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Wyndham Xiamen Celebrates Second Anniversary and Achieves National Five-Star Status Recognized by China Tourist Hotel Star-Rating Committee

Wyndham Xiamen — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 07:10:38 +0000

Xiamen, China (April 22, 2011) /ChinaNewswire.com/ — Wyndham Hotel Group, part of Wyndham Worldwide Corporation (NYSE: WYN), today celebrated the second anniversary of the opening of Wyndham Xiamen and the formal announcement of the hotel’s official, national five-star hotel ranking from China Tourist Hotel Star-Rating Committee.

To commemorate its anniversary and five-star status, Wyndham Xiamen hosted a special birthday party with over 500 guests in attendance, including government officials, key trade partners, media and other special guests.

"It is our great pleasure to celebrate two successful years at Wyndham Xiamen,” said Dominique Galperti, general manager of Wyndham Xiamen. “This accreditation from China Tourist Hotel Star-Rating Committee is the best anniversary gift for us all and serves as encouragement to strive even further for excellence in the service that we provide for our guests."

When Wyndham Xiamen opened in 2009, it became the first hotel in China to fly the Wyndham® flag; currently, the property is one of 13 Wyndham branded properties currently open or under development in China. Wyndham Hotel Group is the largest U.S.-based hotel company in the country with 301 hotels representing over 46,000 rooms under the Wyndham Hotels and Resorts, Ramada®, Howard Johnson®, Days Inn® and Super 8® brands.

The hotel features a 20-meter-high waterfall and seven-meter-tall chandelier in its lobby, as well as 588 guest rooms including 161 guest suites and 130 serviced apartments, all with a refreshing ocean or city skyline view. Wyndham Xiamen’s top five floors are home to the Wyndham Club with over 90 executive rooms. Guests checking into the Wyndham Club rooms receive delicately packaged chocolates and cookies in their room, plus free access to the Wyndham Club Lounge at any time to enjoy the hotel’s signature cocktails.

The 26-floor hotel offers five food-and-beverage outlets, including a Chinese restaurant, specializing in Cantonese cuisine and Xinnan Xuan regional specialties; the Le Rivage Café, offering a fantastic and memorable view of Gulangyu Island; and JuJu An, featuring a wide variety of fresh sushi and sumptuous teppanyaki.

The contemporary building boasts 3,450 square meters of meeting space including a 1,260-square-meter grand ballroom that can accommodate up to 1,000 people. Eleven meeting rooms with state-of-the-art audio visual equipment are ideal for meetings and conferences. The hotel staff can accommodate various events, from glamorous dinners and cocktail receptions to corporate events which require bespoke solutions.

Wyndham Xiamen serves as an ideal location for business events as well as leisure activities. Guests can enjoy a relaxing cup of afternoon tea, a couple’s retreat or a special family occasion.

Located in the very heart of Xiamen’s business and shopping district, Wyndham Xiamen is located just 20 minutes from the Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport and Xiamen International Conference and Exhibition Center.

Wyndham Hotels and Resorts, LLC, a subsidiary of Wyndham Worldwide Corporation (NYSE: WYN), offers upscale hotel and resort accommodations throughout the United States, Europe, Canada, Mexico, China and the Caribbean. All Wyndham® hotels are either franchised by the company or managed by Wyndham Hotel Management, Inc., one of its affiliates or through a joint-venture partner. Additional information and reservations for all Wyndham hotels are available by calling (800) WYNDHAM – (800) 996-3426 – or visiting www.wyndham.com.

Wyndham Hotel Group encompasses approximately 7,210 hotels and 612,700 rooms in 67 countries under the hotel brands: Wyndham Hotels and Resorts®, Ramada®, Days Inn®, Super 8®, Wingate by Wyndham®, Baymont Inn & Suites®, Microtel Inns & Suites®, Hawthorn Suites® by Wyndham, TRYP by Wyndham®, Howard Johnson®, Travelodge® and Knights Inn®. In addition, the company has a license agreement to franchise the Planet Hollywood Hotels, Dream® and Night® brands and provide management services internationally.

All hotels are independently owned and operated excluding certain Wyndham and international Ramada hotels which are managed by our affiliate or through a joint venture partner. Wyndham Hotel Group is based in Parsippany, N.J. Additional information is available at www.wyndhamworldwide.com.

