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Regal hotels to manage new hotel in Shandong

2009-09-03

Bosideng International Holdings Limited has commissioned Regal Hotels International to manage its 215-room luxury hotel in Dezhou in Shandong province. The hotel is slated to open in the third quarte...

Direct cross-strait flights start on 32 routes

2009-09-02

Permission from the mainland Chinese civil aviation authorities has been granted to 16 airlines in mainland China and Taiwan for scheduled direct cross-strait passenger and cargo flights between the M...

Charming Beijing photo exhibition held at EC headquarters

2009-09-02

He praised the interaction and cooperation between the European Union (EU) and China in the past 30 years, asking China to address the common challenges the world faces together with the EU. Landabur...

CNTA to approve Foreign-invested travel agencies

2009-09-01

The Chinese National Tourism Administration has published a proclamation on its official website concerning applications for setting up foreign-invested travel agencies in China. According to the rel...

Turkish tour guide prepared for Arabian tourists

2009-09-01

A 700-page Turkish guidebook was prepared for tourists from all Arabian countries, the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported on Monday. The report said Nizar Bitar, a Syrian businessman, prepar...

7 Days Inn Tries Internet Community

2009-08-31

The community is expected to enhance the brand loyalty of six million 7 Days Inn members, and to attract more new members by the existing members' praise and virtual games. As the first budget hotel c...

Nepal to organize tourism year promotion in China

2009-08-31

The Nepal Association of Tour and Travel Agents (NATTA) is going to organize China Road Show in various Chinese cities with the aim of promoting Nepal Tourism Year 2011, The Kathmandu Post reported on...

Four more Guangxi agencies approved for cross-border tourism

2009-08-28

The Chinese National Tourism Administration has approved the applications of four Guangxi travel agencies to operate cross-border tourism between China and Vietnam. The four agencies are Nanning Ch...

China's Forbidden City comes alive online

2009-08-28

China's 600-year-old Forbidden City is renovating its website in a move to improve its offerings of Chinese culture, said the information chief of the Palace Museum Wednesday. The new website will ...

Tianjin to sign tourism agreements with Nepal and Maldives

2009-08-27

To enhance friendly exchanges between Tianjin and Nepal and the Maldives, Tianjin tourism authorities will sign a series of tourism cooperation agreements with the tourism departments of Nepal and Mal...

Jinan-Osaka charter flight launched

2009-08-27

A charter flight operated by Shandong Airlines Company between Jinan in Shandong and Osaka in Japan, made its first flight recently from Jinan Yaoqiang International Airport. The charter flights will...

Shangri-La opens new hotel in Ningbo

2009-08-26

Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts has announced the opening of the 563-room Shangri-La Hotel, Ningbo. This is the group's third property in Zhejiang province after Shangri-La Hotel, Hangzhou and Shangri-...

Banyan Tree to operate new hotels in Kunming

2009-08-26

Banyan Tree Kunming and Angsana Kunming will be the Group's inaugural hotels in Kunming, and will complement its growth expansion in China where over a dozen projects are slated to open by 2012. Banya...

Pudi Boutique Hotel Shanghai Becomes Member Of SLH

2009-08-25

Pudi Boutique Hotel Shanghai has joined Small Luxury Hotels of the World, a collection of over 480 hotels in 70 countries. To be a member of SLH, a hotel must have exemplary standards of service, of...

New flights from Chengdu to Macau

2009-08-25

Macau Government Tourist Office and Air Macau jointly held a large scale tourism promotion in Chengdu recently. At the campaign, Air Macau announced that from September it will increase the number of...

Yunnan Stone Forest and US Mammoth Cave become sister parks

2009-08-24

China's Stone Forest and the US' Mammoth Cave were recognized as sister parks in a signing ceremony held in the Visitor Center of the Stone Forest in Yunnan province August 13, 2009. The Stone Forest...

Chinese tourists visiting Australia drop by 80%

2009-08-24

Tourist visa applications from China have dropped by up to 80 percent during the past three months, a leading newspaper The Australian reports on Monday. Chinese visitor numbers were down as much as ...

Nanhu Travel To Launch Guangzhou-Maldives Charter Flight In September

2009-08-21

Guangdong Nanhu International Travel Service has announced that the maiden flight on the charter route from Guangzhou to the Maldives will depart on September 26, 2009. Chen Zhichao, the deputy gener...

Dutch Tourist Board Launches New Chinese Website

2009-08-21

The Netherlands Board of Tourism and Conventions recently launched its new Chinese website: holland.com. The upgraded website has elaborated the information on the country and its tourism resources, ...

China Southern Passengers Can Get Refunds For Cancellation Due To Illness

2009-08-20

China Southern Airlines has made a new rule which says that passengers who fall sick can get a full refund of their airfare if they can show a doctor's certificate. According to the Chinese airline c...