May 13 Morning

09:00  - 09:15   Chairman’s Address

Speaker:

Joseph Wang, Chief Commercial Officer, TravelDaily

09:15  - 10:00   Executive Roundtable

CEO Talk

Panelists:

Qi Ji, Founder & Chairman, HUAZHU Hotels Group
Simon Zhang, CEO, Jin Jiang International Hotels
Alex Zheng, Chief Brand Architect & Co-Chairman, Plateno Group
Elton Sun, General Manager, HK CTS Hotels Co.,Ltd.
Moderated by:
Charlie Li, CEO, TravelDaily

10:00  - 10:25   Keynote

Digital Guest Experience - How Marriott Gets Ready for Digital Savvy Guests

Hoteliers have a unique opportunity to enhance their guest services and experience through digital touch points. Next Generation Travelers are now seeking for more digital services before, during and after their stay.

Speaker:

Michael Simon, General Manager – Distribution, EMEA & APAC, Marriott International

10:25  - 10:55   Munch, Meet and Mingle

10:55  - 11:20   Keynote

Big Data-driven Room Availability

As the largest hotel OTA, Ctrip has big data of travelers who have browsed and booked hotel. To improve hotel reservation experience, based on their shopping behaviors and transactions, we use machine learning to model room availability for non-allotment, to speed up order confirmation, to predict customers preferred hotels.

Speaker:

Eric Ye, Senior VP & CTO, Ctrip

11:20  - 12:10   Executive Roundtable

China Hotels Overseas Expansion Strategy

Panelists:

John Kidd, President, HNA Hospitality Group
Eric Wu, CFO & Board Director, Plateno Group
Kevin Li, COO, Jinjiang Metropolo Management Corporation
Ted Zhang, Co-founder & CEO, DerbySoft
Moderated by:
Julie Dai, Director, Beijing Office, Horwath HTL

12:10  - 14:00   Lunch and Midday Break

May 13 Afternoon

14:00  - 14:25   Keynote

Restructure the Value Proposition for Guests

As we can see, hotels are the entry to the business world. Our guests mean traffic to our hotels. What do they want to buy? What else are they interested in to spend the leisure time during the business travel? In the era of online to offline, we can provide more than just the rooms…

Speaker:

David Sun, CEO, Homeinns

14:25  - 14:50   Keynote

Chinese and Asia Pacific - Hotel Performance Trends

STR Global will share the latest hotel performance trends in Global, Asia Pacific and Chinese markets – giving the historic view and current situation but also thoughts on the near future - with pipeline and supply/demand effects. Which markets are recovering faster and why?

Speaker:

Jesper Palmqvist, Area Director Asia Pacific, STR Global
Josie Zhou, Business Development Manager, STR Global

14:50  - 15:40   Executive Roundtable

What Role PMS Will Be Playing in the Ecosystem of Hotel Marketing and Distribution

Panelists:

Michael Zhu, Vice President of IT, Interstate China Hotels and Resorts
Xiaoling Huang, Founder & CEO, BeyondHost
Maria Sun, Executive Vice President & CEO of the Accommodation Business Unit, Ctrip
Philip Liu, General Manager – China, Sabre Hospitality Solutions
Alex Xu, Founder & CEO, Fang Cang
Moderated by:
Joe Xu, Senior Vice President, Super 8 (China)

15:40  - 16:10   Munch, Meet and Mingle

16:10  - 16:35   Keynote

Joint Wisdom Down the Road

In the era of big data, we need to develop a comprehensive data platform for the hotel industry, consolidating industry big data and cloud computing technology to produce smarter solutions for hotels. Hotels need to respond more quickly to the market by leveraging information in management and data for operations. This in turn improves the working relationship between hotels and OTAs and promotes harmony in the whole industry.

Speaker:

Xiaojun Lin, CEO, Joint Wisdom

16:35  - 17:25   Executive Roundtable

The Development of Middle Scale Hotel Market

Panelists:

Shenghong Gan, CEO, Narada Boutique Hotel
Haijun Wang, CEO, Atour Hotel
Changchun Wang, CEO, Morning Inn
Allan Cheng, President & CEO, Eastern Crown Hotels Group
Jianchun Zhang, General Manager, Zhotels
Moderated by:
Summer Xia, Chief Advisor, Lausanne Hospitality

17:25  - 17:55   Interactive Discussion

Topic: Hotel Open Platform vs. OTA Open Platform: Who Will Be the Winner?

18:20  - 20:30   Dinner Reception

May 14 Morning

09:00  - 09:40   Keynote

The Value Analysis of PMS Based on Cloud Computing: Promoting Hotel's Marketing and Operation Capability

Speaker:

Steven Tu, Vice General Manager, GreenCloud

09:40  - 10:20   Keynote

How to Improve Hotel Operation With UGC, Data and Marketing Strategy

Speaker:

Shaohua Li, General Manager, Alitrip, Alibaba Group

10:20  - 10:40   Munch, Meet and Mingle

10:40  - 11:20   Keynote

How Small & Mid-size Hotels Could Leverage on Cloud System to Optimize Financial Process and Supply Chain

Speaker:

Steven Li, CEO, BetterWood

11:20  - 12:00   Keynote

Total Revenue Performance & Hotel Integrated Marketing

Speaker:

Charles Wang, Head of Consulting, Greater China, IDeaS

12:00  - 12:30   Keynote

How to Use Social Media and Mobile Internet to Improve Marketing ROI

Speaker:

Cecilia Lu, Product Director, Tencent Performance Ads Platform - GDT

12:30  - 14:00   Lunch and Midday Break

May 14 Afternoon

14:00  - 14:50   Executive Roundtable

Hotel Multi-screen Strategy

How hotels and OTAs leverage social media tools and mobile innovations to build customer loyalty and improve conversion? 

Panelists:

Rodney Bao, Vice Chairman & CEO, Jinjiang Travel
Vingo Fu, General Manager, E-commerce Co.,Ltd., New Century Hotels & Resorts
Yangdong Li, Senior Director of Product and Technology, Alitrip
Jun Lai, General Manager, Greater China, Booking.com
Rui Li, CEO, Innmall
Nigel Xu, Chairman, Yeah Info
Moderated by:
Joseph Xia, Vice President, Jin Jiang International E-Commerce

14:50  - 16:15   

China Hotel Digital Marketing Innovation Award

Panel of Judges:

Shenghong Gan, CEO, Narada Boutique Hotel
Sarah Chen, Vice President, Sales & Marketing, Shangri-La Hotels & Resorts
Vivian Hong, Co-CEO, Travelzoo Asia Pacific
Jun Lai, General Manager, Greater China, Booking.com

16:15   End of Conference