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China Southern to Operate Guangzhou-Auckland Route
2011-01-19According to China Southern Airlines, the country's largest domestic carrier, round flights between Guangzhou, the capital of Guangdong province and Auckland, New Zealand will be launched on April 8, ...
Hong Kong Disneyland Attracted 5.2 Million Visitors in 2010
2011-01-18According to Hong Kong Disneyland, it had attracted a record of more than 5.2 million visitors in 2010 13% up on the previous year. The park attributed the growth to the increasing number of visit...
Turkish Airlines to Launch Flights to Guangzhou
2011-01-18Turkish Airlines, the world's eighth biggest carrier and the fastest growing airline in Europe, will open a new route from Istanbul to Guangzhou as part of its expanding network. According to a fli...
Taiwan: Mainland Visitor Numbers up 68% in 2010
2011-01-18According to Taiwan's tourism authority, more than 1.63 million visitors from mainland China traveled to the island in 2010, which is 67.75% more than in the same period of 2009. The figures also r...
Air China: Passenger Throughput up 16% in 2010
2011-01-18According to Air China, the country's flag carrier, its passenger transportation volume in 2010 rose 16.1% year on year to 46.24 million. A statement from the carrier also said that the passenger t...
Bullet Trains to Beijing and Shanghai Debut from Chengdu and Chongqing
2011-01-14High-speed trains recently started running from Chengdu and Chongqing to Beijing and to Shanghai, which makes significant reductions in the journey times between the cities. High-speed sleeper trai...
Hainan Airlines First with Five-Stars
2011-01-14Hainan Airlines, the largest non-state-owned carrier in mainland China, has been certified as a world Five-Star Airline by Skytrax in recognition of its leading-edge product and service quality. Th...
Home Inns to Open over 260 New Hotels in 2011
2011-01-13Home Inns Hotels Management Inc, one of the largest budget hotel brands in China, has announced schemes to open a total of 260 to 280 new hotels in 2011, as part of its efforts to expand its domestic...
Changchun Ice and Snow Festival 2011 Opens
2011-01-13The 2011 Changchun Ice and Snow Festival and the Jingyuetan Vasaloppet International Skiing Festival have been kicked off in Changchun, the capital city of Jilin Province, and will last to March 6. ...
Huangshan Mountain Pilots Low-carbon Travel
2011-01-12According to the Huangshan Scenic Area Administrative Committee, Huangshan Mountain (or Yellow Mountain) has been listed as one of the The Experimental Zones for National Low-carbon Tourism by the Chi...
Beijing to Build Its First Maglev Line
2011-01-11Construction on the western part of Beijing's first maglev line, S1, has begun and is expected to be completed at the end of 2013. The S1 line will uses a low- and medium-speed maglev train that ca...
Beijing-Shanghai High-Speed Railway ahead of Schedule
2011-01-10According to a recent announcement by the minister of railways, Liu Zhijun, the operation of the Beijing-Shanghai High-Speed Railway is scheduled to start in the middle of June 2011, one year ahead of...
Harbin Ice and Snow Festival Teams up With Disney
2011-01-10The 27th Harbin Ice and Snow Festival, which will last from January 5 to February 28 of 2011, has worked together with Disney to develop its ice and snow brand. This year's festival was jointly hos...
Sanya Curbs Price Hikes by Hoteliers
2011-01-07As of January 1, 2011, the Sanya Commodity Price Bureau has approved room rates for 139 hotels in Sanya for the upcoming 2011 Spring Festival (Chinese Lunar New Year), which falls on February 2, 2011....
Japan Further Eases Visa Rules for Chinese Tourists
2011-01-07According to a Japanese media earlier, the Japanese government is expected to lift visa restrictions on Chinese tourists even more in 2011 to attract more tourists to visit and shop in the country. ...
Shanghai Airports Report Record Volumes in 2010
2011-01-07Shanghai Airport Group recently revealed that annual passenger throughput of the city's two airports is expected to exceed 72 million in 2010, thanks to the Shanghai World Expo which helped boost the ...
Holiday Inn Lido Beijing Rebranded as Metropark
2011-01-06Holiday Inn Lido Beijing, one of the oldest and famous international-brand hotels in China's capital, has been rebranded as Metropark Lido Hotel. An announcement issued by the owners of the propert...
Pullman Oceanview Sanya Bay Resort & Spa Opens
2011-01-05The Accor group has announced the opening of the Pullman Oceanview Sanya Bay Resort Spa, which is the 100th Accor hotel in Greater China and the second Pullman hotel in Sanya. The full service res...
Hong Kong Airport Celebrates Record Traffic
2011-01-05Hong Kong International Airport recently announced that its 2010 passenger flow volume and cargo tonnage have exceeded the 50 million passengers and four million tons marks for the first time, setting...
CNTA in Strategic Partnership with China UnionPay
2011-01-05China National Tourism Administration recently signed a strategic cooperation agreement with China UnionPay to jointly strengthen cooperation between the tourism bureaus across the country and UnionPa...
