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Guizhou to Build 200 New Hotels
2011-02-22The provincial government of Guizhou schedules to add 200 hotels of three-star grade or above in the province by 2015, in a bid to cope with the fast-developing tourism industry. According to avail...
Mainland Tourist Complaints Drop 70% in Hong Kong
2011-02-22The Travel Industry Council of Hong Kong revealed that it received just 14 complaints from mainland tourists in January 2011, 70% less than the 46 recorded in the same period of last year. In the f...
Qingdao to Build New Island Resorts
2011-02-21According to a document released by the municipal government of Qingdao, it plans to develop island tours and related tourism products. The government plan include turning six nearby islands Lings...
Greetree Inn Plans to Have More Than 1,000 Hotels in 2012
2011-02-21GreenTree Inn, an American-funded budget hotel chain based in China, has announced its plans to increase the number of its properties to over 1,000 by the end of November 2012. At the same time the...
TransAsia Airways to Operate Taipei-Chongqing Route
2011-02-21TransAsia Airways, an international carrier based in Taiwan, recently announced that it would open non-stop flights between Taipei Songshan Airport and Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport in Marc...
W Hotels Debuts in Taipei
2011-02-18W Hotels Worldwide has opened its first property in Taiwan, the 31-story, 405-room W Taipei which is situated in the central business district of Xinyi. This is the 39th W hotel to be opened global...
China Red Tourism Cultural Festival Opens in June 2011
2011-02-18The 2011 China (Hunan) Red Tourism Cultural Festival is scheduled to be unveiled in late June at the Mao Zedong Bronze Statue Square in Shaoshan, Hunan province. Co-organized by the National Touris...
China CITIC Bank Unveils South African Travel Card
2011-02-18China CITIC Bank recently cooperated with the South African Tourism Board to launch the first South Africa travel card, in a bid to cope with rising demand from domestic market for traveling to the Af...
Air China to Launch Third Service to Germany
2011-02-17Air China Limited will launch a new flight between Beijing and Dusseldorf in Germany from March 27, 2011. This is the third direct flight to Germany by Air China following two other routes to Frank...
GreenTree Inn Introduces Guest Review Function on Website
2011-02-17GreenTree Inn, one of the Chinese budget hotel chains, has introduced a guest review function on its official website. This new function has four different sections, hotel reviews, suggestions and ...
United Airlines Continues To Expand Chinese Market
2011-02-16With its merger with Continental Airlines, United Airlines recently announced in New York that the newly merged airline will continue to expand in the Chinese market in 2011. James Mueller, the vic...
Guangxi to Double Four and Five-star Hotel Numbers
2011-02-16According to the People's Government of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, it aims to double the number of four and five-star hotels by 2015. Currently Guangxi has 13 five-star hotels and over 50 fo...
Wuhan: Nine New Tourism Projects In 2011
2011-02-16According to a statement at a recent Wuhan Tourism Working Conference, in 2011 construction will be commenced on nine tourism projects with total investment of CNY10.88 billion. Meanwhile, seven pr...
Hainan to Develop 15 Tourist Resorts in Five Years
2011-02-15During the twelfth five-year plan period of China, Hainan province will complete construction of 15 key tourist resorts and 63 five-star hotels. Among the 15 tourist resorts, three will be theme pa...
Jetstar-Finnair Agreement Extends China-Europe Network
2011-02-15Low-budget carrier Jetstar has launched an interline agreement across its group of airlines with European and oneworld carrier, Finnair, further expanding its sales footprint into the European market....
China's Qiyi.com Introduces Travel Channel
2011-02-15Qiyi.com, the high-definition video website subsidiary of Baidu.com, has introduced its travel channel which covers information about dining, recreation, sightseeing, shopping, and entertainment. I...
Turkish Airlines Launches Guangzhou Service
2011-02-14Turkish Airlines has launched a direct service between Guangzhou and Istanbul's Ataturk International Airport in Turkey. The first flight to Guangzhou was greeted by a dragon dance and a delegation...
Swiss Liberty Acquires Swissotel Kunshan
2011-02-14Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels, representing Kingdom Hotel Investments, has announced that it has signed a sale-and-purchase agreement for shares with Swiss Liberty Sdn Bhd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of TA...
Mobissimo Enters Chinese Market
2011-02-14Travel search engine Mobissimo has launched a Chinese website cn.mobissimo.com that features searches for air tickets, hotels, and car rental: as well as showing prices in Chinese Yuan. The site of...
Jumeirah Himalayas Hotel Debuts in Shanghai
2011-02-11Jumeirah Group, the Dubai-based luxury hospitality company, is planning to open its first hotel in the Asia Pacific region at the Himalayas Centre in Pudong, Shanghai in the first quarter of 2011. ...
