CAAC Will Gradually Lift Limits On Air Ticket Pricing

In order to offer more choices to passengers, the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) will further improve the air ticket pricing mechanisms under the guidance of the government. According to Gao Hongfeng, deputy director of CAAC, the air ticket pricing reform is quite complicated now that it involves the interests of many different parties. […]

Shanghai Welcomes Year Of The Dog

For an auspicious start of the Year of the Dog, visitors at Hilton Shanghai enjoyed the lion dance performance in the hotel lobby with the dotting of the eyes by the hotel General Manager Volkmar Ruebel and vegetable offering 'cai qing', which brings good luck and prosperity to all.

Holiday Inn Lido Earns Accolades

Manfred Schneider, the General Manager of Holiday Inn Lido Beijing, recently received the Model Team Award of the Forbidden Cup by the Beijing Tourism Bureau. The hotel's front office also earned the Best Service Team award.

Establish the Hotel Guest Relationship: FRONT!

We are in the Experience Era. Hospitality businesses, a vibrant segment of Retail, must reconsider how they frame their product and service for the Guest in a sensory fashion. Starbucks is not about coffee. Lexus and Harley Davidson are not about their wheels.

Lion Dance At The Kerry In Beijing

To welcome the Chinese New Year of the Dog, a typical Chinese Lion Dance was organized in lobby of The Kerry Centre Hotel, Beijing and hotel guests enjoyed the show. The Resident Manager, Atiq Rehman, dotted the eyes to wake up the lion for bringing more good luck and happiness for the coming year.

Super 8 Hotels China CEO Earns Tourism Award

Super 8 Hotels CEO Mitch Presnick was heralded as one of the 2005’s 10 Most Influential People in Chinese Tourism at a ceremony in the Chinese Great Hall of the People last month. The event was co-hosted by the Beijing Youth Daily newspaper and the Chinese Youth Tourism League. The League and industry experts evaluated […]

Gamper Gets GM Job In Shanghai

Dieter Gamper has been appointed General Manager of All Suites Hotel Shanghai. A native of Austria, Gamper has over twenty years of experience in the hospitality industry in various countries such as Switzerland, Austria, Russia, Australia, Vietnam and China. Prior to join Howard Johnson, Dieter worked for some renowned hotel chains such as Raffles, New […]