Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts will open a Customer Contact Centre in China in March 2013.
Regionally, properties in North America were the most upbeat about 2013, with 82 per cent of participants saying they felt optimistic about business profitability this year.
New 539-room hotel in Sha Tin will be global brand’s second largest property in portfolio with an intuitive lobby design featuring high-tech GoBoard, flexible work and social area, and modern dining.
The challenge, said CEO Frits van Paasschen, is finding a brand for sale.
Wyndham added more gross rooms to its development slate last year than during any year in the company’s history.
Kempinski Hotels, one of Europe"s oldest luxury hotel groups, is adding to its portfolio of 75 properties by opening three hotels in China and another in India.
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. announced the appointment of Benjamin Ye as the General Manager of Sheraton Shenzhen Futian Hotel.
Accor announces the development of three newly built hotels in Myanmar – an MGallery hotel in Naypyidaw, Novotel Yangon Max, and Novotel Mandalay Mingalar – representing the group’s 18th market in the region.
When it comes to future projects, he said Ritz-Carlton was seeing the most opportunity in Asia, “especially China”, with markets in the Middle East coming a “very close” second.
Too often CEOs fall in love with their ideas instantaneously, and then present them to the board without giving enough thought to how the board will react.
"The information is absolutely wrong," Indika Manoj, the resort"s front office manager,said yesterday. The hotel had never discriminated against tourists from China.
With guests paying up to US$18,000 per night, Burj Al Arab GM Heinrich Morio loves his job -- just don"t mention that "seven star" rating.
The first W Hotels property in mainland China is about to open at the end of the month.
Foreign enterprises have a significant impact on the industry’s development and have introduced brand and chain management concepts and higher service standards to China.
“There is this lagging perception, and that is why we’re going through the U.S. portfolio of the Ws and seeing which ones still belong with the brand the way it’s newly conceived, and those that don’t.”
Alice Harrington-Caravello has been appointed Vice President, Global Corporate Sales at Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. in Stamford - NY, United States.
From analyzing vendors to shifts toward cloud-based systems to technology governance, the chief information officers and chief technology officers of today’s hotel companies have little time left for innovation.
Luxury hotel group MGM Resorts International is setting sights on China in its drive to expand the global reach of its brands, company leaders say.
Recently, Crowne Plaza Chengdu Panda Garden has announced the appointment of Mr. Gino Liu as Director of Sales.
Hotel occupancy in the Asia Pacific region rose sharply in January 2013, as demand rose due to Chinese New Year.
Starwood Asia Pacific Hotels & Resorts (Starwood) will be launching more than 30 properties this year, including the Sheraton Colombo Hotel, W Guangzhou and the world’s largest Aloft Hotel in Kuala Lumpur Sentral.
Carson Rezidor Hotel Group has announced that it plans to open 77 new hotels in 2013, as it continues with its ‘Ambition 2015′ growth strategy.
Carrying out a survey in January 2013 of over 8,600 travellers from all over the world, Hotels.com revealed what the average Singaporean guest is looking for when choosing where to stay.
Hyatt Hotels has launched a brand new Park Hyatt in Busan, which is the tenth Park Hyatt property in Asia and the second in South Korea.
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