sales & Marketing

June 4, 2015

Conrad Partners with City Expert Real Estate Co to Launch Conrad Ningbo in China

Conrad Hotels & Resorts and City Expert Real Estate Co., Ltd today announced the Conrad brand's continued expansion in Asia Pacific with the addition of Conrad Ningbo, scheduled to open in December 2019. Adding to an existing pipeline of more than 10 Conrad properties in Asia Pacific, the 300-room luxury hotel represents another exciting milestone for Conrad as the brand continues to cultivate innovative projects in key destinations globally.

Hilton

Ningbo, China

June 4, 2015

Marco Polo’s General Managers Conference 2015 - Newly Opened Niccolo Chengdu’s First Conference

Marco Polo Hotels chose the recently opened new luxury hotel brand, Niccolo Chengdu, China, for the General Managers Conference to showcase the new direction for the company. General Managers, Food & Beverage Directors and Executive Chefs gathered to take part in a strategic meeting as well as to exchange ideas and best practices during the conference held in May.

Wharf Hotels

Chengdu, China

Press Release Markets & Performance

June 2, 2015

Excerpts: China Hotel Investment Watch 2015

The annual China Hotel Investment Watch, now in its sixth edition, serves as an important indicator of the investment climate in the Chinese hotel market for stakeholders in their effort to evolve the Chinese hotel industry to the next level!

HVS

Press Release Sales & Marketing

May 29, 2015

The Priceline Group Announces Additional Investment in Ctrip

The Priceline Group Inc. (NASDAQ: PCLN) today announced that it will invest an additional $250 million in Ctrip.com International, Ltd. (NASDAQ: CTRP) ("Ctrip"), China's leading online travel company. The investment will be made via a convertible bond and Ctrip has granted permission to The Priceline Group to increase its ownership in Ctrip through the acquisition of Ctrip's American depositary shares in the open market so that, when combined with the shares issuable upon conversion of the new bond and the $500 million convertible bond issued to The Priceline Group in August 2014, The Priceline Group may hold up to 15% of Ctrip's outstanding shares.

The Priceline Group