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Four Points by Sheraton Shenzhen with its soft opening in January 2005, has held a Wine Tasting Class last Saturday to educate people on basic wine knowledge and learn how to appreciate wine to the fullest. |
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Sheraton Dongguan Hotel General Manager Mr. Charlie Dang recently announced the promotion of Mr. Kenneth Ng as Director of Food and Beverage. Kenneth joined Sheraton Dongguan Hotel as Assistant Director of Food and Beverage in May 2004. Prior to this promotion, he worked as F and B Operation Manager at the Westin Shanghai from 2002 to 2004. Kenneth began his hospitality career in 1975 and spent over 20 years working in a variety of Food and Beverage management positions. Kenneth has worked successively in Hong Kong, Korea, Brunei, Shanghai, Shenyang, Dalian and Zhuhai. |
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Local media report that Beijing will ban the use of amenities in ordinary hotels by 2008 because they are a great waste of resources and harmful to the environment.|
Virgin Atlantic is to increase its Heathrow Shanghai services from five weekly to daily starting on 30 October 2005 and said it plans to start a daily Beijing service as soon as possible. These new services follow the Chinese government's decision to make the UK one of its Approved Destination Countries, which allows more Chinese tourists to visit the UK. Sir Richard Branson, Chairman of Virgin Atlantic commented, “Virgin Atlantic is delighted to offer daily services to Shanghai from October. Virgin Atlantic has been operating flights between London and Shanghai since 1999 and has been instrumental in developing the link between the two cities. The airline has flown over 330,000 passengers on the route to date. “China is one of the fastest growing economies of the world and following last week's decision by the government to give the UK Approved Destination Status we are also planning to start daily services to Beijing as soon as possible. “With China hosting the Olympics in 2008 we believe that there will be a huge demand for passengers who wish to take advantage of competitive fares and the quality of service that Virgin Atlantic offers.” Virgin Atlantic currently flies five times a week between London Heathrow and Shanghai Pudong Airport. The VS250 departs Heathrow at 16:00 on Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays arriving into Shanghai Pudong Airport at 11:15 the following day. (The flight departs at 15.50 on Friday and at 16.05 on Tuesday). The return flight VS251 departs Shanghai on Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday at 13:30 arriving into Heathrow at 17:50. Virgin Atlantic currently operates a daily service between London Heathrow and Hong Kong and recently launched daily services between Hong Kong and Sydney, Australia. |
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The results are based on 425,105 evaluations completed by some of the most sophisticated, passionate travelers - Travel + Leisure Magazine readers. They rated the attributes that were relevant to their recent experiences at hotels around the world. From this result, Travel + Leisure identified the 500 highest-rated properties that have a demonstrated track record of excellence. Travel + Leisure is one of one of the world's leading travel magazines and published by American Express Publishing. The St. Regis Hotel, Shanghai is located in the heart of the newly emerging business district of Pudong, the 40-storey property features 318 deluxe guestrooms, including 44 exquisite suites. The stylish rooms, designed by the leading international hotel interiors specialist Hirsch Bedner and Associates, are the largest in Shanghai, with each standard room measuring 48 square meters. It is also the only hotel in Shanghai to offer all guests 24-hour butler service, providing a one-top total business solution. |
The St. Regis Hotel, Shanghai has been recognized as the top hotel in Shanghai in the January issue of Travel + Leisure Magazine.|
Sheraton Dongguan Hotel General Manager Charlie Dang recently announced the appointment of Clara Jesusa G. Guzman as Marketing Communications Manager. |
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Lu Kun, Shanghai's award-winning fashion designer with Mr Elijah Widjaja, Chairman and CEO of Bund Center; Mrs Widjaja; Mr. Peter Alatsas, General Manager of The Westin Shanghai; and guests recently attended the fashion event Romancing the Bund organized by the Westin Shanghai hotel.|
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Because the number of gateways are limited at Shanghai's Pudong International Airport, it has been a great trouble for passengers to go through Pudong Airport, especially for those who need to go out of the country. However this will hopefully all soon change.|
Hainan Airlines has publicized their special price for the Spring Festival. These special prices involve 18 flights from Haikou, and all of them are about 60%-70% of the normal price. |
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Swissôtel Beijing held a staff party to celebrate the Chinese New Year at the hotel grant ballroom on 19th Jan, 2005.
