Recent events
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2022
H World Group releases 2021 results
H World Group released its fourth-quarter and full-year 2021 financial results. It reported full-year revenue of RMB 12.8 billion, up 25.5% year over year.
2021
China Mobile launches the TOP100 Brand Alliance plan
China Mobile and participating companies launched the TOP100 Brand Alliance plan to develop customer-service cooperation among brands.
2021
Xuhui Commercial and Huazhu Group sign strategic cooperation agreement
Xuhui Commercial and Huazhu Group announced that they had signed a strategic cooperation agreement covering hotel, apartment, cultural tourism, commercial and other projects, and plan to develop “hotel+” products.
2021
H World, Langgreen Technology and Landsea sign strategic cooperation agreements
H World Group announced that it signed cooperation agreements with Langgreen Technology and Landsea Real Estate. The parties plan to develop healthy, comfortable, low-carbon and smart hotel products, and to establish a health and low-carbon hotel research center.
2021
Meilun hotel brand family launch
The Meilun hotel family held a brand launch event in Wuhan, where it also announced the signing of 15 projects.
2021
Huazhu and Sunac Cultural Tourism establish a hotel-management joint venture
Huazhu Group and Sunac Cultural Tourism announced the establishment of Yongle Huazhu Hotel Management Co., a joint venture in which Huazhu holds 50% and Sunac Cultural Tourism and strategic partner Times Universal collectively hold 50%. Huazhu and Sunac Cultural Tourism also authorized hotel brands for development and operation through the venture.
2021
Huazhu upgrades Anxin 360
Huazhu Group announced a comprehensive upgrade to its Anxin 360 program, including stricter hygiene and disinfection standards, employee health monitoring, contactless services and hotel hardware standards.
2020
Huazhu changes board composition
Huazhu Group appointed Lei Cao and Theng Fong Hee to its board, while Wang Xiaofan ceased serving as a director and became a board observer.
2020
Monster Charging and Huazhu announce cooperation
Monster Charging and Huazhu announced cooperation covering charging services, membership benefits, and brand marketing. Their cooperation includes access to Monster Charging devices through the Huazhu Club app and member benefits such as free rental time and using points toward rental fees.
2020
Huazhu reports 2019 profit growth and estimates first-quarter revenue decline
A report on Huazhu said its 2019 net profit increased 142% year over year and that it expected first-quarter 2020 net revenue to decline 15%–20% (or 45%–50% excluding Deutsche Hospitality's consolidation effect).
2020
H World announces the merger of Elan and Nihao hotel brands
H World announced that its Elan brand and Nihao Hotel would merge. The article describes the transaction as announced and says H World would support smaller independent hotels after completion.
2020
Huazhu completes acquisition of Deutsche Hospitality
Huazhu announced that it had completed the transfer of 100% of Deutsche Hospitality's equity. The source says the completion was announced recently but does not specify a calendar day.
2019
H World announces agreement to acquire Deutsche Hospitality
H World Group announced that its wholly owned Singapore subsidiary, China Lodging Holding Singapore, had signed an agreement to acquire 100% of Deutsche Hospitality. Completion was subject to regulatory approval and other specified closing conditions and was expected around early 2020.
2019
H World Group announces agreement to acquire Deutsche Hospitality
H World Group announced that it had completed signing an agreement to acquire 100% of Deutsche Hospitality's equity.
2019
H World acquires Deutsche Hotel Group
H World acquired Deutsche Hotel Group for 700 million euros, according to the article. The acquisition gave H World the Steigenberger Hotels & Resorts, Jaz in the City and Maxx by Steigenberger brands.
2019
Reports allege excessive guest-data collection by Huazhu hotels
Media reports said some Huazhu Group hotels used check-in and Wi-Fi sign-ups that enrolled guests as members and collected personal information. A security expert said some collected information was unnecessary and that the collection was not clearly disclosed.
2019
Huazhu responds to reports about guest-data collection
Huazhu said guests could choose manual or online check-in, acknowledged that individual front-desk employees might guide guests toward a particular check-in method, and said it had established an information security committee and was optimizing the online check-in system to make notices clearer.