CONTACT INFORMATION

Yvonne Zheng
Director of Communications
Wyndham Xiamen
12 Lu Jiang Dao,
Xiamen,
Fujian, China 361001
Tel: (592) 6366666 Ext.6855
Fax: (592) 6366665
yvonnezheng@wyndham.com

Get geared up for a weekend of eco activities at the Eco Design Fair Spring 2010

Eco Design Fair — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 08:11:36 +0000

For the first time, the fifth Eco Design Fair will be open over a two-day period in a new sustainable venue with a record number of over 65 participating eco-conscious businesses.

Shanghai, China (April 15, 2010) /ChinaNewswire.com/ — Spend time at the Eco Design Fair Spring 2010 to source the latest lifestyle items that are well-designed, sustainable, organic, natural, non-toxic, recycled, ethical, energy-saving, and environmentally aware products. Also look out for our special ecoFresh Foods Market, ecoBuild Innovations and Fair Trade Market vendors.

Offering solution-based activities for the people of all ages and backgrounds, this event is free of charge for visitors to source the latest in eco lifestyle products, to learn about sustainable living, while shopping and feasting at the market.

Highlights include: Rolling in Style ecoFashion Show, on Saturday at 11:30am, to present a selection of eco designers and brands from China that inspire urban cyclists to bike in style; interactive ecoAction Workshops, in conjunction with Good to Shanghai, offered free of charge throughout the weekend to provide hands-on information and skills about sustainable living practices. Among the workshops include "How to Create your Own Compost" by Arc8x; "Insulating your Home" by GIGA, "Environmental Graphic Design Challenge" by SGTH, amongst many others; motivational Keynote Speakers from a variety of industries to provide inspiring environmental topics including Eco Cities, Recycling and Green Business Initiatives. Speakers include Adam Minter from Shanghai Scrap; Lynne King from Sage Vision; Professor Tao Kang Hua from the Shanghai College Green Volunteer Group; and global transporation company, TNT; ecoKids Corner to hold a variety of fun eco activities for youths and their parents, with Western International School of Shanghai (WISS), YK Pao School, CharyoU Organization, Little Red Design & other Shanghai schools taking part; Coolqi Bike Ride, organized by Good to Shanghai, on Sunday afternoon to highlight eco transport options in Shanghai; an official Opening Ceremony to kick off our evening events on Saturday, April 17 at 4:30pm, with planting of commemorative trees by our special guests, organizers and sponsors. Invited guests and press members at the Green Cocktail Party will enjoy fresh tapas and organic wine while watching an eco fashion show presented by students from the Raffles Design Institute.

Leading up to the weekend activities, EDF will join forces with Green Drinks and GIGA Talks to offer events at the BAU International Lounge (Lane 1252 FuXing Middle Rd, 4F) on April 14th and 15th, respectively. Open to all, these evenings provide interesting speakers and a great place to meet and socialize with like-minded individuals.

Eco Design Fair works hard to meet its low carbon goal by providing recycling stations, bike valet parking, and offering energy credits to a wind power project in Fujian, China, through Seal Carbon, to offset all attendee travel.

Net proceeds from the Eco Design Fair Spring 2010 will again benefit Roots & Shoots Shanghai and their Million Tree Project in Ku Lun Qi, Tong Liao municipality in Inner Mongolia. The proceeds from previous events have resulted in donating over 370 trees to this project.

For up-to-date exhibitor listings, seminar scheduling, and fringe activities listing, please visit www.ecodesignfair.cn.

CONTACT INFORMATION

Sherry Poon
Tel: +86 13162441598

Danielle Huang (Chinese press)
Tel: +86 13651935012
Email: nihao@ecodesignfair.cn

Pan Pacific Xiamen Voted One Of The Top 25 Hotels In China In 2010 Tripadvisor Travelers Choice Awards

Pan Pacific Xiamen — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 06:53:30 +0000

Xiamen, China (February 03, 2010) /ChinaNewswire.com/ — Xiamen's leading international five star hotel, Pan Pacific Xiamen has been recognised as one of the "Top 25 hotels in China" by Tripadvisor.com in its 2010 Travelers' Choice Awards.

