Travel and Tourism Industry News

Shanghai Airlines announced on Monday that it will open a direct service from Shanghai to Hanoi as of next month. This will be Shanghai Airlines’ second destination in Vietnam following Ho Chi Minh City. The airline said its Boeing 727-800 airplane will offer three flights a week on Tuesday, Friday and Sunday from Shanghai beginning [...]

The grand canyon in southern Tibet Autonomous Region is becoming a popular new attraction since opening up to tourists for the first time in mid-July. So far, more than 30,000 tourists have visited the Yarlung Zangbo River Grand Canyon, said a source from Tibet Travels Co. Ltd.. The Yarlung Zangbo River is the highest major [...]

Valentine’s Day is one of the most romantic day of the year for many couples. After all it is one of the most important holidays of the year. A perfect opportunity to sweep your Valentine off her feet is to plan a romantic getaway in Asia and the key to this perfect romantic break is [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]