The Awards Ceremony of China’s “Five-Star Diamond Award” for Hotels and the Inaugural Ceremony of the “China Hotel Festival” Were Successfully Held and Concluded
Shenzhen, China, January 26, 2015 / PRNewswire/ -- Following five press conferences in Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Hangzhou, Beijing, and Hunan, under the theme of “Chinese Dream, Winning the Future,”“the3rdChina Hotel Investors Alliance Annual Conference and the China International Forum on Hotel Investment Wealthwere grandly held on January 21, 2015, at the D’hotel Shenzhen.Duringthe forum,the“China Hotel “Five-Star Diamond Award””Awards Ceremony and“the”Inaugural Ceremony of the China Hotel Festivalwere alsograndly inaugurated on January 22.The China Hotel Investors Alliance is a sub-project under the Asia Brand Forum. Since then, after more than three years of development, the China Hotel Investors Alliance has achieved steady growth from its establishment, establishing itself as the only alliance organization in China’s hotel industry named after hotel investors. It is set to bring greater value enhancement to Chinese hotel investors.
The China International Forum on Hotel Investment WealthForum
The China International Forum on Hotel Investment Wealth Section
Each high-level dialogue speaker, from various fields and comprehensive perspectives, provided forward-looking guidance on China's hotel investment, construction, and future development. Through the sharing of successful cases, the direction for the future group-based, chain-oriented, and brand-driven development of China’s hotels was pointed out. These insights eloquently highlighted how decades of accumulated development in China’s hotel industry will lay the foundation for planning over the next ten years. The attendees unanimously agreed that this forum, whether in terms of theme, guest dialogues, content, or viewpoints, was the most high-end and successful international forum organized by the alliance in recent years.Inrecent
The first session of the China Hotel Investment Forum opened with the topic “China’s Open Hotel Investment Market and Value Enhancement,” chaired by Ma Yong, Chairman of the China Hotel Investors Alliance. Guests included Lu Hao, Partner of SoftBank Capital and Chairman of Excellence Group; Chen Bin, President of Continental Hope Group; Yao Zhongxiao, General Manager of China Financial Leasing; Xu Shanglong, Chairman of 21st Century Investment Group; and Xi Yanping, Vice President of the China Tourism Hotels Association.
The second session, the China Hotel Brand Forum, focused on the theme “Introducing International and Domestic Hotel Management Groups to Achieve Brand Value Enhancement,”withdiscussions chaired by An Qiang, Secretary-General of the Alliance. Guests included Huang Jian, General Manager of Shenzhen Airlines International Hotel Management Company; Li Qingping, President of United Hotels Consulting; Bao Xucheng, Managing Director of Howard Johnson Hotel Management Company; and Deng Ji, President of Singapore Manhattan Hotel Group.
The third session, the China Hotel Design Forum, centered on the theme “The Integrated Development of China’s Hotel Design Industry,”forThe session was moderated by Professor Cai Qiang from the College of Art and Design at Shenzhen University, with dialogue guests including Mr. Chen Shimin from Chen Shimin Architectural Design Firm, Mr. Liang Jianqiang, Chairman of Jianwei Group, Mr. Chen Wei, Chairman of Yada Environmental Art Design, Mr. Zhang Weimin, Chairman of Macau Weimin Decoration Group, and Mr. Liang Zhiming, Director of Hong Kong Liang Zhiming Design Company.
In the fifth session, Mr. Ma Yong, Chairman of the China Hotel Investors Alliance, delivered a keynote speech titled "Investment Opportunities and Profit Models of China's Hotel Industry from the Perspective of the New Normal."
The sixth session focused on "Prospects for the Development of Independent Brands of China's Hotel Management Groups"asits theme, with the China Hotel Group Forum moderated by Mr. Hou Feng, General Manager of Kaiyuan Hotel Management Company. Dialogue guests included Mr. Peng Jianjun, General Manager of Evergrande Hotel Group, Mr. Jin Yang, General Manager of Overseas Chinese Town Hotel Group, Mr. Chen Xueming, President of Jinling Hotel Management Company, Mr. Li Guohua, Executive Vice General Manager of Poly Hotel Management Company, and Mr. Lin Yuanqiang, Chairman of Eastar Group (iStay Group).
The seventh session, themed "The Chain Development of China’s Hotels and Internet Thinking," was moderated by Mr. Qiao Yi, President of Meadin.com, in the China Hotel Chain Development and New Technology Forum. Dialogue guests included representatives from Alibaba’s Travel Business Group - Hotel Business Unit, Ms. Wang Minmin, General Manager of Beijing Zhongchang Shiji Xinji Technology Co., Ltd., Mr. Li Yingcong, President of Plateno Group U·Cafe, Mr. Ma Yingyao, President of Shangkeyou, and Mr. Chen Jun, Vice President of Development at Hilton Garden Inn.
