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China Hotels See Steady Price Growth
2011-03-23According to reports from Hotels.com Hotel Price Index hotel room prices are estimated to grow steadily in China's second and third tier cities, with an overall rise of 19% in the hotel price index si...
Sichuan Airlines Launches Direct Chongqing-Phuket Service
2011-03-22Sichuan Airlines has started direct services between Chongqiong, one of China's five national central cities, and Phuket Island to meet the growing demand for travel to the holiday island off the sout...
Bullet Train to Run Between Yinchuan and Beijing
2011-03-22A bullet train is set to run between Yinchuan, the capital of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, and Beijing from April 1, 2011. The T275/276 bullet train will consist of 18 carriages, and have a speed...
Hilton Worldwide Enters Hunan Market
2011-03-21Hilton Worldwide recently announced it is planning to enter the Hunan market and to open its first Hilton Hotels Resorts property in the province in 2013. The 374-room hotel will be located in Zhu...
Beijing Airport Now World's Second Busiest
2011-03-18In 2010 Beijing Capital International Airport became the second-busiest airport in the world by passenger numbers, according to the Geneva-based industry association Airports Council International. ...
InterContinental Brings iPad 2 Concierge App to China
2011-03-17InterContinental Shanghai Expo and InterContinental Hong Kong are among ten InterContinental Hotels Resorts properties around the world that will connect guests face-to-face with their concierge team...
Galaxy Macau Opens May 11
2011-03-17Galaxy Entertainment Group recently announced that Galaxy Macau, the newest integrated destination resort in the Cotai entertainment area, will go into operation on 15 May, 2011. Commenting on the ...
Doubletree by Hilton Qingdao/Chengyang Awarded Five Stars
2011-03-16Doubletree by Hilton Qingdao/Chengyang in Shandong Province recently got its official China five-star hotel rating credentials from the China Tourist Hotel Star-rating Committee. Speaking about the...
Spring Airlines Keeps to Shanghai-Kagawa Route Plan
2011-03-16Spring Airlines, China's largest budget airline, has revealed that it will not cancel its plan to launch a service between Shanghai and Takamatsu Airport in Japan's Kagawa Prefecture on March 27, 2011...
TravelSky Signs Strategic Cooperation Agreement with Ctrip
2011-03-16TravelSky, a provider of IT solutions to China's air travel and tourism industries, recently signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Ctrip, which is a leading online travel agent in China. Un...
Starwood Hotels Launches Comprehensive Online Booking in Chinese
2011-03-15Starwood Hotels Resorts Worldwide has launched enhanced online booking capabilities in Chinese on all of its Starwood-branded websites. China is the second largest market for Starwood and Starwood...
Shanghai to Host 2011 Asia Hospitality Summit
2011-03-15The 2011 Asia Hospitality Summit is set to be held in Shanghai on April 7 and 8, 2011, to offer a platform for local and international hotels to communicate and expand their portfolios. More than 1...
Hainan to Allow Domestic Visitors to Apply Tax Rebate in May
2011-03-14Hainan, China's only tropical island, will apply its tax refund program to domestic tourists from May 1, 2011. The provincial government has said it will release details of the tax rebate policy in...
China's Global Tourism Competitiveness Rank Up to 39th
2011-03-14According to 2011 Global Tourism Competitiveness Report released by the World Economic Forum, China's travel and tourism industry competitiveness ranking has risen up to 39th worldwide from its previo...
Westin Nanjing Jiangsu Opens for Business
2011-03-11Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide has announced the opening of The Westin Nanjing, which is the first Westin hotel in Nanjing in Jiangsu province. The Westin Nanjing is located in the heart of ...
UA to Launch Shanghai-LA Route
2011-03-11United Airlines has announced that it will start operating daily non-stop flights between Los Angeles and Shanghai from May 20, 2011. The new service will be operated using Boeing 777 aircraft. ...
Uprated Hotel Numbers Target for 7 Days Group
2011-03-117 Days Group, a famous China-based economy hotel chain, has set a target of 290 new hotel openings for 2011, up from its initial target of 240. The company said in its full-year financial results r...
Crowne Plaza Beijing Chaoyang U-Town Opens
2011-03-10Crowne Plaza Beijing Chaoyang U-Town, InterContinental Hotels Resorts' sixth Crowne Plaza hotel in Beijing has started business recently. Crowne Plaza Beijing Chaoyang U-Town is located in the cap...
Online Ticket Service for Beijing-Shanghai High-Speed Railway
2011-03-10Beijing Railway Administration recently announced that, by the end of June, 2011, passengers will be allowed to buy train tickets for the Beijing to Shanghai high-speed railway line via phone and on t...
China National Convention Center Held 116 Events in January
2011-03-10The China National Convention Center recently announced that it had held 116 events in total in the first month of 2011, almost doubling the number held in January 2010 when there were 70 events. S...
