The rising influence of Asian outbound travellers with Benjamin Banh, Vice President, Field Sales & Marketing at Rosewood Hotel Group

Our LUXURY VOICE in this episode is Benjamin Banh, Vice President, Field Sales & Marketing at Rosewood Hotel Group based in Hong Kong. He is an accomplished sales and marketing executive with extensive global market customer relationships particularly in luxury hotels. Benjamin has a strong track record and experience in hotel pre-opening, brand building, revenue management, and profit maximization. He assumed various senior sales and marketing roles in global luxury hotel groups such as Preferred Hotel Group, Swire Hotels and Four Seasons prior to joining Rosewood Hotel Group.

Rosewood Hotel Group, one of the world’s leading hotel companies, encompasses three brands: ultra-luxury Rosewood Hotels & Resorts, contemporary deluxe New World Hotels & Resorts and KHOS, a dynamic global business lifestyle hotel brand. Its combined portfolio consists more than 40 hotels in 19 countries. The group’s expansion is distinguished by its approach to creating strong, modern, and differentiated brands, its focus on design and innovation, and a commitment to a very bespoke and personal approach to hospitality.

Benjamin and I have known each other for many years and we also worked together when Infinite Luxury supported Swire Hotels Sales & Marketing growth in Greater China. We discuss the group’s unstoppable growth, COVID-19 and the rising influence of Asian outbound travellers for luxury hotels around the world.

Our LUXURY VOICE in this episode is Lionel Li. Lionel is the Executive Editor-in-Chief of Comfort, one of the well-established and prestigious luxury lifestyle publications in China with a monthly circulation of 180,000 reaching High Net Worth Individuals and elite readers all over the country.

Lionel is originally from Harbin in the north part of China. He is now based in Beijing and has been with the magazine since 2014.

Lionel traveled to many places around the globe and his favorite cities are Paris and London, he interviewed various iconic persons from most successful business owners, socialites to celebrities and work with luxury brands such as Rolls Royce Zegna, Harry Winston, Boucheron to name a few.

Lionel will take us on his journey from being a certified gemologist to leading a top luxury publication in China, while enjoying his passion in fashion and becoming a Lifestyle Influencer. We will also discuss about his opinion and observations about the luxury world post covid-19 and the future trends to watch out for.

As Regional Chief Executive, Asia Pacific of Richemont, Alain is responsible for overseeing and cultivating the presence and development of some of the world's most coveted luxury brands.

Alain has a wealth of experience in business development and international finance, gained through a series of top positions at various multinational corporations across Europe, Africa and the Far East. More significantly, his specialty throughout his career has been in distributing lifestyle products to mature as well as emerging markets.

Alain’s experience with the Asia Pacific region only made him a stronger match for the highly specialised requirements of the European luxury brands purveyor. The affiliation with Richemont was therefore a natural progression, and Alain has been at the helm of the region since his appointment in 2006. We will discuss the evolutions in the Asian luxury market happening right now, encouraging women to dream big and Richemont’s training academy.

Richemont owns several of the world's leading companies in the field of luxury goods, with particular strengths in jewellery, watches and writing instruments. Its Maisons encompass several of the most prestigious names in the luxury industry including Cartier, Van Cleef & Arpels, IWC Schaffhausen, Jage-LeCoultre, Panerai and Piaget. Richemont also owns leading online distributors YOOX NET-A-PORTER GROUP and Watchfinder & Co.