PRESS RELEASES
March 01, 2023
Chi Ping Xu, known as “Ping” to his colleagues, has been appointed Managing Director of Rosewood Beijing – the first property in China in the Rosewood Hotels & Resorts® portfolio – effective March 1, 2023.
Ping has held numerous key positions at global hotel brands during his over-two-decade career in the hospitality industry. He first joined Rosewood Beijing as Hotel Manager in 2019 before serving as Managing Director of Rosewood Sanya, in Sanya he led the team to achieve market-leading operational performance despite the significant challenges presented by the pandemic in the last three years.
Ping holds a postgraduate diploma in hotel operations from the IHTTI School of Hotel Management in Neuchatel, Switzerland. In 2000, he pursued his passion for cooking by taking a position as Sous Chef at Hilton London, spending his spare time interning at several Michelin-starred restaurants in Europe. After refining his culinary skills, he was quickly promoted to the position of Chef de Partie at Hilton London Docklands, eventually receiving Hilton’s Chef of the Year award for the UK and Ireland in 2001.
After his stint in the UK, Ping moved to Chicago, USA, in 2002 to take up his role as Executive Sous Chef at The Drake Hotel. From 2007 to 2009, he was Chef de Cuisine at The Peninsula Chicago before returning to China to serve as Executive Sous Chef at The Peninsula Shanghai. He was promoted to Executive Chef at The Peninsula Beijing in 2011. Ping broadened his management experience as Executive Assistant Manager then being promoted to Hotel Manager in three Wanda Reign hotel.
In his new position, Ping looks forward to applying Rosewood’s core principle of “Relationship Hospitality” to the Beijing flagship’s daily operations.
About Rosewood Beijing
The 283-room ultra-luxury Rosewood Beijing, located in the Chaoyang District opposite the iconic CCTV Tower, is the first China property for Rosewood Hotels & Resorts® and is styled in tribute to Beijing’s heritage where ancient meets modern. The hotel features six restaurants and lounges including One Michelin Star restaurant Country Kitchen, Bistrot B and Bistrot B Lounge • Bar, RED BOWL stylish hot pot restaurant, The House of Dynasties Chinese restaurant and MEI bar. Meeting and function space, totaling 2,750 square meters, includes a pillar-less ballroom and the Pavilion residential-style event venue. The first Rosewood Sense spa in Asia features an indoor swimming pool, gym and yoga studio. Also debuting is the Manor Club, Rosewood’s sophisticated and exclusive access executive lounge.
