Comments on: Chinese Hotels — You Gotta Love ‘Em! http://calpolymbatrip.com/2006/china/chinese-hotels-you-gotta-love-em/ The MBA Graduate Program at Cal Poly Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:54:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Victoria Whelan http://calpolymbatrip.com/2006/china/chinese-hotels-you-gotta-love-em/#comment-658 Victoria Whelan Mon, 04 Dec 2006 23:35:47 +0000 http://calpolymbatrip.com/2006/china/chinese-hotels-you-gotta-love-em/#comment-658 Working as an assistant manager for a bed and breakfast for more than a year I found these articles very interesting. I have always kept the idea of managing or being in the executive office of a big hotel chain. Knowing about busines growth and the hotel industry, I could bring many insights to China about running the hotels in a more appealing way. From reading these articles, I see a great opportunity in China for hotels like Best Western or Days Inn to grow. Business is growing in China, meaning more travelers from other countries who are used to more luxury hotels. These hotels can seize the opportunityty and target travelers, like U.S. business people. China's income is also rising due to business expansion. What we call middle price hotels, or China calls upper class hotels, will be on the rise and should begin to increase marketing or gain entry into the market. Those that produce more luxurious goods will be increasing market share at a faster rate. Since the currently Chinese travelers are looking for less luxurious hotels Super 8 has made the right move to expand rapidly. Super 8 is a name known to America too, which would attract visitors from America. They are able to target Chinese and American travelers. Home Inns might be increasing the number of hotels too rapidly, going from 10 to 107 in 2 years. True the population is rising and there are more visitors, but most visitors travel to a name they know and trust. Their building plan does sound effective, targeting areas of new business, so hopefully they can prove me wrong and continue to grow. Working as an assistant manager for a bed and breakfast for more than a year I found these articles very interesting. I have always kept the idea of managing or being in the executive office of a big hotel chain. Knowing about busines growth and the hotel industry, I could bring many insights to China about running the hotels in a more appealing way.

From reading these articles, I see a great opportunity in China for hotels like Best Western or Days Inn to grow. Business is growing in China, meaning more travelers from other countries who are used to more luxury hotels. These hotels can seize the opportunityty and target travelers, like U.S. business people. China’s income is also rising due to business expansion. What we call middle price hotels, or China calls upper class hotels, will be on the rise and should begin to increase marketing or gain entry into the market. Those that produce more luxurious goods will be increasing market share at a faster rate.

Since the currently Chinese travelers are looking for less luxurious hotels Super 8 has made the right move to expand rapidly. Super 8 is a name known to America too, which would attract visitors from America. They are able to target Chinese and American travelers. Home Inns might be increasing the number of hotels too rapidly, going from 10 to 107 in 2 years. True the population is rising and there are more visitors, but most visitors travel to a name they know and trust. Their building plan does sound effective, targeting areas of new business, so hopefully they can prove me wrong and continue to grow.

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