Mr. Matthias Roeke has been appointed as General
Manager of China World Summit Wing, Beijing, a new hotel by
Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts set to open in the Chinese capitals
latest landmark, the 330-metre tall China World Tower at the China
World Trade Center complex. The China World Summit Wing, Beijing
is scheduled to open at the end of 2009 or early 2010.
With
views over the city centre, the new China World Summit
Wing, Beijing occupies the upper floors of the citys newest
landmark, China World Tower, which soars 81 floors over the China
World Trade Center complex in the heart of Beijings Central
Business District.
The hotel will comprise 278 guestrooms and
suites, four designer restaurants, two bars and a lounge, and four
exclusive venues devoted to private dining, one of which will be
an observation deck on level 81. The hotel will also house CHI,
The Spa, Shangri-Las signature spa brand. A total of 5,500 square metres of conference and banquet facilities will include two
ballrooms spanning 3,100 square metres, a rooftop Pine Garden on
level 6, an auditorium and a total of 12 spacious function rooms.
A German national with twenty years of hospitality
management experience, Mr. Matthias Roeke has been with Shangri-La
Hotels and Resorts for six years. Prior to joining China World
Summit Wing, Beijing, Mr. Roeke was General Manager of
Shangri-Las Tanjung Aru Resort and Spa in Kota Kinabalu,
Malaysia, since October 2007.
From 2004 to 2007, Mr. Roeke served as
Resident Manager
of Island Shangri-La, Hong Kong, an award winning property which
consistently ranks in the readers polls of the worlds foremost
travel publications, and where he played an instrumental role in
improving the hotels guest satisfaction scores for overall
staying experience.
Mr. Roeke attended hotel school
training in his native Germany, commencing his professional career
in Berlin. He has since been involved on an executive level with
the opening of five-star hotels in Stuttgart, Germany; Mumbai,
India and Seoul, Korea. Mr. Roekes career has brought him to
various destinations around the globe, including Singapore, South
Africa and Thailand.
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