they are opening a four points on the penghu islands next year... but to be honest, who cares... simply look elsewhere for your hotel needs... whatever points you would earn from an spg property will be offset by the additional cost a "western" hotel would charge in places like Kaohsiung and Tainan.

It is not that uncommon either... outside of one Westin in Busan, SPG has zero imprint in South Korea outside of Seoul. SPG should be more worried about getting some properties open along the California coast before they need to start considering expanding into non-Taipei markets... 70% of Taiwan's residents live within taipei county- their emphasis on that market is correct.