It’s a faux pas that would have earned little more than a few raised eyebrows a decade ago, but not anymore.
Affluent Chinese travelers do not think highly of domestic Chinese hotel brands, reported Asian market research firm CAP Strategic earlier this year. But all this is set to change soon as more homegrown luxury hotel brands up the ante in China’s domestic hospitality business.
A recent study reveals the most searched-for luxury hotel brands by Chinese netizens. And the list contains some surprises.
Survival means getting it right, though. You need to keep up your volume of sales--avoiding a customer exodus--while using a price increase to sustain the necessary margin.
Typically lacking their foreign counterpart"s hospitality acumen, most Chinese hotels have competed for the market"s middle and lower tiers, and few have ventured overseas.
Digital Luxury Group, the first international company to create luxury industry market intelligence and use this strategic viewpoint to develop unique digital marketing and strategies for luxury brands, in a first-time partnership with Luxury Concierge China, a travel service and consultancy based in Shanghai and Luxury Society, the world’s largest community of luxury executives, unveil for the first time a ranking of the top 15 most-searched f
Hotels should have direct access to their website from all review sites and OTAs, focus on mobile and consider rate parity to funnel bookings to direct channels and protect hotels" reputation.
The Luxury Collection of Hotels & Resorts, a luxurious hotel brand from Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, will be opening ten hotels and resorts in cities and resort destinations globally within the next year.
7 Days Group Holdings Limited ("7 Days Group" or the "Company") (NYSE: SVN), a leading economy hotel chain based in China, today announces an update on its business strategy and share repurchase program.
The Luxury Collection Hotels and Resorts, a brand from US-based Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide, has opened its 80th property in Jakarta, Indonesia.
The rising trend that is seen in the property value and the GDP growth are also two major reasons for this demand. There are millions of millionaires in china with personal wealth of RMB 10 or more who are contributing in this.
The Atlantic Hotel is delighted to welcome new Hotel Manager, Elizabeth Ballinger, to join its award-winning team.
Get ready for some teambuilding and brainstorming—corporate group travel is heating up again as companies (long skittish about the stigma known as the “AIG effect”) are slowly resuming retreats and conventions in luxury resort locations.
SMALL Luxury Hotels of the World (SLH) will open a representative office in Shanghai in the second quarter, as part of efforts to boost the hotel consortium’s presence in China.
Crowne Plaza Hunter Valley has appointed a new general manager, David Bark. Effective today, David will oversee the hotel’s operations, leveraging his strengths and expertise in conferences and events.
上周末,现身大连的万达集团董事长王健林比以往消瘦不少,身上的西装有些明显宽松了。这次的瘦身并不是由于压力太大,相反,在全国房地产一片调控的凄风冷雨中,万达是为数不多的逆势上扬的企业。
Crowne Plaza Beirut Hotel, the Mediterranean Sea hotel, has recently announced the appointment of Mr. Fady Sawaya as the new General Manager.
Dolce Hotels and Resorts, Rockleigh, New Jersey, continues to expand throughout the U.S. and Europe with new hotels under development in Vittel, France, and Velas, Portugal. In early 2013, the upscale conference hotel-focused management company with 24 hotels operating today will open The Alexander in Indianapolis, which will anchor the US$155 million CityWay project.
Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE: HOT) today announced it has reached an agreement with Lilianfels Hotel Blue Mountains Pty Ltd and Echoes Hotel Blue Mountains Pty Ltd to rebrand Lilianfels and Echoes resorts in Blue Mountains, Australia.
Fabrice Moizan, currently Resident Manager of Paris" Hotel Fouquet"s Barrière, will officially be appointed General Manager of the hotel on March 5, 2012.
上海兰生大酒店是一家1991年开业的四星级酒店,曾经在开业头12年以平均年创利润24%以上的盈利能力为同行所羡慕,1996年,该酒店全年营收1亿多元,经营毛利达4000多万元,创下当时上海酒店业的历史最高纪录。今天,兰生虽不再是上海东北角最高、最豪华的酒店,但业绩依然让人欣慰:2010年创收8000多万元,2011年还在高星级酒店餐饮外卖服务上独占鳌头。
7 Days Group Holdings Limited("7 Days" or the "Company"), a leading economy hotel chain based in China, announced today that it has completed its acquisition of 100% ownership of Hunan Huatian Star Hotel Management Limited ("Huatian Star") from Huatian Star"s parent company, Huatian Hotel Group Co. Ltd.
Steve Shalitof Leawood is complex general manager for Westin Crown Center and Sheraton Kansas City Hotel at Crown Center (formerly Hyatt Regency Crown Center). The two hotels, which have a combined 1,450 rooms and 150,000 square feet of meeting space, are owned by a subsidiary of Hallmark and, as of last month, are managed by the same company, Starwood Hotels and Resorts of White Plains, N.Y. Both hotels will be renovated in the next two years.