PRESS RELEASE
June 25, 2021
Shiji Group and Wharf Hotels sign strategic agreement to extend partnership to provide its technology products and services to 16 Wharf Hotels throughout Asia Pacific.
HONG KONG, China, June 25, 2021 – Shiji Group has recently announced that its relationship with Wharf Hotels has been extended to 16 Wharf Hotels throughout Mainland China, China Hong Kong and The Philippines.
Wharf Hotels, the Hong Kong based heritage hotel management company, initially partnered with Shiji Group to power its newly opened Niccolo Suzhou through Shiji Group’s complete stack of technology products and services. These solutions include Shiji Cloud PMS, Infrasys Cloud POS, Eventhub System, Data Insight System, Shiji Distribution Solutions, Shiji Payment Solutions, ReviewPro and more.
Upon the successful implementation and operation of Shiji solutions at the iconic Niccolo Suzhou property, the hotel group has decided to roll-out the same set of Shiji solutions across all 16 Wharf Hotels throughout China mainland, China Hong Kong, and The Philippines, including The Murray, Hong Kong, and several hotels under the Niccolo and Marco Polo brands.
The implementation of Shiji’s solutions throughout the hotel portfolio has already begun and will continue into early 2022 until completion.
“We are happy to expand our relationship with Shiji Group as the hospitality technology solution provider has allowed our Niccolo Suzhou property to run seamlessly and improve overall operations with the ease of cloud-based capabilities. The technology stack has been a great fit for our property and we look forward to increasing the number of our properties using Shiji Group solutions. With 16 properties in the Shiji Group ecosystem, we are confident in the improved guest experiences, greater profits, and overall tech convenience that the solutions will bring,” Terry Wan, Group Director IT Wharf Hotels Management Ltd.
“Wharf Hotels has been making great strides in the global hospitality scene, and we are thrilled to provide our hotel technology product and services to even more of their hotel properties across Asia Pacific. With more hotels utilizing our well-integrated technology solutions, we look forward to providing the hotel group with a technology ecosystem that runs smoothly across various properties and regions, with improved efficiency and guest experiences,” said Vincent Lai, Senior Vice President Greater China of Shiji Group.
Shiji Group is a multi-national technology company that provides software solutions and services for enterprise companies in the hospitality, food service, retail and entertainment industries, ranging from hospitality technology platform, hotel management solutions, food and beverage and retail systems, payment gateways, data management, online distribution and more. Founded in 1998 as a network solutions provider for hotels, Shiji Group today comprises over 5,000 employees in 80+ subsidiaries and brands in over 23 countries, serving more than 91,000 hotels, 200,000 restaurants and 600,000 retail outlets. For more information, visit www.shijigroup.com.
Emanating the spirit of discovery, Wharf Hotels, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Wharf (Holdings) Ltd, is based in Hong Kong SAR of China, and currently operates 17 owned or managed hotels under Niccolo or Marco Polo Hotels in China, Hong Kong and the Philippines. Niccolo Hotels was added to the group’s portfolio in 2015 as the luxury collection, positioning the brand as contemporary chic. The Murray, Hong Kong, a Niccolo Hotel, the brand's flagship hotel, was ranked as the top hotel in the city within a year of its opening, and the upcoming opening of Niccolo Suzhou will bring the brand’s collection to 5 hotels following the successes of Niccolo Chengdu, Chongqing and Changsha. Marco Polo’s international deluxe hotels in established locations within China, Hong Kong and the Philippines maintain their ethos to explore, discover and experience a destination, drawing on the philosophies of their namesake, Marco Polo: an adventurer, a traveller, an entrepreneur and a connoisseur of culture - just as Marco Polo’s modern travellers are today. Wharf Hotels is a member of the Global Hotel Alliance
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