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China’s hotel, catering retail sales up 24.3% in the first seven months
China’s hotel and catering industry saw its retail sales rose 24.3 percent in the first seven months over the same period last year, the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) said on Friday.
The growth rate was 6.5 percentage points higher than the same period last year, said the MOC on its website.
Retail sales of the country’s hotel [...]
Beijing Olympics stimulates higher-end China tourism
Reservations for prime hotels and homestay rooms are doing good business as the Olympics approaches, while travel agencies are preparing for a boom in customers, a city tourist official said on Friday.
HOTEL RESERVATIONS STRONG AT HIGHER LEVELS
About 78 percent of the rooms at five-star hotels in Beijing have been booked, at an average rate of [...]
Shangri-La Hotel, Beijing, Achieves Four Stars In First Mobil Travel Guide To Beijing
Shangri-La Hotel, Beijing achieved a four-star rating in Mobil Travel Guide’s first-ever guide to an international destination, the highest category awarded in the city. A Mobil four-star rating “signifies that the hotel is one of the finest establishments in the world, offering guests a truly exceptional level of luxury and service.”
According to the guide, “Beautiful [...]
Gambling prohibited for Chinese going to Taiwan
Chinese visitors to Taiwan will not be allowed to gamble or engage in “pornographic activities,” China’s state news agency reported Sunday.
The warning was issued by the Cross-Strait Tourism Association, the official Xinhua News Agency said. It follows the signing of breakthrough agreements on charter flights and tourism promotion between the rival sides earlier this month.
“Travel [...]
Sichuan travel industry struggles for revival after quake
Southwest China’s Sichuan Province is endeavoring to revive its travel industry, with the former “paradise for tourists” struggling after last month’s powerful earthquake.
“The single most important thing to do now is to rebuild tourists’ confidence and we are taking measures to do so,” said Zhang Gu, head of the Sichuan Provincial Tourism Bureau.
Measures to attract [...]
Chinese mainland tourism delegation starts inspection tour of Taiwan
A delegations of 33 travel agency managers began an inspection tour of Taiwan on Tuesday, Taiwan-based media reported.
The group will inspect tourism facilities following an agreement last week on mainland tourist travel to the island, Fan Guishang, head of the delegation was quoted as saying.
Fan, also deputy secretary of the mainland based Cross-Strait Tourism Association [...]
Shangri-La Lotel, Beijing achieves four stars in first mobil travel guide to Beijing
Shangri-La Hotel, Beijing achieved a four-star rating in Mobil Travel Guide’s first-ever guide to an international destination, the highest category awarded in the city. A Mobil four-star rating “signifies that the hotel is one of the finest establishments in the world, offering guests a truly exceptional level of luxury and service.”
According to the guide, “Beautiful [...]
