Regal Hotels International is pleased to announce the signing of a 5-star airport hotel project with Xi’an Xianyang International Airport Co., Ltd. in Xi’an, China.
Boutique hotels took off in China at a time when high-ranking branded hotels began to expand frenziedly despite a stagnant occupancy rate.
The time commitment alone that is required to create and operate a successful sales plan and marketing campaign, even when an individual has the necessary background, is enormous.
China’s recent economic slowdown hasn’t deterred hotel companies from trying to better their foothold in the densely populated nation.
Rising tourism and business travel – especially from within China – will buoy Shanghai"s hotel sector in the next five years, despite present concerns over excess supply and a talent shortage, analysts say.
Ordinary people in China wanting to experience what life is like in space can now stay in new budget hotel rooms modeled on an astronaut"s living quarters.
Technology and online hospitality experts believe many hoteliers are losing business and wasting opportunities when it comes to technology.
Average daily rates paid by leisure hotel guests climbed +9.2% in March over 2011, beating the previous record of +8.3% set in December over 2010, according to the latest data from Pegasus Solutions.
The first capsule-themed hotel on the Chinese mainland has been fully booked following its debut in Xi"an, Shanxi province on Tuesday, the Chinanews.com reports.
Craig Platt heads to a rocky retreat rated one of the best hotels in the world.
As we approach the busy summer travel season, one trend is holding strong, at least according to top luxury hotel brands: People are traveling more, often for longer periods of time, with extended families, friends, and children. They want their hard-earned time away to be worth it, with money going towards both value-added and exclusive experiences.
The Grand Hotel Taipei, a Chinese palace-style structure standing conspicuously on a Taipei hill, is marking its 60th anniversary next month.
While those skills are important, we cannot lose sight of the fact that we must be equally, if not more, apt at "networking socially."
The report shows the percentage of hotels with cheaper rates on their own brand site compared to their rates on other OTAs.
AN EXTRAORDINARY hotel is being built in a disused quarry near Shanghai.
There are attractive traditional screens in the restaurant and artwork that gives far more of a local feel than does the rather bland exterior. The lobby of the three-star hotel is also unmistakably Chinese, even if the rooms themselves are more generic.
China’s slowing economy isn’t deterring CEOs of the world’s biggest international hotel chains, who describe the Chinese market as the “most important in the world” and are keeping their aggressive expansion plans for the country intact.
China’s resort city of Sanya is expected to face a “huge correction” in its hotel market in the next two years as the supply of luxury accommodation triples by early 2013, the head of its tourism association said.
Chinese visitors to London are yet to show the same appetite for the UK capital’s luxury hotels as for more international brands.
International companies have long sought to break into China"s domestic market and tap hundreds of millions of potential new customers. One example is the Marriott hotel chain, which plans to open one new hotel a month for at least the next three years. However, as competition heats up, one of the toughest challenges is finding enough qualified employees.
A Candlewood Suites hotel near Dallas Love Field airport is ranked No. 11 among Dallas hotels on TripAdvisor, a popular travel website of customer reviews. On Expedia, however, reviewers rank that Candlewood at No. 368.
In today’s marketplace, hotels cannot afford to ignore social media; but looming questions and uncertainties undermine how effectively most hotels use their social media channels. Here"s a new white paper that breaks down social media for hotels into six basic steps or phases.
Guangzhou, Sanya and Xiamen all welcomed a 20 percent growth while Qingdao and Chongqing exceeding 15 percent more visitors.
For the most part, the operators have simply tweaked their tried-and-tested brands to appeal to the Asian market — by beefing up the food-and-beverage element of their hotels,for example. Asian travelers want hotels to be much more than just a place to sleep.