Coming in #6 in the 'Top 25 hotels in China' list, Pan Pacific Xiamen, which opened in August 2009, is setting new standards in the city and raising the bar for service excellence. To be the only hotel in Xiamen and the Fujian Province to win this award marks a great triumph for the hotel's team. In addition, Pan Pacific Seattle was also honoured amongst the 'Top 25 Hotels in the United States', coming in at #13 in the list.

Now in its eighth year, the annual Travelers' Choice Awards are the only hotel awards based on the real and unbiased reviews and opinions from millions of travelers on tripadvisor.com and across the web. Travelers worldwide are recognizing hotels for their outstanding service, value and quality to decide the 'best of the best' in travel.

"We are delighted to receive this customer feedback generated award," said Rudy Rodas, General Manager of Pan Pacific Xiamen. "This recognition has been made possible through the efforts of our associates and we are encouraged to continue to create value for guests through our commitment to personalized service and genuine care. In addition, with the recent opening of Pan Pacific Suzhou in January 2010, we will continue to bring the renowned Pan Pacific experience to more guests in China."

More information please go to:
http://www.tripadvisor.com/TravelersChoiceList-g294211-cTop25.

About tripadvisor.com
TripAdvisor-branded sites alone make up the most popular and largest travel community in the world, with more than 25 million unique monthly visitors, 15 million members, and more than 30 million reviews and opinions.

Featuring real advice from real travelers, TripAdvisor-branded sites cover 500,000 hotels and attractions and operate in the U.S., the U.K., Ireland, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, India, Japan, Portugal and Brazil, Sweden, The Netherlands ,Canada and China.

Collectively, the sites comprising the TripAdvisor Media Network have won hundreds of awards and accolades from press and industry, worldwide.

CONTACT INFORMATION

Chris Li/Marketing Communication Manager
Pan Pacific Xiamen
T: +86 592 507 8888 ext. 1810
F: + 86 592 507 8899
Mail:chris.li@panpacific.com

Interactive Eco-Activities Scheduled for the 4th Eco Design Fair in Shanghai

Eco Design Fair — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 03:16:26 +0000

Shanghai, China (October 16, 2009) /ChinaNewswire.com/ — The Eco Design Fair Fall 2009 on October 17, 2009 is open to the public from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. A host of eco-friendly exhibitors and presenters will offer visitors resources, products and real solutions about leading cleaner, healthier lifestyles in Shanghai.

The highlight of this solution-driven event is a talk at 12:00 p.m. given by Richard Brubaker about what sustainability means to him. With almost 15 years of Asia experience, Brubaker is currently involved with Hands On Shanghai, Crossroads, the Corporate Social Responsibility Committee of the American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai, and China Europe International Business School.

The ecoAction Roundtables start at 1:00 p.m. and are set up to allow the general public, students, designers, and professionals to meet and discuss sub-focus topics with like-minded businesses and organizations within that topic area. Sessions by GIGA, Shanghai Roots & Shoots, Clownfish Marketing, and Shokay are scheduled to highlight current issues in Shanghai and to discuss best practices and solutions in fields such as sustainable design, environmental protection, sustainable marketing, CSR, and responsible manufacturing.

Eco-friendly crafts for children are offered from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Teachers and students from YK Pao School will help visitors create a quilt patch to be included in the Climate Quilt Campaign. The finished quilt will be sent to the UN Conference on Climate Change, to be held in Copenhagen in December 2009. [the Studio] will guide children to create art from recycled materials, alongside an exhibit of finalists from Touchmedia's Eco-Art Shanghai 2009 Competition.

In addition, Jammala Drum Group will energize visitors with their earthy, high-spirited African style percussion music, starting at 1:30 p.m.

The Eco Design Fair Fall 2009 will offset attendee travel by offering energy credits to a wind power project in Fujian, China through Seal Carbon.

The venue, URBN Hotels Shanghai, embraces China's past, present & future. A renovated factory warehouse, URBN Hotel features 26 design and earth friendly rooms, and all energy consumed by its guests and operating staff are offset.

The Eco Design Fair is the original bi-annual fair providing the community the opportunity to network, exchange ideas and be part of a growing sustainable design movement in Shanghai. The Eco Design Fair is organized by a team from Wobabybasics, GIGA, Naked Retreats, LiveGreen, NEST, and Woigreen with support from sponsors and volunteers.

