A Decade of Glory, East Meets West
Shanghai, March 2, 2015 / PRNewswire/ -- A decade has flown by, during which AHF has witnessed the ups and downs of China’s hotel industry and recorded every landmark turning point. We are grateful for the efforts and dedication of all those in the hotel industry over these ten years. The 2015 Asia Hotel Forum Annual Conference and the 10th China Hotel Starlight Awards Ceremonywillbe held with great fanfare at the Shanghai Pudong Ritz-Carlton on March 31 – April 1.
After a decade of development, the Asia Hotel Forum Annual Conference has become the most anticipated and influential annual event in Asia’s hotel industry, hailed as the “Davos of Asian Hotels” and the “Oscars of Chinese Hotels.” Themed “Gratitude-and Transcendence,” this year’s conference will be unprecedented in scale. The event will warmly invite over1,000top hotel executives, hotel owners and developers, outstanding investors, and influential industry leaders from around the world. With nearly 30 dialogues and speeches, featuring more than 100 speakers, the discussions will revolve around four major themes — operations, investments, asset management, and new trends in mobile technology — to explore innovative development paths for the hotel industry. The event is expected to attract journalists from major magazines, newspapers, television, industry websites, and emerging independent media, who will provide on-site coverage and repostings.
2014 Asia Hotel Forum Annual Conference High-level Forum
The two-day Asia Hotel Forum Annual Conference will focus on the latest hot topics in the industry. Together with industry elites, it will explore how hotel investment, development, operations, and asset management can achieve self-breakthrough and transcendence in the era of rapid mobile internet development. It will also examine how to use internet thinking to break traditional marketing models, reconstruct the landscape of hotel operations, and create a new era of investment management. Additionally, it will review and analyze the development of the hotel industry in the Asia-Pacific region and the world over the past decade, delve into key industry issues, anticipate opportunities, and look forward to the future of hotel development over the next ten years.
The 10th China Hotel Starlight Awards Ceremony will also be held concurrently. The China Hotel Starlight Awards have been successfully held for ten consecutive years since 2005. As the most influential and credible awards in the industry, the Starlight Awards integrate multi-tiered high-quality communication resources to provide authoritative recognition and comprehensive promotion for the awarded entities. The comprehensive evaluation method of “public nomination, media assessment, expert review, and Starlight Guest experience” will continue to be used,togethersummarizing and commending the outstanding achievements in the annual hotel industry development, as well as honoring those brand enterprises that have made remarkable contributions and driven the competitive development of China’s hotel industry. Spanning a decade, this year’s selection process has been continuously refined on the basis of previous standards, with stricter evaluation procedures, a grand thousand-person thank-you dinner, and the addition of a Decade Landmark Review Award to jointly reflect on the remarkable accomplishments of China’s hotel industry in the past.
The Grand Scene of the 9th China Hotel Starlight Awards Ceremony
A decade has witnessed the remarkable growth of China’s hotel industry; a decade has been filled with gratitude for the hard work of China’s hotel professionals; a decade has looked forward to future brilliance and transcendence. This spring, let’s meet in Shanghai to witness the shining ten-year journey of the China Hotel Starlight Awards and the dazzling appearance of the best annual hotel brand enterprises and leading figures in the “Oscars of Chinese Hotels.”.
Concurrent Highlights:
- The 15th Gathering of the China Hotel Owners Club, Open Lecture for OwnersHAMA Global Hotel Asset Management Lecture Series and the 5th Advanced Training Course for China Hotel Owners (Owners’ Representatives) – A Sea of Knowledge, Sharing Real-life Cases
- The 15th Owners Club Event and the 5th Advanced Training Course for China Hotel Owners (Owners’ Representatives) will also be held during the conference. Since its establishment in March 2011, the China Hotel Owners Club has been held in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Chengdu, Dalian, Sanya, Hangzhou, Chongqing, and other locations, attracting nearly 1,000 hotel investment elites and decision-makers to actively participate in sharing. It has successfully provided regional hotel owners with operational data sharing, investment decision suggestions, and strategic references.
- Faced with an increasingly active hotel transaction market, hotel asset management has become even more important. What is the development and prospect of hotel asset management globally and in China? What are the investment and acquisition strategies and risks in the new market environment? The Owners’ Open Lecture will gather HAMA global elites from the Hotel Asset Management Association to provide detailed interpretations and analyses.
- The 5th Advanced Training Course for China Hotel Owners (Owners’ Representatives) will primarily focus on aspects such as hotel project development management, hotel pre-opening preparation management, and hotel financial management. It aims to help hotel owners better manage projects, avoid development risks, and meet the needs of asset preservation and appreciation.
- Corporate Booth Exhibition – Efficient Exchange, Endless Business Opportunities
- Participating companies can leverage the high-end platform of the event to establish broad business exchange channels, achieve precise resource alignment, build premium brand images, expand business exchange and development space, and effectively promote their brands across industries.
- 2015 Premium Hotel Inspection Tour – Direct Insight into High-end Properties EExperience Luxury
- As a continuation of this year's annual event, the organizers will select representative and insightful local hotels in Shanghai and Hangzhou, arranging free tours and inspection exchanges for participants. The three routes will cover internationally top-tier hotels, well-known brands, boutique design hotels, as well as the latest and most cutting-edge hotel development projects. Through direct perception and face-to-face interaction among participants, the aim is to appreciate classic designs, understand distinctive services, and experience diverse hotel cultures.
- The 8th Top 50 GM Summit — Convergence of Experience WisdomCollides
- Since the third annual meeting, the Top50GM Conference has become an indispensable part of the forum’s annual event. It is dedicated to promoting the convergence of wisdom between local and global hotel general managers. Through sharing personal experiences and engaging in discussions on key industry issues, an open and pragmatic “brainstorming” session unfolds. On the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the Asia Hotel Forum Annual Meeting, the conference will be held in roundtable format and will release for the first time GM a research report, while also inviting executives from hotel groups and numerous hotel GMs to discuss strategies for management and operations, offering attendees deeper opportunities for exchange.
Organizer: Asia Hotel Forum Center (AHF)
The Asia Hotel Forum, as a premier industry event for the Asian hospitality sector, is committed to advancing the prosperity, harmony, and long-term development of the hotel industry. It brings together elite professionals and authoritative figures from the hotel, tourism, and real estate sectors. By analyzing industry hot topics, discussing development trends, and providing forward-looking insights, the forum aims to build an authoritative platform for information dissemination, resource sharing, and showcasing corporate brands and projects. After nine years of development, the forum has grown into one of Asia’s largest, highest-standard, most extensive, and most influential events in the hotel industry. www.asiahotelforum.org
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