When it comes to the regions with rapid economic development in our country, many people first think of East China. Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai, which are firmly in the top three, are a must for major hotel groups, and the brand is reborn one after another. In the six provinces of East China, Shandong, which used to be dominated by traditional industries, has taken its economy to a new level with the upgrading and transformation of its industries. At the same time, the tourism industry is also recovering strongly, and its hotel investment market prospects have been "re-recognized" by industry people.
Shandong Qingdao city night view
Shandong hotel market urgently needs brand upgrade
Yicheng Liquor Tube X Migao Group joins forces to develop
Shandong Yantai, Weihai, Jinan, Linyi, Jining and other cities each have their own leading industries in sub-sectors. In recent years, the scale of the introduction of high-tech manufacturing has increased rapidly.
Under the blessing of profound Qilu culture and rich tourism resources, Shandong has also become a national leisure and vacation destination. In 2021, Shandong received 730 million tourists, and the total tourism revenue was 827.86 billion yuan, an increase of 26.6% and 37.5% compared with 2020; from January to February this year, Ctrip data showed that the number of tourism orders in Shandong Province surged by 31%, and the overall tourist arrivals showed double-digit growth.
According to the China Hotel Association "2021 China hospitality sector development report" data shows that the number of hotel rooms in Shandong is 920,000, the volume ranks fifth in the country, of which economy hotels account for 59.3%, mid-range hotels accounted for only 32.9%, compared to Guangdong, Zhejiang, Jiangsu and other provinces and cities, economy hotels are relatively saturated, mid-range hotel inventory is not high, hotel grades are more scattered, service quality is uneven, brand need to upgrade.
"Under the favorable factors of the double improvement of GDP and tourism income, in the medium and long term, the demand of Shandong hotel market will continue to increase. In addition, the chain rate of its hotels is only 32.5%, and the development space of brand chain is relatively large. At the same time, the demand for hotel brand upgrading will also increase greatly." Ms. Zhou Qunxia, chief operating officer of Yicheng Liquor Management, is very optimistic about the development prospects of Shandong hotel market.
After several rounds of market surveys and multiple contacts, Yicheng Liquor Management decided to make a strategic investment in Shandong’s Migao Fashion Group (hereinafter referred to as Migao Group), and established Beijing Yicheng Migao Hotel Management Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Yicheng Migao) to deeply layout the Shandong and northern stock markets with a three-dimensional brand matrix.
The signing ceremony of strategic investment of Yicheng Jiuguan x Migao Group
Michael Group has been deeply involved in the Shandong hotel market for ten years
Under the depth of Yicheng wine management, the brand Shengwei is empowered
Miko Group has been deeply involved in the Shandong market for ten years, and has become a shining local business card with precise positioning, integration into local culture and affordable luxury enjoyment. It owns two brands, "Miko International Hotel" and "Miko Fashion Hotel". Miko International Hotel aims at the middle and high end of the lower-tier market, focusing on 3-5 tier cities. Miko Fashion Hotel is positioned as a mid-range hotel brand, and deploys the Shandong market with a large-scale three-dimensional matrix.
With deep accumulation in the lower-tier market, cost-effective products and services and good customer reputation, Migao Group’s operating performance recovered strongly in 2021 and returned to the same period in 2019. As of March 2022, Migao Group has 35 stores nationwide, of which 18 hotels are deeply rooted in Shandong, covering 13 cities in Shandong Province, including Jinan, Yantai, Weihai, Linyi, Liaocheng, Weifang, etc., and has been located in the capital Beijing, Suqian, Jiangsu, Yichang, Hubei, Chifeng, Inner Mongolia and other places.
"Michael Fashion Hotel" and "Michael International Hotel" two major brands
Under the trend of chain, branding, digitalization and high-quality development in the hotel market, Miko Group hopes to seize market opportunities, upgrade the quality of products and services, and exert its influence to accelerate the scale development of the lower-tier market. To achieve this goal, a large number of professional talents, IT technology and supply chain support are required, which is difficult for regional brands to have.
As a professional hotel management company on the technology platform of Yilong Hotel, Yicheng Liquor Management can help cooperation and franchise hotels upgrade products and services, enhance brand value, and improve store operation efficiency through three empowers of "brand, marketing, operation" and six major powers of "system, engineering, data, talent, technology, and finance". At the same time, through refined management, it can improve store operation efficiency. This is exactly what regional brands such as Migao Group urgently need. The strong alliance of the two sides can just complement each other’s advantages.
