NOVUM Hospitality
Jiliang Gao is an experienced professional in the hospitality and business sectors, currently serving as a Distribution Manager at NOVUM Hospitality since December 2022. Prior to this role, Jiliang worked as a Projektmanager at GSIA German-Sino Innovation Alliance from May 2019 to January 2022 and was involved in project management at CBCH China Business Center Hamburg GmbH & Co. KG from August 2017 to January 2022, supporting the establishment of several Chinese subsidiaries in Germany. Jiliang also held the position of Product Manager at China Tours Hamburg, managing products and hotel purchases in European countries for incoming tourism from October 2016 to July 2017. Earlier experience includes serving as a Consultant and Key Account Manager at CAISSA Touristic (Group) AG from May 2012 to April 2016, which involved participation in travel trade fairs. Jiliang holds a Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Business Law from the University of Münster and a Bachelor's degree in Law from Zhengzhou University.
NOVUM Hospitality
Currently boasting more than 150 hotels and over 20.000 hotel rooms in 60 locations across Europe, the owner-run NOVUM Hospitality is ranked amongst the biggest hotel groups in Germany. Founded in 1988, NOVUM Hospitality today operates three- to four-star hotels in central locations run under the brands of Novum Hotels, Select Hotels, the niu, Yggotel & acora Living the City. In addition, NOVUM Hospitality acts as a franchisee of IHG, Accor and Hilton. Our recipe for success: five own hotel brands, a tradition-steeped hosting mentality combined with forward-looking thinking, a high degree of digitalisation as well as courageous industry experts. The renowned Treugast Investment Ranking, which annually rates the most important hotel companies represented in Germany, rates NOVUM Hospitality with 'A'.