Trump Organization denies rumors of expansion into Taiwan
The company announced that they have no plans to build luxury hotels and resorts in Taiwan.
By: Maggie Huang, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
The Trump Organization said Saturday that the company has no plans to expand in Taiwan and
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squashed rumors of building luxury hotels and resorts in Taiwan's Taoyuan City.
The organization's announcement on Saturday comes after U.S. President-elect Donald Trump spoke with President Tsai Ing-wen, breaking decades-long U.S. foreign policy.
In November, the mayor of Taoyuan told media that a representative of the Trump Organization had traveled to the island and expressed interest in building a hotel there.
The Trump Organization's vice president of marketing, Amanda Miller, responded to ABC News on a recently surfaced Facebook post by Anne-Marie Donoghue, who is global director of transient sales and Asia at Trump Hotels.
The New York Times also found her posted a picture on her Facebook on Oct. 15 from Taipei and in the comments described her visit there as a "work trip," and declared the company's investment interest in Taiwan's Taoyuan Aerotropolis, a large urban planning development project surrounding the Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport. [FULL STORY]
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