Featuring 330 modern guestrooms and stunning suites, Langham Place, Xiamen is nestled in the heart of the business hub of the city. It will also offer extensive meeting spaces. These include the Star Room on the 22nd floor overlooking the city, a grand ballroom, and extensive flexible meeting facilities with breakout areas.
The Indian Hotels Company Limited (IHCL) has signed a Memorandum of Co-operation for a Joint Venture with Yunnan Tourism Co. Ltd to engage in development, construction, operation and management of two hotels in Kunming Expo Garden, situated in Yunnan province of southwest China. Kunming is a gateway to China, connecting Southeast Asia, South Asia, Middle East, Europe and Africa, and is just a two-hour flight from Kolkata, India.
Ningbo, a prosperous city with a history of foreign trade since the 7th century, is a two-and-a-half hour drive from Shanghai and is a key driver of the economy on the east coast of China. Located on the banks of Dong Qian Lake, one of the most scenic areas in the region, Park Hyatt Ningbo Resort and Spa is surrounded by tea plantations, ancient Buddhist temples, caves, and stone carvings, and working fishing villages-a landscape that is reminiscent of a classical Chinese painting.
The Chinese hotel market's performance has remained positive year-to-November, with revenue per available room (RevPAR) growing 2.8 percent compared with the previous year, according to STR Global, the leading provider of market data to the hotel industry. Tracking more than 315,000 daily rooms across China and reporting on 22 cities, STR Global analysed the performance of the burgeoning secondary cities-cities with less than 10 million inhabitants. Most of the reviewed cities reported higher RevPAR growth YTD than the national average.
The 214-room Eaton Luxe, Xinqiao, Shanghai is scheduled to open in late 2012. Located midst the high-end residential areas inside the Songjiang district, just moments from the Shanghai Metro, the five-star property features comprehensive business and leisure facilities including a Grand Ballroom and multiple function rooms with natural light. The property also offers the Eaton signature elements of an E-Club Lounge, an all-day dining restaurant - Espresso, the T Lounge, Yat Tung Heen Chinese restaurant, an indoor swimming pool, spa, Exert fitness centre and Exhale Tai Chi Room.
InterContinental Hotels Group PLC Wednesday said it will launch a new upscale hotel chain in China in the next six months and eventually export the brand across the booming economies of Asia Pacific as it strives to become the operator of choice for increasingly wealthy Chinese travellers at home and abroad.
The beginning of the recovery for China's hotel market began in 2010 and in 2011 demand increased further for rooms. Hotel executives still believe that China is a safe haven for luxury hotels, despite the occupancy rate for 2011 hovering at around 60 percent. The "super five-star" Waldorf Astoria hotel in Shanghai, which opened in April 2011. Hotel operators continued to strengthen their foothold in China in 2011 despite the competitive market.
CapitaLand's wholly-owned serviced residence business unit, The Ascott Limited (Ascott), has clinched contracts to manage two properties in Foshan and Hong Kong SAR. The latest additions further strengthen Ascott's leadership position as the largest international serviced residence owner-operator in China with over 7,000 apartment units in 40 properties across 17 cities. The 186-unit premier Ascott M-City Foshan, which is Ascott's first serviced residence in Foshan, is slated to open in 2016. The 71-unit Somerset Victoria Park Hongkong will be Ascott's second serviced residence in Hong Kong when it opens in 2013. Ascott currently owns and operates Citadines Ashley Hongkong which is located in the bustling Tsim Sha Tsui district.
A series of case studies, presented at the first China Responsible Tourism Forum (CRTF) in Beijing on December 16, confirmed that responsible tourism is firmly on the agenda among small and medium-sized enterprises in China.
The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) has announced the PATA China Advisory Board at the first China Responsible Tourism Forum, organized by PATA, in co-operation with the Organising Committee of the China International Heritage Towns Exposition.
The Sydney Morning Herald points out that when China hacked into Google and Intel their motives were pretty clear, but that this most recent attack on iBahn, took some looking into. Partnered with companies like Cisco, Verizon, and iPass — iBahn offers secure Internet access to millions of global hotel guests every day. One of iBahn's largest clients is Marriott International, which holds meetings for multinational companies.
IHG (InterContinental Hotels Group), the world's largest hotel group by number of rooms, has signed a two-brand hotel management contact with Yanlord Land Group Limited (Yanlord Land Group) today, to further strengthen its leadership position in Sanya, one of the China's most popular resort destinations. This signing also marks a strategic step of both companies into the newly developed Haitang Bay in Sanya. The new Crowne Plaza Sanya Haitang Bay and Hotel Indigo Sanya Haitang Bay complex, to open in 2014, creates a completely new development concept.
Hilton Hotels & Resorts today announced the opening of its second hotel in Nanjing. Hilton Nanjing Riverside, the second Hilton property to open in Nanjing in less than a month, is located on the lower reaches of the Yangtze River - Asia's longest river, and is seven kilometers from the Central Business District and 45 kilometers from the Nanjing Lukou International Airport.
Hilton Worldwide and Les Roches Jin Jiang International Hotel Management College (LRJJ), China’s top international hospitality management school[1], today signed an agreement to cultivate talent for China’s rapidly expanding hospitality industry. Under the Hilton Class program, Hilton Worldwide will offer students from LRJJ’s hospitality course rigorous workplace training and other curricula designed to equip them for successful careers in hospitality.
A signing ceremony between the China National Tourism Administration ("CNTA") and HNA Group for the global expansion of HNA Group's tourism operations was held in Haikou, China on 30 November. Tourism officials, officials from the Hainan Provincial Party Committee as well as HNA Group board chairman Chen Feng, board member and executive president Li Xianhua, HNA Group board member and HNA Tourism Holding (Group) ("HNA Tourism") chairman Liu Jiaxu, HNA Group board member Chen Wenli, Hainan Airlines chairman and president Wang Yingming and HNA Tourism executive chairman and CEO Zhang Ling were present.
What could have been a dull security conference in Canada yesterday turned into a pretty interesting one when a former diplomat discussed how the Chinese government gets at foreign political targets and high-profile business people. The Chinese government uses "sexpionage" - often in hotels - to get the job done, former Canadian diplomat Brian McAdam told conference goers, according to accounts by Canadian news outlets including the National Post and Vancouver Sun.
This partnership covers 15 Campanile hotels in the five French cities most frequently visited by Chinese tourists (Paris, Bordeaux, Lyon, Marseille and Nice) and 15 Jin Jiang Inn hotels in the three Chinese cities most popular with French tourists (Shanghai, Xi'an and Beijing).
A graduate of Cornell University School of Hotel Administration, Mr. Rolfs is no stranger to Ritz-Carlton as he spent more than 19 years with the group as a senior leader.
China Lodging Group, Limited (NASDAQ: HTHT) ("China Lodging Group" or the "Company"), a leading and high-growth economy hotel chain operator in China, today provided an update on the Company's hotel operating performance in October 2011. In October 2011, the RevPAR (revenue per available room) came in at RMB176, representing an increase of 6% from September, due to normal seasonality.
The forum aims to help, protect and preserve the heritage and culture of ancient villages in China, while responsibly developing these villages to boost tourism. The forum will discuss the threat that mass tourism poses to these communities and their residents. More importantly, the forum will highlight the value tourism may bring if executed thoughtfully. Consumer travel trends indicate that tourists want to travel responsibly and connect with people and culture in an authentic way.