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The Westin Nanjing Welcomes Two Executive Committee Members

Westin Nanjing — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 03:55:56 +0000

The Westin Nanjing has appointed General Manager Mr. Richard Deutl and Director of Sales & Marketing Ms. Lily Chen.

Beijing, China (October 25, 2010) /ChinaNewswire.com/ — The Westin Nanjing has announced the appointment Richard Deutl as General Manager and Ms. Lily Chen as Director of Sales and Marketing. The Westin Nanjing is currently the first Westin branded hotel in Jiangsu province and, together with the successful Sheraton Nanjing Kingsley Hotel & Towers, is the second Starwood property in Nanjing.

Mr. Richard Deutl has almost 30 years experience in the hospitality industry and is a native of Salzburg, Austria, the city of "Sound of Music" and Mozart. He has been with Sheraton and Starwood Hotels & Resorts for 22 years, working across Sheraton and Westin hotels in Austria, Germany, France, Belgium and Georgia. Four years ago he came to China; The Westin Nanjing is a "coming home" as he started his career in China at the former Sheraton Wuxi Hotel. He joins The Westin Nanjing from Tianjin, where he had held the role of General Manager at Sheraton Tianjin Hotel for the past two years. "To join such a well excited property and start from pre opening is indeed an honour. The opening of The Westin Nanjing witnesses the increasing importance of Nanjing as a tourist and business destination, and also I am proud of contributing my knowledge and experience to the hospitality industry of Nanjing and developing local talents." Comments Mr. Deutl. He is a veteran with an ingrained understanding of the core value of the Westin; and it is certain he will bring his enthusiasm and inspiring passion to his appointment at The Westin Nanjing.

The Westin Nanjing also welcomes Ms. Lily Chen as Director of Sales & Marketing. She has over 15 years of experience in the hospitality industry including the pre-openings of Four Points by Sheraton Daning and The Westin Bund Center Shanghai where she developed her professional and leadership skills. Ms. Chen has held various posts with international hotel brands including IHG, Marriott and Starwood Hotels and Resorts. Ms. Lily Chen has extraordinary achievements in accomplishing sales goals, and has won the honors "2005 The Best Sales Award" and "2008 The Platinum Award of the Starwood Asia Pacific Elite program". Now Ms. Lily Chen has joined The Westin Nanjing and will be fully responsible for the successful establishment of The Westin Nanjing on all markets. It is certain that the Sales and Marketing department of The Westin Nanjing led by Lily Chen will bring distinguished personal service to the Nanjing Hotel market, making sure that business partners and guests will find in The Westin Nanjing the one and only partner they want to send to their guests, friends and families.

The Westin Nanjing is strategically located in the Hunan Road central business district, on top of the Nanjing International Center (NIC), and has 234 innovative deluxe rooms of which offeri a retreat overlooking the scenic Xuanwu Lake. From the hotel you can see the bustling and vibrant city of Nanjing. From the hotel is only a casual walk to Nanjing Construction Planning Exhibition Hall which conveniently connects you to the subway station. Westin Heavenly® Bed, the SuperfoodRX™ concept, the Westin Workout® Guestrooms and an area including a 25m heated indoor swimming pool plus Westin's unmistakable, elegant interior design, features and other services will elevate the hospitality level in Nanjing and support the endeavor of the municipality to attract more tourists and business guests. And a dedicated team of highly motivated professionals, carefully selected and trained up to the typical world-class Westin Service Standards will ensure that they deliver the promise we make when saying "This is how it should feel".

For more information please call 25.5862.9740.

Westin Hotels & Resorts, with more than 170 hotels and resorts in over 31 countries and territories, is owned by Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE: HOT). Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc., is one of the leading hotel and leisure companies in the world with over 1000 properties in more than 100 countries and 145,000 employees at its owned and managed properties. Starwood Hotels is a fully integrated owner, operator and franchisor of hotels, resorts and residences with the following internationally renowned brands: St. Regis®, The Luxury Collection®, W®, Westin®, Le Méridien®, Sheraton®, Four Points® by Sheraton, and the recently launched Aloft®, and Element SM. Starwood Hotels also owns Starwood Vacation Ownership, Inc., one of the premier developers and operators of high quality vacation interval ownership resorts.
For more information, please visit www.starwoodhotels.com.

