Guangdong Star-Rated Hotel Service Skills Competition Held in Jiangmen

Key points

• The competition was held in Jiangmen from September 16 to 18, 2026, with the Guangzhou team sweeping first prizes in front desk reception, housekeeping, Chinese cuisine and Western cuisine service.
• After city-level selection across 21 prefecture-level cities in Guangdong, 76 contestants gathered at the Kaiping Tanjiang Peninsula Hotel for the provincial competition.
• The contest featured four sub-events—front desk reception, housekeeping, Chinese cuisine service and Western cuisine service—and assessed emergency response, communication and empathy, and foreign-language scenarios.
• Zeng Xiaofeng, deputy director of the Guangdong Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, said hotels are the "first window" showcasing Guangdong's cultural tourism image and the industry should build long-term mechanisms for skills training and competition.
• Lin Zhenhai, president of the Guangdong Hotel Industry Association, said the competition pushes overall improvement of service standards and talent quality, strengthening the talent foundation for Guangdong's high-quality cultural tourism development.
• The event is co-hosted by the Guangdong Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, the Guangdong Provincial Federation of Trade Unions, the Communist Youth League Guangdong Provincial Committee and the Guangdong Provincial Women's Federation.