Conference Agenda

10:05

-Keynote Speech I-

The Challenges of the Global Financial Crisis for the Asia-Pacific Hotel Industry

Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA)

10:25

- Keynote Speech II-

How China’s Hotels Can Deal with the Global Financial Crisis

China National Tourism Administration (CNTA)

10:45

- Keynote Speech III-

The Relationship Between the 2010 World Expo and the Hotel Industry

Shanghai Municipal Tourism Bureau

11:05

Panel Discussion

• Impact- How bad does the Global Financial Crisis impacts on Hotel industry? Which types of hotels are mostly hit? How long will it last?
• Solutions-How can hotelers react?
• Expectation- dialogue between hotel players and government officials on what kind of policies & regulations that the government bodies will be issued to help hotels out, how the government will ensure the industry to keep a healthy developing rate as well as attracting some investments;
• Development- Future trend and way
• Opportunities- what kind of opps will the big events like World Expo 2010 bring to hotels? How the hotels can really benefit from that?

Panelists:

Government side-Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA), China National Tourism Administration, Shanghai Municipal Tourism Administration;

Hotels:-Starwood Hotel & Resorts, Kaiyan Tourism Group, Pullman Skyway Hotel Shanghai, Husa Hotel

14:00

- Keynote Speech I-

New Hotel Procurement in new stage

-What Impact the Global Financial Crisis Bring to Hotel Procurement sector?

-Analysis of the New Trend and New Way of Hotel Procurement under the new Situation

-ProcurementAnalysis & comparison

-Building up green Hotels

Speaker: Mr. Zhao Huanyan, Chief Hotel Management Expert, Senior Economist , SAO, Hotel-solution Shanghai

15:30

-Coffee Break-

15:45

Panel I—Hotel Purchasing

The current issues; the existed selecting criteria; What can we learn from previous negative experiences; The Positive factors that World expo brings to us

Moderator: Mr. Du Juexiang, DeputySecretary, Zhejiang Hotels Association

Panelists :

Mr. Chen Canrong, Vice President, New Century Grand Hotel Hangzhou

Mr. Sun Jian, CEO, Home Inn

Ms. Chen Guangyu, Chief Representative, Husa Hotel

Mr. Zhao Huanyan, Chief Hotel Management Expert, Senior Economist , SAO, Hotel-solution Shanghai

Shanghai Tourism Trade Association Hotel Industry

16:30

-Coffee Break-

16:45

Panel II— Product Suppliers

The adjustment to meet with the new standards of green hotels; Hotel food quality control & Textile products introduction. How to work with the hotel side to provide room guests high-quality service?

Moderator:

Mr.Jiang Yongqing, Owner's Representative, Pullman Skyway Hotel Shanghai

Panelists:

China Tourism News Press Office

King Famous Bedding Company Limited,

AMTT Digital Service Group,

Shanghai Jinhong Hotel utensil Co., Ltd.

Render Coffee (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.

ChaoZhou Bening Ceramics Industries Co., Ltd.