The Intercontinental Group (IHG) said it has plans to add up to 20,000 new staff to its payroll in China in the next 18 months.
IHG has currently 30,000 employees working for Crowne Plaza, Holiday
Inn and Express Holiday Inn in China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan, COO
Edmond Ip said in a meeting with the press in Shanghai. As the group
will expand rapidly in the next three years with several new hotel
openings, IHG needs up to 20,000 more employees, he said.
IHG runs currently 86 hotels in China and is the biggest hotel group in
the country. This week, IHG announced it is cooperating with ChinaPay
e-Payment Service Co, offering real-time online UnionPay bank card
payments, state media reports.