Forte is a privately-held, limited company which provides hotel management for owners and developers interested in a reputable hotel brand and a strong, forward-thinking team. We currently run 10 properties (more than 700 keys) in Taiwan. We have 4 separate brands, Forte Hotels, Yamagata Kaku, Orange Hotels, and Orange Hostels, ranging from four-star to one-star class properties. Established in 2004, by Michael Liao, president of Howard Plaza Hotels, a 35+ year veteran in hospitality, we have continuously strived to maintain good customer service with a strong budget management system. We have now grown to operating properties across Taiwan, in Taipei, Yilan, Hsinchu, Taichung, Changhua and Kaohsiung. In 2015, our annual total revenue surpassed US$15 million. We have an excellent market mix of 30% domestic and 70% international guests. We have been involved and represented in international travel fairs and tourism events in Hong Kong, Shanghai, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Seoul, Tokyo, Bangalore, and many other cities. In 2014, we signed a cooperative agreement with Home Inn, China. We also won a short-list mention in the Asian Hospitality Design Awards 2014 for our Orange Hotel Ximen, Taipei. Sustainable Travel International (STI) awarded our Orange Hotel Ximen a Bronze level certificate for our eco-conscious efforts. Last year, we were involved with sponsoring cultural activities in Taiwan: the Simple Life Fair and the TIQFF film awards. Our current chairman, Benjamin Liao, envisions our company to be smarter, healthier and more creative. Our goals continue our founder’s value base as we become better connected with the latest regional tourism trends. Forte strives to improve and evolve our service standards as well as focus on human resource development and local community involvement. He is deeply committed to Taiwan tourism and PATA: he is consultant to Taiwan Visitor's Association and hospitality committee chair in PATA. We are launching our seventh Orange Hotel and Hostel, in Chiayi in June 2016, and our first Spa hotel, Yamagata Kaku, in Jiaoxi in June 2018.