Members of the Beijing chapter of Les Clefs d'Or met at the Jiuhua Resort and Convention Centre for the local chapter's annual congress. Known as the Golden Key Association, this global hospitality organisation has more than 150 members from close to 100 hotels in the Beijing region.
Honorary members from the Golden Key China executive committee were present, including Zhao Qing, the deputy secretary of Golden Key China, as well as Li Gang, advisor and trainer. After reading out the congratulatory letter from Golden Key China president Sun Dong, Lu Jun took the stage and delivered the keynote address with Li Zesheng, the general secretary of Golden Key China.
Golden Key Association has more than 150 members from close to 100 hotels in the Beijing region.
In his speech, Lu Jun congratulated the 10 members from the Beijing chapter who received awards at the recent 18th Golden Key China Annual Congress held at Crowne Plaza Tianjin Binhai.
Literally translated to "keys of gold", Les Clefs d'Or is officially known as Union International des Concierge d’Hôtels Les Clefs d'Or, and is an international non-profit network of professional hotel concierges. The first such concierge association first saw the light of day in Paris back in 1929. To date, U.I.C.H Les Clefs d'Or has more than 5,000 members in 42 sections across the globe.
This global association aims to provide support to its members in assisting hotel travellers and tourists by sharing their extensive expertise of inside information, intelligence and communications. Golden Key concierges have their fingers on the pulses of their cities. They are able to advise guests on everything from sightseeing tours, shopping, dining and nightlife to theatre events or buying a diamond ring.
The association was first introduced to China in 1995, and with the support from the China National Tourism Administration and the China Tourist Hotel Association, it now has more than 2,600 members in more than 1,600 hotels, located in 221 cities. Golden Key China is currently one of the largest professional service networks in the Chinese hospitality industry.
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