1887 On March 7th, the founder of Sheraton, Ernest Henderson, was born in Sushushan Town, not far from Boston, USA.
Mr. Henderson 1933 started to enter the hotel industry. Sheraton is one of the two earliest hotels of Sheraton Hotel Company. 1937 established Sheraton Hotel Company, 1939 began to use the unified name of Sheraton. It was not until 1957 that Sheraton Company was established for 20 years that the first hotel was really built.
Sheraton Resort Hotel is the largest hotel chain brand in Starwood Hotels Group and the second oldest hotel brand in the group (the oldest is Westin).
The group's brands include St. The Regess, Luxury Select, Westin, Sheraton, Four Points and W Hotel. Franchising 4 1.8%, entrusted management 28.5%, management with capital and others 29.7%.
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Enter the China market
1983 entered the China market, and there are 20 hotels in China. 17 is under construction. Hotels in China have capital entrustment, franchise and selective operation. Hotels that have opened in China are located in metropolises and famous tourist cities, including two in Beijing and one in Chongqing.
Others are in Macau, Shanghai, Zhejiang, Guangdong, Guiyang, Tianjin, Wuhan, Zhengzhou, Anhui, Hunan, Fujian, Shandong, Heilongjiang, Shenyang, Changchun, Sichuan, Jinzhou, Guilin, Xi 'an, Changzhou, Wuxi, Nanjing, Suzhou, Zhenjiang, Sanya and Huizhou.
On March 2 1 2004, Sheraton Hotels Group officially signed a contract with Greater China International (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., and the hotel part of the Greater China International Exchange Plaza was handed over to Sheraton Hotels Group for unified management, thus making the Greater China International Exchange Plaza, the largest single building in China with a building area of over 300,000 square meters, enter the substantive start-up stage and will be fully put into use in 2005.
Greater China International Trade Plaza is world-class in architecture and project hardware, including space and facade design, curtain wall, elevator and air conditioning equipment, including the first helipad in the central area, aiming to create a super-class platform for multinational enterprises and Fortune 500 enterprises to enter the market.
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