FN ISI Export Format VR 1.0 PT J TI Boutique Hotels in Asia AF Xiao, Yu Cao AU Xiao, YC AB Boutique hotels are relatively new concept to hotel industry, especially in Asia. The purpose of the thesis is to provide an outlook of boutique hotels in Asia, primarily focus on the Chinese market. It also aimed to give some future perspectives of boutique hotel industry in China. In the paper, I discussed some common characteristics shared by boutique hotels and the reason that people are attracted by boutique hotels. It also included some research results about the boutique hotels in European and U.S. market; as well as an analysis of some success factors of boutique hotels is developed in the paper as well. In order to have a more specific look at boutique hotels in Chinese market, I did a SWOT analysis to identify the strength, weakness, opportunity and threat in the Chinese market. Knowing the results of this analysis can be a great help on the success and survival of boutique hotels in Chinese market. Finally, through the study and the information collected by my research, I concluded some future perspectives of boutique hotels in China. ER