CONTACT INFORMATION

Vivian Wei
Marketing Communication Manager
Tel: 86.25.5862.9740
Fax: 86.25.8556.9999
vivian.wei@westin.com

Globe Telecom & Grameenphone And WING Cambodia Sharing Case Studies At M-Commerce World Summit 2010

Symphony — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 06:41:15 +0000

Singapore (January 22, 2010) /ChinaNewswire.com/ — Mr Paolo Baltao, G-Xchange, Inc.'s Product Group and International Remittance & Banking Business Development Head of Globe Telecom, Philippines, Mr Delwar Hossain Azad, Head, Financial Services of Grameenphone, Bangladesh and Anthony Perkins, Head of Technology of WING, Cambodia will be sharing their success stories in launching Mobile Remittance/Mobile Money Transfer & Microfinance Services at M-Commerce World Summit 2010 which will be held from 16 to 19 March 2010 in Singapore.

The theme of this summit is to discuss strategies in developing the best business model and new business partnership in delivering mobile financial services to the mass market.

Highly-regarded speakers representing the mobile operators, banks, mobile transfer networks, mWallets and "interoperability hubs", handset manufacturers, technology and equipment providers will share their latest efforts in launching m-commerce services and the key challenges facing them at this summit.

Mr Paolo Baltao, G-Xchange, Inc.'s Product Group and International Remittance & Banking Business Development Head of Globe Telecom, Philippines, Mr Delwar Hossain Azad, Head, Financial Services of Grameenphone, Bangladesh and Anthony Perkins, Head of Technology of WING, Cambodia will be sharing their success stories in launching Mobile Remittance/Mobile Money Transfer & Microfinance Services at this M-Commerce World Summit 2010.

Companies/organisations representing the M-Commerce Ecosystems will be speaking at this conference: Mohamed A Kazi, Channel Head-Mobile Banking, Absa Bank, South Africa; Paradorn Wichayapinyo, Marketing Manager, Advanced mPAY, Thailand; Nitin Chittal, Vice President, Retail Banking-Alternate Channels, Axis Bank, India; Frédéric Schepens, Executive Vice President, Strategic Business Development, Belgacom ICS, Belgium; Mohammad Jakirul Islam, Project Coordinator mCommerce, Citycell, Bangladesh; Thivanka Rangala, Group Chief Commercial Officer, Dialog Telekom PLC, Sri Lanka; Paolo Baltao, G-Xchange, Inc.'s Product; Group and International Remittance & Banking Business Development Head, Globe Telecom, Philippines; Delwar Hossain Azad, Head, Financial Services, Grameenphone, Bangladesh; Michael Becker, VP Mobile Strategies, iLoop Mobile, USA; Silvester Prakasam, Director (Fare Systems), Land Transport Authority, Singapore; Andrew Parker, Business Development Manager, M.Com, New Zealand; Anthony Panal Petalcorin, Senior MIS Manager, Microenterprise Access to Banking Services / Regional Manager, Mindanao, Philippines; Kate Zilla-Bâ, COO, Mondato, USA;Bharat Bhatia, Regional Director, India, SAARC and South East Asia, Motorola,India; Chakaprani GK, Director – Emerging Markets, Nokia Financial Services, Nokia, India; Matthew Talbot, Vice-President, mCommerce, Sybase 365, Singapore; Louie Stojanovski, Director of Regional Operations, Asia Pacific, Messaging LOB, Syniverse Technologies, Inc., Australia; Dan Armstrong, Managing Consultant, Takashi Mobile / Co-Founder, Rabo Mobiel B.V., The Netherlands; Arief Hamdani Gunawan, Senior Officer-Regulatory Management, Telkom Indonesia, Indonesia; Lalit Sinha, Deputy General Manager, DIT, Union Bank of India, India; Thor Hauge, Vice President, Digital Ventures, Western Union; Anthony Perkins, Head of Technology, WING, Cambodia.

There will be a pre-conference workshop on 16 March 2010 on "Mobile Marketing", Advertising and Commerce Workshop: Tools for Navigating the Industry Ecosystem – A Hands-On and In-Depth Study of Mobile Marketing Best Practices, Industry Ecosystem Structure, Players and Business Models' to be led by: Michael Becker, VP Mobile Strategies, iLoop Mobile, USA and a post-conference workshop on "How to Build and Calculate A Successful Business Case for Mobile Banking?" to be led by: Andrew Parker, Business Development Manager, M.Com, New Zealand.

