Zheng Nanyan, founder of 7 Days Inn Zhengzhou

Personal resume:

Born in Shantou in 1968

Mr. Zheng Nanyan

In 1991, he graduated from the Department of Computer Science of Sun Yat-sen University and entered Guangdong Provincial Economic and Trade Commission Computing Center

In 1993, he founded the Labor Computer Software Company, focusing on hotel management software and developing the Chollima Hotel Management System. In 2000, he joined Ctrip.com and served successively as vice president and general manager of South China. Vice President of Marketing, in charge of nationwide marketing

In 2005, he received venture capital, founded the 7 Days Inn chain, and served as CEO.

On November 20, 2009, 7 Days Inn was listed on the New York Stock Exchange, becoming the first Chinese hotel company on the New York Stock Exchange.

Zheng Nanyan's personality:

Zheng Nanyan is a "deviant" who has the courage to take risks: he joined Ctrip from a high-paid IT software writer to be responsible for marketing, achieving the transformation from "mouse to cement"; and later After Ctrip was listed on the Nasdaq, it "forged ahead bravely" and pulled together a team with no experience in the hotel industry to successfully establish the 7 Days Inn chain.

As the youngest head of an economical hotel chain in China, the 7Days Inn chain founded by Zheng Nanyan at the age of 37 has become one of the first-tier domestic economical hotels within 3 years, comparable to Home Inns and Jinjiang Hotels. Star, GreenTree Inn and other established budget hotels.

Personal experience:

Zheng Nanyan changed careers twice, from a software company to Ctrip, and left Ctrip to start the company 7 days ago. Zheng Nanyan, the founder of the 7 Days Inn hotel chain, who was nicknamed a "cost killer" at work

Zheng Nanyan is extremely strict about cost compression. 7 Days Inn has been selling savings at very "low" prices. The cost is returned to members and customers. "I don't agree with the term 'cost killer'. We are just better than the average level of our peers in cost optimization." Zheng Nanyan said. The current seven-day national average room price is about 170 yuan/day, and Beijing’s is about 200 yuan/day, both lower than the national average. The first 7-day stay offered to members is 77 yuan, an economy room is 139 yuan, a double room is 159 yuan, and a twin room is 179 yuan... which quickly established a group of loyal members. According to statistics, the total number of registered members in 7 days has reached 13 million.