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On January 21, Shangri-La's Kerry Centre Hotel, Beijing organized a charity event for 100 children of Sun Village in Shun Li County, Beijing. This is a charity organization for children whose parents are serving time in prison. The hotel offered a special buffet luncheon and a donation of living necessities to the village.|
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Macau Asia Express, a new airline based in Macau, has been launched and will initially fly to new destinations in China and Asia with its first commercial flight expected in the fourth quarter of 2006.|
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Shanghai-based China Eastern has introduced the Airbus A330-300 plane to China. This is the first time that an airline from the mainland China has used the A330-300.|
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After a four-year hiatus, The Backstreet Boys reunite with a concert in Shanghai. The popular boy band in the 90s took time for a photo with Hilton Shanghai General Manager Volkmar Ruebel, Marketing and Communications Manager Judith A. Los Banos, Director of Sales Yukiko Kato, and Assistant Director of Sales Amy Li.|
China Southern Airlines also moved more freight than any other airline in China, as cargo volume grew 42% to 774,550 metric tons in Year 2005. China Southern's traffic growth can be attributed to the complete integration of its mergers with the former China Northern Airlines and Urumqi-based Xinjiang Airlines, the addition of new Airbus and Boeing aircraft, as well as the rapidly developing domestic Chinese marketplace. The swift development of the new Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport which managed more than 20 Million passengers in its first year of operation is also a factor in the airlines large figures. In 2005, China Southern's overall load factor also rose from 69.2% (in 2004) to 70.1%. In December 2005, China Southern carried 63% more passengers than the same month in 2004. |
China Southern Airlines flew a record 44.12 million passengers in 2005, marking the largest single year passenger total carried in the airline's 27 year history.|
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KLM Royal Dutch Airlines will launch scheduled service between Amsterdam and Chengdu on May 28, 2006.|
According to Zhang Lijun, a director at CYTS, the Shanghai company will open after Spring Festival and will specialize in inbound, domestic and outbound travel. Local media report that Shanghai travel agencies, including Shanghai Spring Travel Service and Jinjiang Travel Service, are concerned as to whether CYTS can find a footing in Shanghai. |
China Youth Travel Service (CYTS) announced that it will open a subsidiary in Shanghai. CYTS will invest RMB80 million in the new company and also provide RMB20 million to its Beijing subsidiary Beijing CYTS Chuangge Technology Company.|
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Readers of Modern Weekly International voted Wan Hao Chinese Restaurant of JW Marriott Hotel Shanghai as one of the best Chinese restaurants in Shanghai. This is the second consecutive year readers of Modern International Weekly have voted Wan Hao for the same accolade. Director of Food and Beverage, Mark van der Wielen; Chinese Executive Chef Law Wui Wing; and Wan Hao Restaurant Manager, Jane Dai picked up the 2005 Best Hotel Chinese Restaurant Award.|
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Each year Chinese can look forward to three one-week periods of holiday called the Golden Weeks. The first falls during the Chinese Lunar New Year; the second starts on May 1; and the third falls on October 1. However the one-week holidays were only started in 1999, and already there is talk of ending the periods. Why? Adult diapers might be the reason.|
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Sheraton Suzhou Hotel and Towers won The Best Hotel Management Award at the Suzhou Tourism Conference held recently in Suzhou. Daniel Aylmer, General Manager of the hotel received the award at the awards ceremony.
