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Orient Express: Destination China!  New Markets - New Competition
IH&RA 42nd Annual Congress * 28-30 October 2005


The International Hotel & Restaurant Association ("IH&RA") will host its 42nd Annual Congress in Beijing, China, from 28-30 October 2005 at the Kempinski Hotel Beijing Lufthansa Center. The Conference will be preceded by one day of closed IH&RA member meetings for the IH&RA Board of Directors and its Specialty Councils of Chief Executives of National Hotel & Restaurant Associations ("NACE") and of Hotel and Restaurant Chains.

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Themed “Orient Express: Destination China! New Markets – New Competition” the Congress includes a 1-1/2 day Conference featuring travel, tourism and hospitality industry leaders speaking on four key areas:


  • Branding – international brands vs. national Chinese brands
  • Training, education and human resources;
  • In-bound and outbound tourism;
  • International hospitality trends

The Congress also offers social events and a sightseeing programme promising to reveal the undiscovered China thanks to the superior hospitality of the Congress hosts and Organizing Committee: the China Hotel Association; China Tourist Hotels Association; the Hong Kong Hotels Association and media partners including Hotel Modernization China, Hotel Asia Pacific, Hospitality Net and Hsyndicate.

Beijing Tourism Authority is holding a half-day event on 30 October, 2-6 pm, after the end of the Congress. All Congress participants welcome to attend.


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