The summit website is : http://www.symphonyglobal.com/index.php/event/page/m-commerce.

About Symphony Global
Symphony Global is a business media and consulting company that aims to provide the best networking platforms for global business connections.

All our events are research-driven with direct contacts with major industry stakeholders to ensure that they meet their needs and keep up to the industry trends and developments. SG Conferences offer you an unrivalled opportunity to network with your peers within your areas of business and ultimately develop the best business partnership for future business expansion. Our workshops and masterclasses provide an informative and interactive forum for developing latest techniques and skills.

Take advantage of SG services and products to keep up-to-date with the latest developments within your industry.

CONTACT INFORMATION

Contact:
Phyllis Goh, senior conference manager
Symphony Global Pte Ltd
65-6221 8119
Email: Phyllis.goh@symphonyglobal.com
http://www.symphonyglobal.com

Business Executives In Asia Prepare For The M-Commerce World Summit 2010

Symphony — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 02:19:45 +0000

Singapore (December 18, 2009) /ChinaNewswire.com/ — M-Commerce World Summit 2010 will be held from 16 to 19 March 2010 in Singapore to discuss on strategies to develop the best business model and new business partnership in delivering mobile financial services to the mass market.

Highly-regarded speakers representing the mobile operators, banks, mobile transfer networks, mWallets and 'interoperability hubs', handset manufacturers, technology and equipment providers will be invited to share their latest efforts in launching m-commerce services and the key challenges facing them at this summit.

The following key issues will be addressed in depth with necessary Real World Case Studies: Analysing the Impacts of Regulatory Environment on m-Commerce – Lessons learnt; Overview of Current Market Trends and Developments for m-Payments in Asia; Profitable and Sustainable Business Models Available for Mobile Money Transfer and POS; Commercial Opportunities and Challenges Facing the Banks in Offering Mobile Financial Services; New Strategies to Capture the Mass Market for Mobile Money Transfer & Mobile Remittance; Additional Revenue Generating Channels through Deployment of M-Payments; Enabling Mobile Money Domestically and Internationally; Banking the 'Unbanked'& Microfinance Services; Case Study on Safaricom's Experience in Providing Mobile Money Transfer Services in Kenya; Globe Telecom's Experience in Launching G-Gash; NFC Technology Updates; Mobile Handsets–What Are the Latest Technology Developments?;Case Study on MasterCard's Over-The-Air Provisioning Service; The Challenges in Implementing m-Payments in Transit; Management Issues Concerning the Business and Technological Interfaces between Banks and Mobile Operators; Security Issues of M-Payment Systems; and User-friendly and Secure Mobile Payments.

Companies/organisations representing the M-Commerce Ecosystems will be speaking at this conference : Mohamed A Kazi, Channel Head-Mobile Banking, Absa Bank, South Africa; Paradorn Wichayapinyo, Strategic Planning Specialist, Advanced MPay, Thailand; Frédéric Schepens, Executive Vice President, Strategic Business Development, Belgacom ICS, Belgium; Mohammad Jakirul Islam, Project Coordinator- mCommerce, Citycell, Bangladesh; Thivanka Rangala, Group Chief Commercial Officer, Dialog Telekom PLC, Sri Lanka; Richie Sison, Marketing Group Head of G-Xchange, Inc, Globe Telecom, Philippines; Delwar Hossain Azad, Head, Financial Services, Grameenphone, Bangladesh; Silvester Prakasam, Director (Fare Systems), Land Transport Authority, Singapore; Andrew Parker, Business Development Manager, M.Com; Kate Zilla-Bâ, COO, Mondato, USA; Bharat Bhatia, Regional Director, India, SAARC and South East Asia, Motorola; Chakaprani GK, Senior Manager-Financial Services, Nokia; Matthew Talbot, Vice President, mCommerce, Sybase 365; Arief Hamdani Gunawan, Senior Officer-Regulatory Management, Telkom Indonesia, Indonesia; and Lalit Sinha, Deputy General Manager, DIT, Union Bank of India, India.