Through this strategic investment, Migao Group’s brands will accelerate their development under the authorization of "Eilong", with "Eilong Migao International Hotel" and "Eilong Migao Fashion Hotel" as the main brands, taking the homecoming experience as the root, ensuring that customers can obtain a homecoming-like warm and high-quality living and service experience at a light consumption level, and leading the industry from the new trend of "heart" service.
Yicheng Liquor Management will promote the all-round upgrade of the two main brands while maintaining the continuous and stable operation of the hotels under the Michael Group, and form typical cases and entry points to help Shandong and even more northern stock market hotels upgrade from economical to medium and high-end, improve the online and chain rate, and promote the overall market brand upgrade.
Double growth of branch volume and market territory
Yicheng wine pipe transmits eLong temperature in the stock market
After decades of development, China’s hotel market has entered the existing market from an incremental market, with hundreds of thousands of individual hotels and economy hotels to be chained and brand upgraded. Since its official entry into the market in 2021, Yicheng Liquor has put forward three core strategies of "multi-brand matrix, multi-brand alliance, strong service and heavy operation" for the existing market, striving to help investors and franchisees achieve investment value and maximize store operation efficiency.
Yicheng Liquor has been established for less than a year, and the brand matrix has included high-end, mid-end, mid-end, and light mid-end hotel grades. It has incubated multiple hotel brands to match the needs of the existing market, such as Zhenxuan high-end hotel brand "Yilong Xi Cheng International Hotel", light luxury mid-to-high-end hotel brand "Yilong Langyue Hotel", diversified mid-to-high-end hotel brand "Yilong Ruiyun Hotel", fashionable mid-end hotel brand "Yilong Yitang Hotel", and dynamic light mid-end brand "Yisuan Hotel".
Yicheng wine management brand matrix
This strategic investment in Miko Group is the embodiment of the development strategy of Hezhong Alliance in the three core strategies of Yicheng Liquor Management. Yicheng Liquor Management not only quickly penetrated the stock cities in Shandong market, but also expanded its brand matrix again, filling the brand gap in the lower-tier market. The brand matrix grade is more rich and three-dimensional.
"In all parts of the country, especially in the lower-tier market, there are many regional hotel brands with their own characteristics. They have the advantages of local property and customer base resources. Yicheng strategically invests in Migao Group and launches a new company in a joint venture. Join hands with’Yilong ‘and empower Migao, which can not only retain Migao’s brand influence in Shandong and the north, but also give full play to the industrial chain of Yilong Hotel Technology and the empowering advantages of Yicheng Winery. The combination of the two parties will be able to quickly establish the brand influence of Yilong in Shandong and the northern market." Ms. Zhou Qunxia, chief operating officer of Yicheng Winery and CEO of Yilong Migao Brand, said.
Although Yicheng Liquor’s brands are blooming and the hotel styles are different, its "Yilong Temperature" quality service has always been constant. Yicheng Liquor builds a standardized service process around the core value of "quality, wisdom, temperature", and has an exclusive butler service system that connects online and offline "Cheng Xiaoyi", striving to achieve a consistent check-in experience in thousands of stores and give customers a good accommodation experience.
"Cheng Xiaoyi" exclusive butler service system ensures a consistent check-in experience in thousands of stores
The trillion-dollar hotel stock market is facing new challenges. The addition of Yicheng Migao adds a powerhouse to Yicheng Winery. After deeply empowering its stores to improve operational efficiency, Yicheng Winery will assist Yicheng Migao Hotel to make great strides towards large-scale development, develop in depth in Shandong Province, and actively expand the northern market.
Yicheng Liquor has now covered 23 provinces and 78 cities across the country. With the official establishment of Yicheng Migao, Yicheng Liquor has opened a new chapter in the lower-tier market in East China and even the whole country.
At a time when the epidemic is normalized, the recovery of the hospitality sector to boost performance is still a tough battle. Zhou Qunxia said: "In the face of new opportunities and challenges, Yicheng Liquor Management will put more energy on the stock market, use the management method of’seeing different, feeling consistent ‘, do a good job in operation services, continue to pass on the right care to consumers, and at the same time reduce costs and increase efficiency for investors and franchisees to achieve better returns, and pass on Yilong temperature with an open and collaborative attitude."
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