Englishman Michael Faulkner will join The Opposite house as Director of Sales and Marketing. His wealth of experience includes five years with well known and international luxury hotels in China and Australia, as well as several years at the Metropolitan in London where he was also Director of Sales and Marketing.

On his new role, Michael shares "I am delighted to be joining the team at The Opposite House. It is a great opportunity to be involved with this unique, innovative and exciting property. I look forward to building on the success already achieved."

�We are delighted to welcome someone of Michael�s calibre to the team at The Opposite House. His wealth of experience in successfully positioning independent luxury hotels in the Beijing market will be a large benefit to us,� says General Manager, Anthony Ross.

In other news, Alex Chen has been appointed Director of Sales after successfully launching The Opposite House as Communications Manager. Juliana Loh joins the team as Communications Manager, after several years as an advertising creative and journalist.

The Opposite House is located at The Village in Sanlitun, a vibrant new open-plan shopping, dining and entertainment destination developed by Swire Properties. The hotel�s 99 guest studios, including 9 spacious suites and a penthouse duplex, are amongst the largest in Beijing. More than half of all the rooms are over 70 sqm and all are strikingly simple with natural wooden floors and subtle touches of Chinese d�cor.

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Issued by Grebstad Hicks Communications on behalf of Swire Hotels.

For further information on The Opposite House, please contact:

Ms. Carol Kong / Ms. Denise Ho Grebstad Hicks Communications Tel: (852) 2810 0532 Email: carol.kong@ghcasia.com / denise.ho@ghcasia.com

Swire Hotels Swire Hotels has been created to manage intriguing urban hotels in Hong Kong, Mainland China and the United Kingdom, providing a luxury experience for travellers who seek individuality, style and personalised service. The Opposite House, Beijing, opened in 2008 and will be followed by the opening of a 117-room small intimate hotel, The Upper House, in Pacific Place, Hong Kong, in the autumn of 2009 and in future a 90-room hotel at TaiKoo Hui in Guangzhou. Swire Hotels will open a 345-room lifestyle business hotel called EAST in Taikoo Shing, Hong Kong, in 2010. In the United Kingdom, Swire Hotels is developing a collection of stylish boutique hotels in interesting English towns and cities to be launched in 2010.