Expansion of Chinese Development Team of HMSHost International

Over the last years, HMSHost International continues to grow and is strengthening the organization. To cope with the existing business needs and plan for future expansion in China, Ziwei Zhou (Vivien) is appointed as business development director for HMSHost International.

In 2015 HMSHost International entered China and in 2016 the company announced 10 newly-to-open stores at Beijing International Airport. For further growth and strategic positioning, HMSHost is expanding its local management team.

In the recent past Vivien was associate director of business development of XNG, one of the largest full-service Chinese restaurant chains in China where she was responsible for the business development of restaurant expansion in the Northern China region. Prior she worked for various retail organizations, McDonalds and Yum restaurants, the biggest chain restaurant group in China with more than 7000 Stores of KFC, Pizza Hut and other brands.

Walter Seib, CEO of HMSHost International said, “Vivien has a proven track record of many successful expansion projects for Food & Beverage and retail businesses and on top 12 years’ experience of business development and strategic market planning in China. This makes Vivien for us the perfect candidate to further develop our business in the emerging Asian region with the focus on China.”