{"id":1004125504,"date":"2015-08-18T06:33:21","date_gmt":"2015-08-18T14:33:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/?p=1004125504"},"modified":"2020-04-13T01:09:37","modified_gmt":"2020-04-13T09:09:37","slug":"starwood-in-search-of-greener-pastures-in-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/starwood-in-search-of-greener-pastures-in-china\/","title":{"rendered":"Starwood in Search of Greener Pastures in China"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>By Ioana Neamt, Associate Editor<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2015\/08\/Element-Suzhou-Science-and-Technology-Town.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1004125509\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/starwood-in-search-of-greener-pastures-in-china\/element-suzhou-science-and-technology-town\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2015\/08\/Element-Suzhou-Science-and-Technology-Town.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1024,674\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1363900325&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Element Suzhou Science and Technology Town\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2015\/08\/Element-Suzhou-Science-and-Technology-Town.jpg?w=1024\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1004125509\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2015\/08\/Element-Suzhou-Science-and-Technology-Town.jpg\" alt=\"Element Suzhou\" width=\"300\" height=\"197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2015\/08\/Element-Suzhou-Science-and-Technology-Town.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2015\/08\/Element-Suzhou-Science-and-Technology-Town.jpg?resize=300,197 300w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2015\/08\/Element-Suzhou-Science-and-Technology-Town.jpg?resize=768,506 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.starwoodhotels.com\/element\/index.html?language=en_US\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Starwood Hotels &amp; Resorts<\/a> is committed to making a difference in the hospitality industry through its environmentally-friendly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.starwoodhotels.com\/element\/index.html?language=en_US\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Element<\/a> brand.<\/p>\n<p>The company recently announced plans to expand the reach of the brand with the opening of three new Element hotels in Greater China over the next four years. \u00a0Element made its official debut in the Asia Pacific with the opening of the 188-key <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/regions\/international\/international-starwood-goes-eco-friendly\/1004121566.html\">Element Suzhou Science and Technology Town<\/a> in June 2015.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cElement is experiencing tremendous growth momentum, fueled by strong demand from consumers who are increasingly interested in environmentally-friendly practices and sustainable living,\u201d said Brian McGuinness, senior vice president of Specialty Select Brands for Starwood in a prepared statement.<\/p>\n<p>Starwood intends to open three new Element hotels in China, as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Element Chongli<\/em> \u2013 the 150-key hotel is scheduled to open in 2017 in Zhangjiakou, co-host city of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics. The hotel will be located in the Sitaizui Village in Chongli County, Hebei Province;<\/li>\n<li><em>Element Sanya Haitang Bay<\/em> \u2013 the 204-key hotel will open in the Haitang Bay District in the southern part of the Hainan Island in 2018;<\/li>\n<li><em>Element Tianjin Beichen<\/em> \u2013 the 180-key hotel will open in 2019 and will be located just 30 minutes away of the Tianjin city center. The hotel will also overlook the Northern Canal of the Hai River.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Starwood Hotels &#038; Resorts is committed to making a greener difference in the hospitality industry<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":192,"featured_media":1004125509,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21751,21742,21786],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1004125504","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hotel","category-latest","category-sustainability"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.0 (Yoast SEO v28.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Starwood in Search of Greener Pastures in China - Commercial Property Executive<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/starwood-in-search-of-greener-pastures-in-china\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Starwood in Search of Greener Pastures in China\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Starwood Hotels &amp; Resorts is committed to making a greener difference in the hospitality industry\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/starwood-in-search-of-greener-pastures-in-china\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Commercial Property Executive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CPExecutive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-08-18T14:33:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-04-13T09:09:37+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2015\/08\/Element-Suzhou-Science-and-Technology-Town.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"674\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ioana Neamt\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@cpexecutive\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@cpexecutive\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.commercialsearch.com\\\/news\\\/starwood-in-search-of-greener-pastures-in-china\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.commercialsearch.com\\\/news\\\/starwood-in-search-of-greener-pastures-in-china\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Ioana Neamt\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.commercialsearch.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/993af2799cdaf5162633d320cf63ff16\"},\"headline\":\"Starwood in Search of Greener Pastures in China\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-08-18T14:33:21+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-04-13T09:09:37+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.commercialsearch.com\\\/news\\\/starwood-in-search-of-greener-pastures-in-china\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":222,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.commercialsearch.com\\\/news\\\/starwood-in-search-of-greener-pastures-in-china\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.commercialsearch.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/46\\\/2015\\\/08\\\/Element-Suzhou-Science-and-Technology-Town.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Hotel\",\"News\",\"Sustainability\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.commercialsearch.com\\\/news\\\/starwood-in-search-of-greener-pastures-in-china\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.commercialsearch.com\\\/news\\\/starwood-in-search-of-greener-pastures-in-china\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.commercialsearch.com\\\/news\\\/starwood-in-search-of-greener-pastures-in-china\\\/\",\"name\":\"Starwood in Search of Greener Pastures in China - 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