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Ritz-Carlton to open second hotel in Shanghai
2009-05-07The Ritz-Carlton Shanghai, Pudong is scheduled to open in April 2010 in time for the World Expo. Simon Cooper, president and chief operating officer of The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, said of the gro...
Visitors to Hong Kong up 1.8% in the first quarter
2009-05-07About 740 million people visited Hong Kong in the first quarter of 2009, a year-on-year rise of 1.8 percent, Hong Kong Tourism Board said here Wednesday. About 245 million people visited Hong Kong i...
New brush for Peking Man cave
2009-05-06Excavations in a cave near Beijing where the fossilized bones of Peking Man were discovered will resume by July. Research at the site came to a halt with the Japanese invasion in 1937. Experts will b...
Hilton Beijing Wangfujing celebrates grand opening
2009-05-06Hilton Beijing Wangfujing has been officially opened with a celebration entitled, "An Intimate Night Of Discovery — A Hint of the Forbidden." The opening was attended by distinguished government dign...
Beijing boosted a tourism boom During Holiday
2009-05-06Beijing enjoyed a tourism boom over the May Day holiday, with the city recording 3.7 million visitors from May 1 to 3, up 22.7 percent more than the year before, the local tourism authority said yeste...
Progress made in HK Disneyland expansion talks
2009-05-05Substantial progress has been made in the negotiations on the expansion plans of the Hong Kong Disneyland between the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region ( HKSAR) government and the Walt Disney Co...
World Economic Forum: China's Tourism Competitiveness Enhanced
2009-05-05According to The Travel Tourism Competitiveness Report 2009 published by the World Economic Forum, China's travel and tourism competitiveness is rising rapidly. The report covers 133 countries and r...
Historic street reopens after revamp
2009-05-04Cooling, a street on the world-heritage-listed Mount Lushan in eastern China's Jiangxi Province, re-opened to tourists over the May Day holiday after a restoration project. At an altitude of 1,164 m...
Yantai Promoting Green Hotels
2009-05-04Yantai in Shandong Province aims to increase the number of green tourist hotels and economy hotels to promote energy saving and emission reductions. The term "green tourist hotel" refers to a hotel t...
Holiday Inn Beijing Deshengmen Opens
2009-04-30InterContinental Hotels Group has announced that Holiday Inn Beijing Deshengmen is open for business, bringing the total number of IHG hotels in Beijing to 19. Holiday Inn Beijing Deshengmen is the o...
Grand Opening Of Grand Central Hotel Shanghai In July
2009-04-30The five-star Grand Central Hotel Shanghai will celebrate its grand opening in July, 2009. For MICE-related activities, the 353-room hotel features a floating oval ballroom within the hotel building ...
Chinese folk arts shine at SCO artworks exhibition
2009-04-29Chinese folk arts and crafts were popular with visitors at an exhibition of applied arts sponsored by member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in the central Russian city of Kazan ...
Some tourist spots in Tibet's Shannan open for free during May Day holiday
2009-04-28Some tourist attractions in southeastern Tibet's Shannan Prefecture will open for free during the May Day holiday, according to the Tourism Bureau of the prefecture. Shannan Prefecture, 3,600 meters...
Home Inns Expands In Northwest China
2009-04-28The chief operating officer of Home Inns, Jason Zong, has announced the group's strategy of expanding in Northwest China, and has also revealed its new franchise system. After three years development...
Approval For Opening Of Quanzhou Jinjiang Airport
2009-04-27After 13 years of effort, Quanzhou Jinjiang Airport in Fujian province has open approval from the Chinese State Council. The airport began to apply to open in 1996, and has temporarily opened several...
China's biggest ski base to start construction
2009-04-27Recently, experts reviewed and approved the plan for the Kanas international ski resort project. Upon its completion, the ski base, which will occupy an area of over 20 square kilometers, will become ...
Mexico opens wider to Chinese tourists
2009-04-24Mexico has scrapped visa requirement for Chinese nationals living in Macao and allowed Mexican consulates in China to process visa applications, said Alejandro Rojas, head of Mexico City's Tourism...
Zhenru Town center gets under way
2009-04-24Construction began yesterday on an ambitious project that will turn Zhenru Town into one of the city's four major sub-downtown centers. The Hong Kong-based Cheung Kong (Holdings) Ltd, Hutchison Wha...
Fraser suites enters Suzhou's highest building
2009-04-24Frasers Hospitality Pte Ltd. has signed an agreement with SPG Land, the developer of Global 188 Tower in Suzhou Industrial Park, for the management of Frasers Suites Suzhou Serviced Apartment, making ...
Mini Inn Comes To Shanghai
2009-04-24A new type of mini inn will appear in the downtown area of Shanghai, targeting backpackers and the young white collar class in Shanghai. The mini inn is located on Yan'an Road, Huangpu District, and ...
