JW Marriott Hotel Shanghai Celebrates Milestone
Last Friday, November 5, the JW Marriott Hotel Shanghai celebrated its first anniversary in the JW's Ballroom of the hotel with more than 400 guests in attendance. The night's celebration highlighted this past year in a creative labyrinth that wove its way through the grand ballroom and onto the terrace.
Sofitel Arrives In Dongguan
Accor has introduced its Sofitel brand to China's Guangdong province with the rebranding of the Royal Lagoon Hotel Dongguan to Sofitel Royal Lagoon Dongguan. The hotel is Accor's ninth Sofitel in China after the high profile openings of Sofitel Boao, Sofitel Westlake Hangzhou and Sofitel Wanda Chengdu during 2003. This latest addition will give Accor […]
Four Seasons To Open Third Hotel In China
Four Seasons announced that it has signed an agreement with Evergreen Pte Ltd. to manage a new hotel in Beijing, scheduled to open in mid 2006. With this announcement, Four Seasons establishes itself in China's three most important markets. Four Seasons Hotel Shanghai opened in 2002, and Four Seasons Hotel Hong Kong is scheduled to […]
MasterCard And Zagat Survey Host Global Hospitality Forum In Shanghai
MasterCard is to host the Global Hospitality Forum in Shanghai in collaboration with Zagat Survey on 10 November. MasterCard has brought together some of the most respected industry experts to discuss trends and issues facing the industry.
London Mayor Visits Shanghai
Peter Alatsas, General Manager of The Westin Shanghai welcomes Alderman Robert Finch, Lord Mayor of London to the hotel.
Laura Flessel-Colovic And Jiang Wen Visit Beijing
Laura Flessel-Colovic, the famous Olympic fencing champion, was warmly greeted by Jean Marc Perrigon, Executive Chef of Novotel Xinqiao Beijing during her recent stay in the hotel. Fencing with an Epee, Flessel-Colovic's game is characterized by lightning-swift attacks from far away. She can cover 20 feet before her opponents have a chance to react. She […]
China World Trade's Travel Subsidiary Ranked As One Of China's Leading Air-Ticketing Companies
China World Trade Corporation announced today that New Generation Group, a majority-owned subsidiary, was ranked one of the top air-ticketing company in China, reaching US$43 million in value of transactions for the six months ended June 30, 2004. The Company sold over 440,000 tickets and 710,000 tickets for the six and nine months ended September […]
Les Roches Jin Jiang Welcomes First Hospitality Students In Shanghai
Les Roches Jin Jiang International Hotel Management College welcomed its first intake of 80 students on September 24th at their campus at the Shanghai Normal University's Fengxian campus. The forty male and forty female students come from 16 cities and provinces from China, ranging in age from 17 to 36.
Hong Kong Records Great Figures For September 2004 Visitor Arrivals
Hong Kong's best-ever September tourism figures have taken total visitor arrivals for the first nine months of 2004 past the 15.7 million mark, more than the total for the full year in 2003. September's arrivals of 1,688,300 were more than 200,000 ahead of the previous best total for that month, the 1.48 million arrivals achieved […]
Holiday Inn Temple of Heaven Beijing Gets New Director
Mr. Chester Lim has been appointed as the Director of Sales and Marketing of Holiday Inn Temple of Heaven Beijing on October 11th , 2004. His most recent position was the Director of Sales and Marketing of Crowne Plaza Jinan.
Seventh Traders Hotel To Open In 2005
First Shanghai Group signed an agreement with Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts to operate the Traders Hotel, Kunshan in August 2005. The 387-room hotel will complement Shangri-La's existing 17 hotels in mainland China and is located in the centre of Kunshan city with convenient accessibility to major shopping, sightseeing and entertainment areas.