The eighth session, themed "Enhancing the Full Value of China’s Hotel Brand Supporting Industries," was moderated by Mr. An Qiang, Secretary-General of the China Hotel Investors Alliance, during the China Hotel Supporting Industries Forum,with engaging dialogue featuring Mr. Liu Zigang, Executive Director of Minghui Group, Ms. Zhang Yanmei, General Manager of Minhua Group, Ms. Luo Xiao, General Manager of Gaoqiao Grand Market Hotel Supplies City, Mr. Gao from Bellavita Sanitary Ware, Mr. Wei from Lexue Crystal Collection, and Mr. Wei Weicai, Founder and Chairman of China Crystal Hotel.
Overall, nearly 300 attendees participated in this forum, including chairpersons, owners, owner representatives, presidents, general managers, and members of the press from hotel fund investment institutions, real estate groups, tourism groups, hotel groups, hotel management companies, consulting firms, internet organizations, design and decoration agencies, industry associations, brand supporting industries, and media.
Launch Ceremony of the “China Hotel Festival”Ceremony
Launch Ceremony of the “China Hotel Festival”
Founding of the China Hotel FestivalElevenProject Objectives:
- To achieve integration and connection across the full upstream and downstream industrial chain of China’s hotel sector, maximizing value and fostering win-win cooperation;
- Showcasing Chinese hotel culture and promoting cross-industry collaboration;
- Marketing the full product chain and full service chain of China’s hotels (creating a Singles’ Day-style trading platform for China’s hotel industry);;
- Establishing a dedicated investment fund, project investment, asset trading, and acquisition platform for China’s hotels;
- Building a consulting and advisory platform for China’s hotel owners regarding project construction, market positioning, and precise investment;
- Creating channels for China’s hotel owners to engage with international and domestic hotel management groups;
- Establishing channels between China’s hotel owners and design and decoration groups;
- Forging connections between China’s hotel owners and global hotel supporting industries;
- Setting up a platform for exchanging China’s hotel management experience;
- Developing a platform for sharing experiences in hotel marketing and brand building;
- Creating a platform for exchanging experiences in hotel catering operations.
China Hotel “Five-Star Diamond Award” AwardsCeremony
China Hotels "Five-Star Diamond Awards" Ceremony
Composing the Era’s Anthem for the Hospitality Industry, Harmonizing a Century’s Symphony Across Borders.
During the event, the 2015 China Hotels "Five-Star Diamond Awards" Ceremony was successfully held at the Shenzhen Dunhill International Hotel. Known as the "Oscars of China’s Hotel Industry," the "China Hotels Five-Star Diamond Awards" aim to recognize organizations and individuals who have made outstanding contributions and achieved remarkable results in China’s hotel development. The awards are divided into four major categories: Annual Comprehensive Award, Annual Special Award, Annual Hotel Brand Award, and Annual Hotel Personality Award. Through a collaborative platform involving various sectors, regions, and media nationwide, the awards employ more detailed, professional, and authoritative selection criteria to honor the most influential and exceptional hotels of the year, effectively enhancing hotel brand visibility and value.
The 2015 China Hotels "Five-Star Diamond Awards" Ceremony, in partnership with major media outlets, brought together outstanding hotel brands and annual personalities in China’s hotel development industry. They collectively stepped into the spotlight to receive high honors and strong recognition amid the warmest applause from China’s hospitality professionals, solemnly presenting and documenting the extraordinary glory of China’s hotel industry development..
A gathering filled with wisdom, commemoration, and opportunity—“the 2015Third China Hotel Investors Alliance Annual Conference and China Hotel Investment Wealth International Forum,”the China Hotels“Five-Star Diamond Awards”Ceremony,“the Founding Ceremony of China Hotel Festival—”were all successfully held.The organizerswould like to express their heartfelt gratitude to the partners, authoritative experts, and representatives from renowned hotel enterprises who attended and supported this event. National media representatives were also invited to witness and participate. Over 30 distinguished invited media outlets provided in-depth coverage of the event, including: Meadin.com, Asia Pacific TV, Hong Kong Satellite TV, One TV Asia, Phoenix TV, Guangdong TV, Shenzhen TV, PR Newswire, Hong Kong Ta Kung Pao, Macao Commercial Post, China Economic Herald, China Tourism News, Guangzhou Daily, Information Times, New Express, Southern Daily, Southern Metropolis Daily, Shenzhen Business Daily, Shenzhen Special Zone Daily, Shenzhen City Daily, Jing Bao, Phoenix Online, Sohu.com, Sina.com, NetEase, Soufun, Tencent · Greater China, First Furniture Network, and others.
While witnessing the brilliant achievements in China’s hotel development and the outstanding accomplishments of China’s hotel personalities,“the 2015Third China Hotel Investors Alliance Annual Conference and China Hotel Investment Wealth International Forum,”the China Hotels“Five-Star Diamond Awards”Ceremony,“the China Hotel Festival”Founding Ceremony also came to a perfect close.The organizers look forward to seeing the industry’s finest talents shine just as brightly at the 2016 China Hotel Festival..