RAFFLES Hotels & Resorts has ceased management of the Raffles Tianjin due to irreconcilable differences with the owner, according to a statement released yesterday by the hotel group.
“Raffles Hotels & Resorts continues to place high importance on the China market. The group continues to operate Raffles Beijing Hotel and is on track to open Raffles Clearwater Bay, Hainan later this year,” the statement added.
Checks by TTG Asia e-Daily revealed that Raffles Hotels & Resorts has already removed all traces of the Raffles Tianjin from its website. However, the original landing page for the property is still reachable via search engines like Google, albeit with a disclaimer attached: “Raffles Hotels & Resorts is no longer managing Raffles Tianjin with immediate effect”.
The Raffles Tianjin, opened in March 2010, was Raffles Hotels & Resorts’ second property in China after it opened the Raffles Beijing Hotel in 2006.
