China
Solís Lake Tai Hotel to Open in Suzhou
Solís Hotels & Resorts announced that it has partnered with Fantasia Holdings Group Co., Ltd. to open the Solís Lake Tai in Suzhou, China in 2013.
The Solís Lake Tai will offer 300 rooms (250 guestrooms and 50 villas), two restaurants, and a rooftop garden, as well as an indoor swimming pool, a fitness center, and spa.
The hotel’s interior will be designed by Jaya Ibrahim of Jaya International Design, and will …
Risky Business Travel: How to Protect Your Trade Secrets and Information Overseas
Tom Lehrer gave travelers some advice in his song “Pollution,” advising “just two things of which you must be aware: don’t drink the water and don’t breath the air.”
What M.H., a former intelligence official currently employed in the private sector, does when he travels makes Lehrer’s advice seem quaint.
M.H., who asked that we refer to him by initials that are not actually his because of the sensitivity of his position, …
This Week in Business Travel History – 8 April 2012
In 1860, the first Pony Express trip reached San Francisco, California. The mail service only lasted until October 1861, when it closed as a result of the Civil War and the advent of the transcontinental telegraph.
Pierre Prier made the first ever non-stop passenger flight between London and Paris in 1911. Today, multiple airlines still fly this route every day.
In 1918, the Loughead brothers flew their F-1 seaplane from Santa Barbara …
Westin to Open 200th Hotel
Starwood has announced it will open its 200th Westin hotel within the next twelve months.
The company plans to open 11 new Westin hotels this year, in locations that include China, Indonesia, Panama City, New York and Snowmass, Colorado.
China is Westin’s most prominent growth market, and six of the new hotels will be located there. Four more hotels are planned to open in the country by the end of 2013. Westin …
Hilton to Open DoubleTree Hotel in Shanghai
Hilton announced the opening of the DoubleTree by Hilton, Shanghai-Pudong hotel, the brand’s tenth in China.
The two-tower, 850-room hotel is located in Shanghai’s Pudong New Area, near the Shanghai New International Exposition Center, the Shanghai Central Business District, and the Shanghai High-Speed Maglev train to Pudong International Airport.
The hotel features 16,000 square feet of meeting and event space, a fitness center and spa, outdoor tennis courts, and an indoor pool.
The …
This Week In Business Travel History – 26 February 2012
In 1776, Silas Deane embarked on one of the most pivotal business trips in U.S. history- a secret mission to France to garner support for the American Revolution.
The first commercial railroad in the U.S. was chartered in 1827. The Baltimore & Ohio (B&O) Railroad Company was intended to compete with the Erie Canal, and link the port of Baltimore with the Ohio River.
In 1847, Congress authorized the U.S. Postal Department …
