Finally the day we have all working so hard and so long is finally arrived.
Today 18th of december 2007, 250 persons are invited for our grand ceremony party.

The party was set in the grand ball room, the biggest ballroom in the city center, located on the 9th floor of the hotel.
It's a set dinner of chinese food but of course as a French and international hotel, we are included 2 westerns dishes, the starters and the dessert.

My assistant Simon Zhou has prepared a great Foie Gras Creme de Cassis for the first dish in individual service.

Big job for everyone, western cooks, chinese cooks, bartender, hostesses, waiters, waitress, all the F&B team was there, 180 employees to make it success.


The show was a group of brazilian and russian dancers. About 25 pers.ncers.

Inside and outside, the party is everywhere...

The outside of the hotel with traditional flowers for the grand opening day.

Everyone knows the importance of the training before open an hotel.

It's new for all for the candidates, new hotel, new management with different objectives, differents rules and policies.
Even some persons have a rich experience, it doesn't mean that it fits the new environment. Different hotel background from different hotel groups also mean different culture.

To be success everybody has to go on the same way to avoid confusion. The standard are not the same from one hotel group to another one.

How to serve a glass of water of how to cook a fried rice can be different  from your previous job. During the pre-opening time we had to start all from the beginning.