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Hotel Check Out Time To Be Negotiable In Shanghai

2009-04-24

Following the implementation of the Shanghai Municipal Hotel Industry Administration Approach on May 1, 2009, guests will be able to negotiate with hotels on the check-out time and settlement method. ...

Three Gorges Dam crest reopens to visitors

2009-04-23

More than 6,000 tourists have visited the Three Gorges Dam crest since it reopened Tuesday after a year-and-a-half suspension, the project managers said Wednesday. The China Three Gorges Project Corp...

Shaolin Temple defends prices

2009-04-23

The Shaolin Temple, the home of China's kung fu monks, has defended a price list it has issued for an upcoming religious service. According to a notice on the temple's Website, anyone who gives 180,0...

First Batch Of Travel Agencies Designated For World Expo Tour

2009-04-22

At the China Domestic Travel Fair held in Dalian, the China National Tourism Administration and the Bureau of the Shanghai World Expo Coordination designated the first 24 travel agencies to offer tour...

Xinjiang to build the Silk Road in the air

2009-04-22

According to Xinjiang Airport Group Company, over the last five years, Xinjiang has finished the construction, relocation and extension of eight airports, and built four regional airports in Karamay, ...

Tianjin builds tourist destinations

2009-04-21

The Summit Meeting on The Construction For Tourist Destinations In Tianjin and The Signing Ceremony For The Tourist Cooperation Agreements was held in the Sheraton Tianjin Hotel to discuss Tianjin's f...

Ramada to open its largest hotel in China

2009-04-21

Wyndham Hotel group has just announced two new Ramada hotels in China: the world's largest Ramada hotel, the 1,000-room Ramada Hotel Suites Boao in Hainan province, and the 548-room Ramada Huangshan ...

Tourism industry development in Hainan Province

2009-04-21

Premier Wen Jiabao said that the infrastructure in south China's Hainan Province should be improved to make tourism a pillar of the island's economy.Wen made the remarks during a weekend visit. Devel...

Shanghai gets its first independent business jet operator

2009-04-20

The East China Regional Administration of the Civil Aviation Administration of China has accepted an application from Shanghai Deer Jet Company to commence operation in May, 2009. Once approval has...

Foreigners make up ten percent of visitors to Tibet

2009-04-20

One out of ten visitors to Tibet is from a foreign country after the region reopened to foreign tourists or tourists from China's Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan in early April. Foreign tourists may get...

Grand China Air Promotes Opera Festival 2009

2009-04-20

Grand China Air, a Chinese airline, is holding lectures on opera appreciation as part of its sponsorship of Opera Festival 2009 organized by the National Center for the Performing Arts. It is reporte...

Historical And Cultural Theme Hotel Opens In Luoyang

2009-04-17

The quasi-four-star hotel Xinyuan International (Shengshi Wangcheng) Hotel has opened for business in Laocheng District, Luoyang City. A historical and cultural theme hotel, the luxury business hotel...

Guilin Cooperates With World Tourism Organization

2009-04-17

Guilin Municipal Tourism Bureau has entered into an agreement with the World Tourism Organization for sharing Internet information. According to the agreement, UNWTO will create an English webpage an...

Water-splashing Festival celebrated in Yunnan

2009-04-16

On April 15, tens of thousands of people gathered in a square to celebrate the Water-splashing Festival of the Dai ethnic group in Jinghong City, Yunnan Province. The Water-splashing Festival is hel...

China and France will to strengthen cooperation

2009-04-16

Chen Qiang, the mayor of Huangshan, and M. Magnin-Feysot, the vice president of the Franche-Comte parliament, attended the signing ceremony of a memorandum of work plan for the China-France Huizhou (H...

Revolutionary base Jingganshan promotes tourism--China travel

2009-04-16

Jinggangshan in east China's Jiangxi Province is known as the birthplace of the Chinese People's Liberation Army. The place is hailed as the cradle of the Chinese revolution and attracts many visitors...

Chengdu rated One Of China's Top 10 MICE Destinations

2009-04-15

At the Sixth China Exhibition (Festival Affairs) Fortune Forum and Award Presentation Ceremony held by the Asia Events Fortune Forum, Chengdu was awarded five prizes including the Best MICE City Manag...

Shanghai Plans To Lower Hotel Operation Costs

2009-04-15

The Shanghai Municipal Tourism Administration is consulting with the relevant departments to try to lower the operation costs of star-rated hotels in Shanghai to cope with the impacts of the global fi...

Tourism officials gear up for visitors to Expo

2009-04-14

The city is working hard on projects to cater for tourists visiting the 2010 World Expo in Shanghai, authorities said yesterday. Themed bus tour packages are to run during weekdays and will feature h...

Tourism discounts given to expats--China News

2009-04-13

Shanghai expats will be able to get an English version of Hangzhou discount tourism coupons from today. Altogether 10,000 Hangzhou coupon books, worth 2 million yuan (US$285,700), will be distribu...