QINGDAO, China, Aug. 18 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Mr. Tomas Hansson has been appointed as General Manager for Le Meridien Qingdao, the first Starwood hotel in Qingdao.
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A native of Sweden, Tomas Hansson has held various senior management positions in Starwood and in China, most recently as opening General Manager of Sheraton Shenzhen Futian Hotel. Prior to that, Mr. Hansson has been involved in the openings of Sheraton Shenyang and Sheraton Nanjing and has also been the General Manager of Sheraton Chengdu. Before coming to China, Mr. Hansson worked in Sheraton in England and in Sweden and will now with his team bring a part of European culture to the hotel market in Qingdao with the chic and cultured Le Meridien.
Scheduled to open in December 2009, Le Meridien Qingdao is the 4th Le Meridien hotel in mainland China. Located in the newly developing CBD centre, the hotel presents the elegantly designed 348 guest rooms and suites equipped with everything for the sophisticated travellers, three fine restaurants and lobby lounge offering the world class culinary experiences, well-equipped fitness centre and spa, as well as a total of 1824 square metres meeting space with most advanced meeting facilities.
Le Meridien
Le Meridien Hotels & Resorts, with its portfolio of more than 120 luxury and upscale hotels in 52 countries worldwide, is owned by Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. The majority of Le Meridien properties are located in the world's top cities and resorts throughout Europe, the Americas, Asia Pacific, Africa and the Middle East. In the 2005 Luxury Brand Status Index survey Le Meridien was recognised as one of the top 15 luxury hotel brands. For more information, please visit http://www.lemeridien.com .
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. is one of the leading hotel and leisure companies in the world with approximately 850 properties in more than 95 countries and 145,000 employees at its owned and managed properties. Starwood(R) Hotels is a fully integrated owner, operator and franchisor of hotels and resorts with the following internationally renowned brands: St. Regis(R), The Luxury Collection(R), Sheraton(R), Westin(R), Four Points(R) by Sheraton, W(R), Le Meridien(R) and the recently announced aloft(SM). Starwood Hotels also owns Starwood Vacation Ownership, Inc., one of the premier developers and operators of high quality vacation interval ownership resorts. For more information, please visit http://www.starwoodhotels.com .