For more information and event schedule, see www.ecodesignfair.cn

CONTACT INFORMATION

Sherry Poon, founder of Eco Design Fair
Tel: +86 13162441598

Trine Targett, head of Marketing
Tel: +86 13916399886
Email: nihao@ecodesignfair.cn
Website: www.ecodesignfair.cn

Bringing 21st Century Teaching Concepts Into Chinese University Classrooms

China Newswire — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 01:46:29 +0000

Beijing, China (October 20, 2008) /ChinaNewswire.com/ — Dr. David Arnow, a tenured Computer Science Professor at Brooklyn College, City University of New York, has been invited by the Shanxi Branch of the Computer Science Federation (in association with the China Association of Science & Technology), Tsinghua Press and China's Computer Science Journal (Sponsored by the Committee of Higher Educational Computing Courses of the Ministry of Education) to facilitate 3 workshops on the merits of investing in and creating an interactive environment in the classroom. The workshops will be focused on how to introduce e-Learning tools into the traditional textbook based classroom.

The workshops will be held in Beijing November 8 at Tsinghua University, November 15 at Taiyuan University of Science and Technology, Shanxi province and Novmber 16 at FuZhou University, FuJian province. The attendants will include representatives from various branches of the Ministry of Education, University Deans and Computer Programming faculty seated in departments from various disciplines.

Professors of Universities from Shanxi province visited with Dr. Arnow earlier in the year as part of a 25 year long cooperative effort between Universities in Shanxi Province and The City University of New York (CUNY). "This visit really opened my eyes to the opportunity US Educational Institutions have at cooperating with our peers in the East in cultivating the minds of their 250 million students", Dr. Arnow went on to say "in the US we constantly our innovating new ways to motivate and maintain the attention of our students, where in China students can't get enough content to satisfy their immense hunger for knowledge".

China is rapidly developing the resources and means for its young elite to be exposed to Western learning concepts. Chinese Universities are being equipped with the latest in audio/visual aides and students have access to more bandwidth then most second tier cities in China seem to have. The investment made in education is evident not only in the growing number of students competing for placement in top tier universities, but also by the depth and breadth of educational tools they are being provided. The challenge today is not with funding education, but in assisting faculty how to take advantage of the educational tools they have been provided.

Dr. Arnow was the innovator of WebToTeach, now known as Codelab, and actively researches and publishes papers on cooperative learning using interactive media. Dr. Arnow's visit is being sponsored by Intelligent People Solutions (IPS), a Beijing based e-Learning solutions provider.

CONTACT INFORMATION

Michael Iannini
Managing Director
Intelligent People Solutions (IPS)
Phone:+86-13911016894
http://www.discoverips.com

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Sofitel Plaza Xiamen Ready for your Banqueting, Meetings & Events

China Newswire — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 01:39:40 +0000

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Xiamen, China (October 16, 2007) /ChinaNewswire.com/ — The Sofitel Plaza Xiamen boasts banqueting space of about 1086 square meters. The hotel’s intimate meeting rooms are perfect for small to medium sized events, press conferences or private dining while hosting visiting executives.
The New Diamond Room is the hotel’s main meeting rooms. It is abundant with natural light, featuring soaring 7.5 meters high ceiling and is over 500 square meters. ( Capacity-Classroom Style: 300, Theatre Style:400, U-Shape:160, Board Room:160) The New Diamond Room looks more fabulous with 5 grand crystal chandeliers which featuring 3.7 meters. Our Opal Room on 4th floor is perfect for seminars, incentive activities or themed events for up to 300 people.

The state-of-the-art facilities provide the most advanced audio and visual equipment, including build-in LCD projectors, video teleconferencing, video multi-system player, closed-circuit television and quick wireless Internet access.

Other meeting rooms on the 2nd floor include the Emerald, Jade and Jasper. There are also three meeting rooms on the 5th floor, named the Ruby, Sapphire and a Board Room. These airy meeting rooms with day light have various sizes ranging from 45 to 110 sqm. They provide perfect space for small to midsize meetings, conference, trainings and other events.

INTERNET LINKS

http://www.accorhotels.com/asia
http://www.sofitel.com

CONTACT INFORMATION

19 Hubin Bei Road, Xiamen 361012, Fujian, China
Tel +86(0)592 507 8888
Fax +86(0)592 507 8899
E-mail: info@sofitelxiamen.com

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