| Vienna Hotel Group Limited | |||||||||||
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| Hq Location: | Shenzhen North Railway Station | ||||||||||
| Hq Location City: | Bao'an District, Shenzhen | ||||||||||
| Hq Location Country: | China | ||||||||||
| Founder: | Huang Deman (chairperson) | ||||||||||
| Key People: | Wu Wei (president and CEO) | ||||||||||
| Founded: | in Shenzhen | ||||||||||
Vienna Hotel Group Limited, operating as Vienna Hotels[1] ("Vienna Quality Chain Hotels," referring to Vienna, Austria) is a hotel chain in China, headquartered in Shenzhen North Railway Station, Bao'an District, Shenzhen.
As of 2012 the chain, which is considered mid-range, has 150 hotels with 20,000 rooms.[2] Huang Deman is the founder and chairperson, and Wu Wei is the President and CEO.[3] The English slogan is "High-quality Experience Low-cost payment". The Chinese slogan is "五星体验 二星消费" (wǔxīng tǐyàn èrxīng xiāofèi).[4]
The company operates the brands Vienna Hotel, 3 Best Inn, Venus Hotel and Vienna International Hotel .[5] Previously two of the brands were named Venus Crown Hotel and Venus International Hotel .[6]
Huang established the company in Shenzhen in 1993.[2] It was the first Chinese hotel chain to have an "art and music" theme.[7] At one time Huang wanted to make a budget hotel chain, since around 2007 budget hotel chains were prospering, but after five years of operations he chose to make Vienna Hotel a mid-range chain.[2] In 2011, the China Hotel Starlight Awards Lifetime Achievement Award was awarded to Huang.[8]
The company is headquartered in the Vienna International Hotel by the Shenzhen North Railway Station in Longhua District (formerly a part of Bao'an District), Shenzhen.[9] The chain previously had its headquarters in Lüjing Garden, Futian District, Shenzhen.[10]
