all of that with these two. there they are, the eu commissioner in charge of its new care strategy, and the boss of partou it s one of the world s biggest childcare providers. also on the show, i m going to be asking the head honcho of the global hotel giant radisson group about the surging dollar, china lockdowns and how he s growing the company in the era of aianb. wherever you rejoining me from around the world, once again, a big hello and a warm welcome to the show. you know, while the covid pandemic set off an economic firestorm across the world, as we sheltered in our homes, millions of us had to take up home schooling. is mummy a good school teacher? no. but after covid came the war in ukraine, which sparked rising living costs around the world. while governments have focused much of their efforts on help with things like energy bills for businesses and families, there are also new schemes in different parts of the world to help with the cost of childcare. and it s i
where the skies are clear and the winds are light, east anglia and the south east. some of the countryside is close to freezing tomorrow. it will feel cold but a lot of sunshine continues during the day. northern ireland and scotland, the rain moves through with strong winds, even severe gales in the western isles. some of the rain reaching cumbria and anglesey in the afternoon. most of england and wales will be dry and a touch milder here. the headlines. police say ten people have been killed and eight injured in an explosion at a petrol station in county donegal, in the republic of ireland. a massive fire has severely damaged the strategically important road and rail bridge connecting occupied crimea to russia. ukrainian officials say they ve found two mass burial sites in the recently liberated town of lyman one with around 200 graves. now on bbc news, talking business. hello, everybody. a very warm welcome to talking business weekly, with me, aaron heselhurst. let s tak
Our growth targets are very aggressive, but actually depend on two things. in one side, we have today around a0 hotels in china. but actually we have done withjinjiang, that is the number two global operator of hotels, we have done a joint venture with them. they sell today, we have an mmfa agreement with them, and we have signed, just in the last two years, nearly 150 hotels of radisson brands. so i think our capacity to grow in china as international brand, i mean, we have been able to grow from 25 nearly to 200. i think there is potential to go way above, 500, 600 in the coming years. federico, just briefly, you mentioned china. china, beijing still has this zero case mentality and it s, you know, locked down, opened, locked down, opened. that s got to have an impact on the business. well, that has had a significant impact on the business. i think this is kind of a theme that i hope one day they change, you know,
Also for conversions. if you look to asia, our growth targets are very aggressive, but actually depend on two things. in one side, we have today around a0 hotels in china. but actually we have done withjinjiang, that is the number two global operator of hotels, we have done a joint venture with them. they sell today, we have an mfa agreement with them, and we have signed, just in the last two years, 150 hotels of radisson brands. so i think our capacity to grow in china as international brand, i mean, we have been able to grow from 25 nearly to 200. i think there is potential to go way above 500 600 in the coming years. federico, just briefly, you mentioned china. china, beijing still has this zero case mentality and it s, you know, locked down, opened, locked down, opened. that s got to have an impact on the business.