InterContinental Hotels Group Plc

Ctrip.com International, Ltd. is a leading travel service provider that offers hotel reservations, airline tickets and packaged tours to business and leisure travelers in China. Ctrip aggregates information on hotels, flights and vacation packages, and enables customers to make informed and cost-effective travel bookings. Ctrip primarily targets frequent independent travelers in China who do not travel in groups. These travelers form a traditionally under-served yet fast-growing segment of the China travel industry. The company has experienced substantial growth since its inception in 1999 and has become one of the best-known travel brands in China. It is the largest consolidator of hotel accommodations and air tickets in China in terms of the volume of the transactions booked by the end customers. Recently, Ctrip also initiated the travel management services, to appeal to major corporations in China. The company offers its services through an advanced transaction and service platform consisting of its centralized toll-free, 24-hour customer service center and bilingual websites. The company's goal is to create long-term shareholder value by enhancing its position as a leading travel service provider in China. Going forward, the company intends to leverage the Ctrip brand to attract new travel suppliers and negotiate more favorable contractual terms with its existing suppliers, expand its hotel supplier network and room inventory, and expand air-ticketing and other travel product offerings, including leisure packaged tours and corporate travel management services. The company also intends to pursue selective strategic acquisitions and expand into Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan. The company is incorporated in the Cayman Islands and conducts substantially all of its operations in China. With its operational headquarters in Shanghai, it has branches in 9 other major cities in China, including Beijing, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Hong Kong, Xiamen, Wuhan, Chengdu, Qingdao and Shenyang. The company also maintains a network of sales offices in about 45 cities in China

Guangzhou R&F Properties Co., Ltd. engages in the design, construction, development and sale of properties such as hotels, office buildings, and shopping malls. It operates through the following segments: Property Development, Property Investment, Hotel Operations, and Others. The company was founded by Li Sze Lim and Zhang Li on August 31, 1994 and is headquartered in Guangzhou, China.

Yanlord Land Group Limited is a real estate developer based in the PRC that focuses on developing high-end residential, commercial and integrated property projects in strategically selected key high-growth cities in the PRC. Building on its established track record for developing high end quality residential property developments in prime locations within affluent cities such as Shanghai and Nanjing, the “Yanlord” name has been developed into a premium brand synonymous with quality within the property development industry. Typically, Yanlord residential property developments are characterised by large-scale, multi-phased projects designed and built by international architects, leading designers and reputable contractors. Currently, the Group has an established presence in ten key high-growth cities within the five major economic regions of the PRC, namely, (i) Yangtze River Delta – Shanghai, Nanjing and Suzhou; (ii) Pearl River Delta – Zhuhai and Shenzhen; (iii) Western China – Chengdu and Guiyang; and; (iv) Bohai Rim-Tianjin and Tangshan; (v) Hainan International Tourist Island-Sanya. To fuel the sustained growth of the Group, Yanlord has adopted a prudent and calculated expansion strategy in expanding its existing land bank. Leveraging on its experience in various cities where its operations are based, Yanlord actively seeks to secure commercially viable prime land bank in city-centric locations that will provide additional growth impetus for the Group. As at October 2010, Yanlord has a total land bank of approximately 4.7 million sqm