Martin Moves To Ningbo For Sheraton Promotion
Martin Verpoorten has been appointed the new Executive Assistant Manager and Director of Food and Beverage for the Sheraton Ningbo Hotel.
Rene Schmitt Gets Kempinski Promotion
Kempinski Hotel and Resorts has promoted Rene Schmitt to the Senior Vice President of China Operations. Additionally and within his new capacity he will be Managing Director of Key International Hotels Co., Ltd. the joint venture company with Chinese partners of the Beijing Lufthansa Center. With the ongoing growth of the company in this region, […]
Fine Wine Arrives In Shenzhen
Four Points by Sheraton Shenzhen recently held an exclusive Champagne Master Class event, inviting Veuve Clicquot winemaker, Mr Francois Chirumberro to introduce the tasting notes of the brilliant 1998 vintages of the world's most renowned Champagne. Co-organized by Riche Monde, four brand labels were tasted including the flagship Yellow Label Veuve Clicquot. Francois, specially flown […]
Starwood Plans New Sheraton For Urumqi
Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide and Xinjiang Haotai Industry Development Company have announced an agreement whereby Starwood will manage the Sheraton Urumqi Hotel in China.
Korean Air Initiates Xinjiang Flights
Korean Air plans to launch scheduled services to Urumqi connecting passengers to the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in Western China effective June 4, 2005. Korean Air is the first international carrier to begin regular operations to Urumqi.
ANA And Shanghai Airlines Expand Code-Share Agreement
ANA and Shanghai Airlines have applied to the Japanese government for permission to extend their existing code-share arrangement to new international and domestic routes from June 15 this year. The scope of the application covers Shanghai Airlines operated domestic flights to the cities of Chengdu and Chongqing from Shanghai, and also to ANA operated international […]
Carlson Hotels Plans New Shanghai Radisson
Carlson Hotels Asia Pacific has announced the planned development of the Radisson Hotel Pudong Century Park, to be located in Shanghai on Yingchun Road, in the Pudong district. Due to open in early 2006, the hotel will contain 362 guestrooms, including 81 suites, with 80 percent of the rooms more than 40 square metres in […]
Kempinski Beijing Appoints New Managing Director
Matthias Kann has been appointed Managing Director of Kempinski Hotel Beijing Lufthansa Center, as of May 1, 2005. Kann, a German national, joins the Kempinski Hotel Beijing from India, where he first spent three years at the helm of the awarding-winning Leela Palace Kempinski in Goa, before moving to the Leela Kempinski Mumbai in 2003. […]
Taiwan's PFP Visits Presidential Plaza
The People First Party's Press Conference was held in the Grand Ballroom at the Presidential Plaza Beijing today.
New Food and Beverage Director For Kerry Centre
Shangri-La's Kerry Centre Hotel has appointed George Baird as Director of Food and Beverage. George will be responsible for the hotel's food and beverage outlets, Western and Chinese kitchens, and all the catering for the hotel's two ballrooms, 11 function rooms and its signature outside catering service.
Ascott Wins Guangzhou Serviced Apartment Deal
The Ascott Group has won a new contract to manage a 175-unit serviced residence in the prime Tianhe district in Guangzhou's CBD. This is just three months after Ascott's entry into Guangzhou in January, with the strategic acquisition of a stake in the 192-unit The Ascott Guangzhou in Tianhe East Road, often called the 'Wall […]