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Shenyang: Five-star Hotel in Spring Festival Fire
2011-02-11On the eve of China's Spring Festival, the five-star Dynasty Wanxin Hotel Shenyang was destroyed by a blaze started by fireworks to celebrate the festival. Reports from local media say the fire bro...
Singapore Airlines Increases Fuel Surcharges on China Flights
2011-02-10Singapore Airlines has announced a rise in its fuel surcharges due to a recent sharp and sustained escalation in the price of jet fuel. The increase, which also applies to its regional wing SilkAir...
Spring Festival Tourism Booms in China
2011-02-09Worldhotels, a collection of some of the world's most unique independent hotels, recently signed a contract with Hunan Xiangtou Yangguang Group to welcome three new hotels to its growing portfolio of ...
Three Chinese Hotels Join Worldhotels Collection
2011-01-31Worldhotels, a collection of some of the world's most unique independent hotels, recently signed a contract with Hunan Xiangtou Yangguang Group to welcome three new hotels to its growing portfolio of ...
British Airways Launches on Business Corporate Travel Program in China
2011-01-31British Airways recently has launched the On Business corporate travel program for the small- and middle-enterprises in China. BA said it welcomes more local SMEs to join in the On Business program...
Tiantan Prepares to Please the Gods
2011-01-30To celebrate Spring Festival (Chinese Lunar New Year), a spectacular ceremony of worship will be held in Tiantan Park, or the Temple of Heaven, from Feb 3 to 7. As part of the Seventh Temple of Hea...
Keelung City Opens Tourism Office in Xiamen
2011-01-28Keelung, a major port city situated in the northeastern part of Taiwan, has officially established the Xiamen office for Keelung City Tourism Alliance Association, as part of its efforts to boost trav...
Beijing Ups Tourism Investment to Over CNY1 Billion A Year
2011-01-28According to Ding Xiangyang, the vice mayor of Beijing, the Beijing municipal government is scheduling to invest more than CNY1 billion into the capital's tourism sector per year, starting in 2011. ...
New Chinese Name for Holiday Inn Express Hotels
2011-01-27Holiday Inn Express, InterContinental Hotels Group's mid-scale hotel brand, has changed its Chinese name to Zhi Xuan Jia Ri in Greater China. Commenting on the new name Keith Barr, the managing dir...
Air China Launches Weekly Flight between Tianjin and Taichung
2011-01-27Air China, China's flag carrier, has started providing a regular weekly service between Taichung in Taiwan and Tianjin. Tianjin becomes the 12th domestic city with direct flights to Taichung and th...
Ctrip Launches Tourist Transport Center in Shanghai
2011-01-26China's leading travel service enterprise Ctrip has announced that it has opened a transport center in Shanghai for short-haul individual tourists, allowing them to take bus trips for more than 300 to...
Louvre Hotels-Golden Tulip to Build Two Hotels on Hainan
2011-01-26Paris-based Louvre Hotels-Golden Tulip Hospitality Group recently has signed an agreement with a Chinese developer to build two hotels on Hainan, the nations international tourist island. The hotel...
Four Points by Sheraton Tai'an Open for Business
2011-01-25Starwood Hotels and Resorts recently announced the opening of the first Four Points by Sheraton hotel in Shandong Province: Four Points by Sheraton Tai'an. Following the opening of Sheraton Jinan H...
Hong Kong's Tourist Arrivals up 22% in 2010
2011-01-25According to the Hong Kong Tourism Board, the provisional number of visitor arrivals in 2010 had reached a total 36.03 million, which is a 21.8% increase compared to 2009. In a recent statement HKT...
Thailand Becomes Top Tourist Source Country for Yunnan
2011-01-24According to Yu Dingcheng, director of Yunnan Provincial Tourism Bureau, Yunnan, the most southwesterly province in China, received about 27,000 tourists from Thailand, making the Southeast Asian c...
Beijing Plans to Build New Airport
2011-01-24According to the municipal government of Beijing, it is planning to start construction of a new airport in 2011. The new airport will be the city's second airport, and is expected to help ease the ...
Xiamen Airport Passenger Throughput Hits 13.21 Million in 2010
2011-01-21Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport recently revealed that it handled nearly 13.21 million passengers in 2010, 16.58% more than in the same period of the previous year. In 2010, the airport handled ...
Jetstar Launches Direct Singapore-Hangzhou Service
2011-01-20Budget airline Jetstar has decided to commence operating direct services between Singapore and Hangzhou from March 22, 2011, which makes Jetstar the first carrier to offer a direct service between the...
China's Online Travel Sales Hit CNY6.16 Billion in 2010
2011-01-20According to a latest report by consulting firm iResearch, China's online travel reservation market rose 58.4% year on year to CNY6.16 billion in 2010. The results showed there are three main reaso...
Beijing-Wuhan High-Speed Railway to Open End 2011
2011-01-19According to the Ministry of Railways, the Beijing-ShijiaZhuang-Wuhan high-speed railway will be opened at the end of 2011, cutting travel time between the capital city and Wuhan to four hours. The...