There will be a pre-conference workshop on 16 March 2010 with the title "How to Build and Calculate A Successful Business Case for Mobile Banking?"and a post-conference workshop on 19 March 2010 on "Mobile Marketing & Advertising".

The summit website is : http://www.symphonyglobal.com/index.php/event/page/m-commerce

About Symphony Global

Symphony Global is a business media and consulting company that aims to provide the best networking platforms for global business connections.

Take advantage of SG services and products to keep up-to-date with the latest developments within your industry.

CONTACT INFORMATION

Contact:
Phyllis Goh, senior conference manager
Symphony Global Pte Ltd
65-6221 8119
Email: Phyllis.goh@symphonyglobal.com
http://www.symphonyglobal.com

Get Your Seat In Asia For the Mobile Payments & NFC World Summit 2009

NeoEdge — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 02:01:58 +0000

Mobile Payments & NFC World Summit 2009 will be held on 1 to 3 April 2009 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to discuss on winning strategies to profit from Mobile Payments services.

Singapore (January 15, 2009) /ChinaNewswire.com/ — Mobile Payments & NFC World Summit 2009 will be held on 1 to 3 April 2009 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The Summit will bring together speakers representing the mobile operators, banks, transit operators, merchants, handset manufacturers, technology and equipment providers to share their latest efforts in launching m-payments and the key challenges facing them. The theme of the summit is "Winning Strategies to Profit from Mobile Payments Services including Point-Of-Sale, Mobile Money Transfer & Mobile Remittance".

Companies/organisations representing the Mobile Payments Ecosystems will be speaking at this Summit:
- Malaysian Communications and MultiMedia Commission
- Australian Merchant Payments Forum, Australia
- Belgacom International Carrier Services, Belgium
- Bharti Airtel, India
- Celcom (Malaysia) Berhad, Malaysia
- Citibank, N.A., Singapore
- Com2U, Malaysia
- Etisalat, UAE
- Gemalto, Singapore
- InterAcct Solutions, Australia
- Land Transport Authority, Singapore
- Malayan Banking Berhad, Malaysia
- Malaysian Retailer-Chains Association, Malaysia
- Maxis Communications Berhad, Malaysia
- Mobilink Telecom Group, Kuwait
- paybox solutions AG, Germany
- SK Telecom, Americas
- Smart Communications, Philippines
- Visa Worldwide
- Yes Bank Ltd, India

There will be a post-conference workshop on 3 April 2009 with the title "Striking the Winning Business Model That Will Align the Banks and Telcos Seeking to Benefit from M-Payment Services".

About NeoEdge
NeoEdge is a business media company that aims to serve the corporate world with integrity and excellence by providing cutting edge business intelligence and creating high value networking opportunities. NeoEdge events are developed based on careful and original research including extensive and direct interactions with potential participants in the market. NeoEdge events are distinguished by delivering premier value to customers in a sustainable means.

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Sharon Lim, marketing manager
NeoEdge Pte Ltd
65-6557 9166
Email: Sharon.lim@neo-edge.com
www.neo-edge.com

Pullman, The Accor Group's New Chain Of Upscale Hotels Is Opening 12 Hotels Around The World

China Newswire — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 01:56:02 +0000

Shanghai, China (December 26, 2007) /ChinaNewswire.com/ —
Pullman, the Accor group's new chain of upscale non-standardized hotels, is today opening 12 hotels around the world: in France in Paris, Marseilles and Toulouse (the Pullman Paris Rive Gauche, Pullman Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport, Pullman Paris La Défense, Pullman Versailles Château, Pullman Marseilles Palm Beach, Pullman Marseilles Provence, Pullman Toulouse Airport); in Germany in Cologne and Dortmund (Pullman Cologne, Pullman Dortmund); in Belgium in Brussels (Pullman Brussels Airport); in Thailand in Bangkok (Pullman Bangkok King Power); and in China in Dongguan (Pullman Dongguan).

300 Pullman hotels by 2015: an ambitious international development plan

As from 2008, the Pullman chain will consist of 50 hotels in 23 countries in Europe, Asia-Pacific, the Middle East and Latin America. These hotels will have a total capacity of 13,000rooms.

Pullman's expansion will focus on international business and leisure destinations. Some 55% of the Pullman chain will be in fast-growing countries (in the Middle East, Africa, South America, Asia and Eastern Europe) and 45% in mature countries in Western Europe, North America and the Pacific.

