Hailing from New Zealand, this experienced hotelier Greg Findlay started his hospitality career with Starwood in 1992 in his home country.  As General Manager, his professional footprints have been left throughout the Asia Pacific division from New Zealand, Australia to Indonesia, Thailand and Korea.  After successfully launching The Westin Auckland in 2007 and The Westin Siray Bay Resort & Spa, Phuket in 2010, he took up the role as General Manager at the first W hotel in Asia – W Seoul Walkerhill before moving to Beijing.
 
“I’m very excited to join the passionate pre-opening team at W Beijing Chang’an!”  Greg commented on his first China adventure,“ Beijing is such a city steeped in history, my team and I can’t wait to showcase W brand’s dynamic and future-forward design, Whatever/Whenever service and What’s New/Next for both our jet set travelers and trendsetting locals.”
 
Just steps from the mystical Forbidden City, vibrant Silk Market and famed Tiananmen Square, W Beijing Chang’an lights up bustling downtown’s exclusive Diplomatic District with a potent remix of high style, energetic history and pulsating nightlife.
   
蓋凡磊先生來自新西蘭，自1992年加入喜達屋酒店及度假村集團起，他的酒店職業生涯足跡遍布了亞太地區——從新西蘭、澳大利亞到印度尼西亞、泰國和韓國。通過2007年籌備奧克蘭威斯汀酒店和2010年籌備普吉島西瑞灣威斯汀度假酒店，蓋凡磊先生積累了豐富的酒店開業經驗。在來到北京之前，他曾擔任亞洲第一家W酒店——首爾華克山莊W酒店的總經理一職。
 
“我很高興能加入北京長安街W酒店的開業籌備團隊！”蓋凡磊先生說起他的首次中國之旅就興奮不已，“北京是一座擁有豐厚歷史底蘊的大都市，我和我的團隊迫不及待地想為國際旅行者和充滿時尚嗅覺的本地人士展示W品牌銳意創新的設計、活力無限的酒吧與餐廳以及Whatever/Whenever隨時/隨需服務，為北京這座城市帶來一道別致、亮眼的全新風景線。”
 
北京長安街 W 酒店距離色彩神秘的故宮、充滿活力的秀水街市場和舉世聞名的天安門廣場僅數步之遙，為繁華的市中心使館區注入了一絲生機和活力。在這里，高端時尚的風格、令人震撼的歷史與動感歡快的夜生活熱烈齊聚一堂！