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1. Hotel management extends its reach
Hong Kong-based Swiss-Belhotel International is a management company for 26 hotels in 13 countries - and growing. Its founder worked for the territory's celebrated Peninsula Hotel Group for 30 years, but had bigger plans than running in competition.
3 July 2009
2. Economy hotels spreading in Xian
Hotels on the Chinese mainland experienced a severe fall away of business at the end of 2008, with large "no frills" or economy hotel chains posting profit drops. But now the cheaper rate hotels are back in force in Xian, able to achieve substantial growth in the North West.
29 May 2009
3. Hospitality sector goes large in the UAE
At least US$277 billion is to be poured into the burgeoning Dubai hospitality sector over the next eight years, when 55 developments are due to be completed. Another 69 hotel and other related Dubai projects are scheduled over the period, with emirates Abu Dhabi and Sharjah also producing massively.
25 April 2008
4. Beijing's hospitality supply business boom
- report from the International Hotel Equipment and Supplies Exhibition 2008, Beijing
China has witnessed rapid expansion of its hotel, catering and tourism industries with a growing economy and wider door to international travel. This has given a direct boost to the hospitality supplies market. At the just-concluded hotel supplies exhibition in Beijing, e-friendly products took the limelight.
25 April 2008
5. Rooms to service: budget hotels mushroom in Chengdu
Chengdu, a business and trade centre in western China, as well as the capital city of Sichuan Province, has witnessed a budget hotel boom. Many star-grade hotels have been converted into business hotels to meet increasing market needs.
31 Aug 2007
6. Creativity and "green products" major themes at China hotel fair
- report from Shanghai International Hospitality Equipment & Supply Expo (Hotelex), 2007
Hotelex Shanghai 2007 showcased the latest collections of chinaware, sun chairs as well as water- and energy-efficient kitchen equipment. Innovative and eco-friendly design was on display at the show, and organisers reported orders worth tens of billions of yuan.
10 July 2007
7. Spanish tour operators set sights on Beijing Olympics
- report from SITC Barcelona 2007
Agents at one of Spain's top tourism shows gear up for a huge increase in Spanish tourism to China in 2008. Hong Kong is among those cities featured for visits and transit travel.
15 May 2007
8. Shanghai entertainment centre to stabilise hotel rates
In Shanghai, a city that puts equal emphasis on tourism and business, hotels have an average occupancy rate of 80%. Major events like the Chinese Grand Prix draw crowds, but hotel rates vary drastically, as occupancy fluctuates sometimes from day to day - which is why a new entertainment centre should help.
17 Oct 2006
9. Qingdao among first for an underwater hotel
The Qingdao subsidiary of British Crescent Hydropolis Resorts (CHR) has signed a framework agreement with the Laoshan government to build an underwater hotel in Qingdao. Tourists will be able to experience the wonders of "underwater life" in three years time.
4 July 2006
10. Budget business hotels splash out
After two years of gestation, budget business hotels are gradually coming of age in Fuzhou, Fujian Province, with several properties beginning to see a better class of sales. Leading budget hotel chains, such as Home Inn and Super 8, are speeding up their expansion plans to cash in on the new trend.
28 March 2006
11. Motels give Guangzhou more quality room
Star-class hotels and guesthouses used to dominate China's traditional hotel scene. The high prices charged by the former and poor service of the latter have left room for budget hotels. Chain-operated hotels modelled on motels overseas have sprung up in Guangzhou.
10 Oct 2005
12. Hong Kong's Trident International with Dubai project
Hong Kong real estate developer Trident International, connected with South Asia interests, has launched into its US$122 million Marinascape residential and marina development in Dubai. It's aimed at being a new icon for luxury investors.
16 Sept 2004
13. Paris hotel refurbishment offers pockets of opportunity
With Paris hotels looking at more vibrant business ?and moving into a refurbishing cycle ?there are opportunities for the better niche players to make sales. Speciality ware for lobbies and rooms, electrical and electronic products offer the best openings.
29 April 2004
14. Five star hotels to double in Beijing by 2008 Olympics
Beijing is well under way in developing its hotel and transportation infrastructure, since winning the right to stage the 2008 Olympic Games, according to Yu De Bin, Director of Hotel/Accommodation Development for the Beijing Tourism Administration.
22 March 2002
15. Tourism on the rebound in Asia
Tourism in the Asia-Pacific region has been growing steadily, suggesting better times lie ahead for hotels and airlines. Tourist arrivals increased by 11.1% in 1999, according to data from the World Tourism Organisation, marking a return to growth after the difficult times experienced during the Asian financial crisis which peaked in 1998.
1 Nov 2000
16. Better times in paradise
With its black and blonde beaches, stunning sea-scapes, volcanoes, rainbows and waterfalls, the US state of Hawaii has all the trappings of a tourist's dream.
1 Nov 2000
17. Hotels of the future
Location, location, location", was the late Conrad Hilton's often-quoted dictum for running successful hotels - but it is fast going out of date. Instead, gurus on the hotel scene of today prefer the mantra, "knowledge, knowledge, knowledge", specifically aimed at better understanding guests' requirements as well as the technological revolution embracing digital electronics and the Internet.
1 Sept 2000
18. The questions that give answers
Previewing major technology shows, like the annual get-together for hotel technology, HITEC, gives hoteliers the chance to figure out whether they are on the right trail for products needed by their establishment or chain (or whether they are likely to make expensive mistakes).
1 Sept 2000
19. Spanish hotels' China connection
When Spanish President, Jose Maria Aznar, and Catalonian Autonomous Government President, Jordi Pujol, sat down with Chinese leaders last June, their talk turned to matters of mutual co-operation and business ties.
1 Sept 2000
 
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