In the medium to longer term, Accor's ambition is to develop a worldwide chain of 300hotels by 2015 at a rate of 25 new hotels a year.

By combining an innovative and creative offer with the prestigious Pullman brand, Accor intends to impose itself on the international upscale hotel market.

The upscale segment and business travelers: the synergy from two sectors with high growth potential

The creation of the Pullman chain is a response to two fundamental trends in the hotel market:

The significant and still growing importance of the upscale hotel segment;
The increased presence of chains in this market segment because of their expertise in terms of management, marketing, purchasing and even retailing;
The predominance of the business clientele in this market.

The upscale segment of the hotel market currently accounts for more than 40% of the hotel market and represents 1 million rooms with revenues of 45 billion euros (excluding North America). It is the segment of the hotel market that is the fastest growing with annual growth of 5%. In addition, business travelers represent a high value-added target for hotels, accounting already for 55% of the market in terms of number of room-nights and 70% of total revenues.

Conviviality–Calm–Connectivity: Pullman is reinventing the business stay

Located in the heart of large regional and international cities and close to major airports, Pullman hotels will stand out because their innovative approach towards providing hotels dedicated to business travelers and by their offer of upscale and creative services. The new chain's main ambition is to provide an offer that creates a balance between conviviality, calm and connectivity for men and women traveling on business and whose expectations are not entirely met by the market's current offer.

Defining themselves as places that are open, full of life, and sharing, Pullman hotels are aiming at conviviality and social intimacy. Their open spaces, designed to promote these features (a warm and welcoming lobby, table d'hôtes, or communal dining, that encourage social exchanges), reflect this desire to make a stay at a Pullman hotel a memorable event.

Pullman hotels are also places of tranquility and calm for a clientele that is constantly on call and under pressure. Whether guests seek rest in the comfort and privacy of their rooms or a moment to unwind and relax, every guest knows that a Pullman hotel is the perfect place to meet all his or her requirements.

Communication and connectivity facilitated and speeded up thanks to the latest equipment (notably through a partnership with Microsoft). Better than an office, Pullman customers have at their disposal a genuine working space, designed with simplicity and attention to ergonomics. Pullman guarantees that its guests will be permanently able to contact their work colleagues but also their families and friends.

The prestige of a brand at the service of a bold offer

An historic brand with strong evocative powers, Pullman has all the legitimacy to respond to the requirements of a clientele that seeks an environment combining comfort, pleasure and modernity.

Pullman recalls the name of Georges Mortimer Pullman who, in 1864, designed the first Pullman sleeping cars that were based on a technology unrivalled in the 19th century and that enabled travelers to reach distant destinations in ease and comfort, while at the same time forming genuine sociable links with their fellow passengers.

The Pullman brand, above all, recalls the association of travel, pleasure and comfort, which tallies exactly with this new hotel offer.

Like other great brands that have managed to evolve and renew themselves, Accor is giving a new lease of life to the Pullman name by concentrating on its founding, historic values in order to respond better to the requirements of today's public, starting with business travelers.

With Pullman, Accor completes its portfolio of brands

By relaunching Pullman, Accor plans to consolidate its position in the upscale hotel market by targeting business travelers more accurately. The Pullman chain strengthens the coherence of the group's portfolio of brands and makes its offer clearer and easier to understand. While Sofitel moves up-market to position itself in the upper upscale and luxury segments, Pullman provides a new and original offer of services that meets the criteria of excellence of upscale hotelery.
Accor, the European leader and a major global group in hotels, the global leader in services to corporate clients and public institutions, operates in nearly 100 countries with 170,000 employees. It offers to its clients over 40 years of expertise in its two core businesses:

Hotels, with the Sofitel, Pullman, Novotel, Mercure, Suitehotel, Ibis, All Seasons, Etap Hotel, Formule 1 and Motel 6 brands, representing more than 4,000 hotels and nearly 500,000 rooms in 90 countries, as well as strategically related activities, such as Lenôtre.

Services, with 23 million people in nearly 40 countries benefiting from Accor Services products in human resources, marketing services and expense management.

CONTACT INFORMATION

Accor China
Angel Liu
accorpr@uninet.cn
Tel: +8621 61285036

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