Up till the end of 2012, most five-star hotels on Wanda s properties were managed by international hotel giants like Starwood, Hyatt, Sofitel, and Intercontinental group.
"There is a global travel revolution underway, and the secular trends of rising wealth, rapid urbanization and increasing digital interconnectivity make us as confident as ever about demand for high-end travel, " said Frits van Paasschen, President and CEO of Starwood.
2014 will see a strong shift away from servers and workstations, and to apps and wireless services in the cloud.
As technology is advancing rapidly, digital marketing is constantly evolving. With this in mind, the marketing team at Net Affinity have put together 14 hotel marketing trends for 2014 to keep you up to date.
Last year, Accor, Europe s largest hotelier, revamped its upscale brand - Grand Mercure - to win the loyalty of millions of Chinese who travel domestically and abroad.
Pudong New Area People s Court has agreed to hear a lawsuit involving the leak of more than 20 million residents hotel check-in data.
In this interview, Mr. Chien Lee talks about chasing the middle class, ponders the difficulties currently being faced by the big luxury hotel groups.
It takes tactical thinking to recruit, develop and retain top-notch revenue-management professionals, presenters said during HSMAI’s Revenue Optimization Conference.
Apart from the relaxation of daily quotas, Lai told that local authorities should probably move to swiftly expand the number of mainland Chinese cities whose residents are allowed to visit Taiwan as individual tourists.
"Given that pentahotel Luohe will be in such a visible and high-profile landmark, it is destined to become a popular local gathering place... " Sonia Cheng, CEO of Rosewood Hotel Group.
New World Beijing Hotel has made its debut on Nov. 22, 2013 as the first five-star hotel in Chongwenmen, one of Beijing’s fastest growing commercial areas.
The complex project involves a total investment of US$3 billion from the Middle East Gulf Investment Group and Hong Kong Hua Tong Investment Co., Ltd.
In an overall survey around guest loyalty, one of the biggest contributors to guest attrition rates was found to be the noise level of the hotel when the guest was trying to sleep.
Hotel Indigo is about to turn 10 years old, and Mary Winslow, brand management director, for Hotel Indigo in the Americas, is excited to discuss the brand s evolution and growth.
The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), penned with the Hainan Tourism Development Commission and HNA Hotel Group, is aimed at driving the vacation rental market in Hainan.
Looking to attract China’s wealthy travelers for both business and pleasure, five-star hotels are opening at an exponential rate across China’s second- and third-tier cities.
The Hyatt Zilara brand exclusively focuses on adults, while Hyatt Ziva focuses on families. Both brands will debut this month in Mexico.
“There is no slow-up in local investors investing,” Solomons said. “There is more political uncertainty than we are used to, but if you have long-debt debts and planning, then you can sort yourself out in the short term.”
"The needs and desires of today s business travelers are changing and hotel brands that don t know their customers intimately will quickly lose a share of the market, " says Brian McGuinness, Starwood Hotels senior VP of specialty select brands.
There are two basic ways to evaluate and monitor any staff within any department and it is a shame that most managers wait until something goes wrong to focus on either of them.
"We are delighted to officially open and introduce the Langham Place brand in this dynamic city, " says Brett Butcher, chief executive officer of Langham Hospitality Group.
This isn’t the first time that online travel agencies (OTAs) like Expedia and Bookings.com have been in hot water.
The Pareto principle (also known as the 80–20 rule, the law of the vital few and the principle of factor sparsity) states that for many events, roughly 80% of the effects come from 20% of the causes.
Many of the creative and innovative business strategies seem to make perfect sense at the time when the presenters are positively energized and enthused by their own latest ideas, and by their potential revenue enhancement implications.
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