While U.S. hotel companies have made some very impressive inroads into the expanding Chinese hospitality industry, China-based economy chains have the distribution and price points that attract the majority of Chinese hotel guests.

HEI Hotels & Resorts' Fund III Acquires and Brands Hotel Le Meridien ArlingtonSYS-CON Media (press release)22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — HEI Hotels & Resorts (HEI), a socially responsible investor and employer in the hospitality industry, today announced that the company has purchased the 154-room hotel in the Rosslyn submarket of Arlington, Virginia,...

HEI Hotels & Resorts' Fund III Acquires and Brands Hotel Le Meridien ArlingtonMarketWatch (press release)22, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — HEI Hotels & Resorts (HEI), a socially responsible investor and employer in the hospitality industry, today announced that the company has purchased the 154-room hotel in the Rosslyn submarket of Arlington, Virginia, … and...

IHG’s Abrahamson resigns; Kinsell appointed president, Americas Jim Abrahamson who is leaving IHG to take up the role of CEO of an independent U.S. hotel company. via. Hotel News Now

City Pulse Honoring JapanCity Pulse22 — The month of March isn't only for celebrating women's history at Michigan State University this year: The Asian Studies Center is honoring the culture of Japan with a slew of events on campus. Japan has been recognized by the center every year,...

In year-over-year measurements, the Asia/Pacific region’s occupancy reported a 3.4-percent decrease to 60.0 percent, its average daily rate increased 9.8 percent to US$152.92 and its revenue per available room was up 6.0 percent to US$91.81.