ACCOMMODATION - Hyatt goes for quality growth

TTGasia.com, Jun 8-14, 2007

Hyatt International has big plans for development in Asia over the next couple of years, with the three main target markets being China, India and Thailand. But at an Asia-wide Hyatt roadshow in Beijing last week, Hyatt Asia/Pacific marketing vice-president, Mr Grahame Carder, said the group was not competing in the numbers game. He said regional expansion for the company was all about quality. Mr Carder told TTG Asia: “It’s one thing saying you’re going to have 50 hotels by such and such a date, but the biggest challenge for everyone is finding the resources to do it. “For us, less is more. We’d rather have slightly fewer hotels but have real quality in everything we do. “It’s more important for us that the brand quality and consistency is kept in focus for the group.”

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