NEWS | Restaurant & Bar Hong Kong

Restaurant & Bar Hong Kong celebrated its 10th anniversary in some style! The event recorded its highest ever attendance of 14,468 visitors, including restaurateurs, owners, chefs, sommeliers and hoteliers from the region’s most prominent hotels, clubs, bars and cafes. The number of visitors was an increase of 19.5% from 2011 attendance. In 2002 we began a journey, armed with the belief that Hong Kong and Macau needed an event at which to come together on an annual basis to meet, share ideas, source new products and be inspired to produce even better restaurant experience for their dinners.

NEWS | ONYX Opens First OZO hotel in Hong Kong

OZO Wesley Hong Kong has opened its doors in Wanchai. OZO is a new hotel brand created around a core concept of less frills and more control, it offers guests quality services that count and amenities they actually want, enabling them to maximise their time on the road. Located on Hennessy Road, a prime business and commercial district on Hong Kong Island, between Admiralty and Wanchai MTR stations, OZO Wesley is just a 5-minute stroll from the brands and boutiques of Pacific Place, and the sights, restaurants and bars that give the city its buzz. OZO Wesley's 'Snooze Zone' consists of 251 guest rooms and suites and has been designed to create a haven of comfort and convenience.

NEWS | Janet Yeung has been promoted Director of Intellectual Capital & Quality at Langham Place

Modern luxury hotel, Langham Place, Mongkok, Hong Kong has promoted Janet Yeung to the position of Director of Intellectual Capital & Quality. Janet has over 10 years of successful business experience with a passion for excellence in management and a focus on human resources management. She is also an active member of the Hong Kong Institute of Human Resources Management (HKIHRM).

NEWS | Ovolo Continues Expansion with New Hong Kong Hotels Coming in 2013

Fresh off an award-winning 2012 campaign that saw the Group launch three new hotels; Ovolo goes into overdrive this year with HK's first NYC-style warehouse conversion and another signature hotel property opening on Hong Kong Island's Southside. 64 Wong Chuk Hang Road Mark your calendars now because Hong Kong's hottest new hotel opens Fall 2013,

NEWS| 2013 Hong Kong PolyU Winter School® 7 - 19 January 2013

The 2013 Hong Kong PolyU Winter School developed by the School of Hotel & Tourism Management is an executive development programme for senior hospitality industry managers, and it will be held on 7-19 January 2013. The Hong Kong PolyU Winter School will offer six in-depth modules, which are relevant to the changing business environment, practical in substance, and interactive in nature. The programme is co-organized by the Hong Kong Hotels Association. As a global centre of excellence in hospitality and tourism education and research,

NEWS | DFS Group Raises Luxury To New Heights On Hong Kong Island

DFS Group (DFS), the world’s leading luxury travel retailer, today opened its third downtown Hong Kong Galleria at Hysan Place in Causeway Bay. The new destination is the Group’s first on Hong Kong Island. Since 1960, when DFS opened its first store at Hong Kong International Airport, the company has defined the essence of a unique luxury shopping experience dedicated to travelers, successfully operating two large downtown stores in Hong Kong on Mody Road, since 1988, and Canton Road, since 1996. Fifty-two years later, DFS now continues in that tradition, setting new standards in luxury retail with this opening on Hong Kong Island.

NEWS | The Luxury Collection Hotels & Resorts Reopens the Hotel Alfonso XIII Following a Meticulous $25 Million Restoration

The Luxury Collection Hotels & Resorts, part of Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE: HOT), today unveils the iconic Hotel Alfonso XIII following an extensive $25 million restoration, returning the hotel its original splendour and luxurious grandeur. The reopening of Hotel Alfonso XIII marks the first of four Luxury Collection hotels that will undergo a multi-million dollar restoration and will re-open within the next 12 months, including Maria Cristina, a Luxury Collection hotel,

NEWS | Pentahotel Hong Kong, Kowloon To Open Summer 2013

Pentahotel Hong Kong, Kowloon will open Summer 2013, in the emerging area of East Kowloon, home of the old Kai Tak airport. The 720-room, 32-storey hotel anticipates development earmarked for the Kai Tak area including two cruise terminals, hospital, multi-purpose stadium complex, waterfront promenade, a metro park and subway line extension. As the first pentahotel in Hong Kong, the property will join sister pentahotels in Shanghai and Beijing, along with 13 properties in Europe. Eighty pentahotels are anticipated to be in operation globally by 2020.

NEWS | 2012 Hong Kong PolyU Winter School®

It’s a fast-paced world we work in. To stay ahead, it is essential that professionals within the hospitality industry continuously strive to upgrade and improve their skills and broaden their knowledge. To this end, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University’s School of Hotel and Tourism Management has developed the Hong Kong PolyU Winter School to cater to the needs of the senior hospitality industry managers. The 2012

NEWS | Pierre Perusset has been appointed General Manager at The Ritz-Carlton, Hong Kong in Kowloon, Hong Kong

Prior to this appointment, Mr. Perusset was the Managing Director of The Ritz-Carlton, Jakarta, The Ritz-Carlton Jakarta, Pacific Place, JW Marriott Jakarta, and Mayflower Marriott Executive Apartment. He has more than 30 years’ experience in the luxury hospitality industry, in excess of 12 of which has been with The Ritz-Carlton.

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World’s highest hotel, Ritz-Carlton Hong Kong, officially debuts

The Ritz-Carlton, Hong Kong, opens today as the world’s highest hotel, occupying floors 102 to 118 of the International Commerce Centre.

VIDEO | Inside the Ritz-Carlton Hong Kong, The Tallest Hotel in the World

It only takes 52 seconds for an elevator to rise from the ground to the top of the tallest hotel in the world: the 118th floor of the Ritz-Carlton Hong Kong.

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4. 4 General Manager - Kenya
5. 5 General Manager- Hong Kong
6. 6 General Manager at Best Western Mauritius
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NEWS | Hong Kong Ritz-Carlton To Be Tallest Hotel

Hong Kong’s breathtaking skyline will feature the world’s tallest hotel when the Ritz-Carlton opens in March next year.

Would you like a wife with that? McDonald’s offers weddings

We can’t think of a better way to throw traditional wedding protocol out the window than to host it at McDonald’s.

Jobs- Chef de Cuisine - Hong Kong

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Langham Hotels International to open Langham Place, Pazhou, Guangzhou in 2013

Langham Hotels International has signed a management contract with Hong Kong property developer, Nan Fung Group, for a new hotel in Guangzhou. The Langham Place, Pazhou, Guangzhou, scheduled to open in 2013, will be the only hotel connected to the Guangzhou International Convention and Exhibition Centre.

Eyck Zimmer has been appointed Chef de Cuisine at the Derby Restaurant at Hong Kong's Jockey Club , Hong Kong (SAR).

Eyck Zimmer, former holder of the National Chef of the Year title, is moving to Hong Kong to become chef de cuisine of the Derby restaurant at the city's celebrated Jockey Club in Happy Valley.