Accor this week opens two hotels in Nanjing: the Sofitel Galaxy Nanjing and Sofitel Zhongshan Golf and Resort.

The Kempinski Hotel Shenzhen has announced its scheduled opening by August 2006.

Wynn Resorts,  a top hotel group from the U.S, is preparing its entry into the Chinese market with the first hotel Wynn Macau to be opened in early September this year.

Raffles Hotels and Resorts has appointed Peter Lloyd Wynne as General Manager of the Raffles Beijing Hotel.

Angela Huang has been appointed as the director of sales and marketing of the Holiday Inn Riverside Wuhan.

Dr. Angela Merkel, Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, was welcomed by Matthias Kann, managing director of Kempinski Hotel Beijing Lufthansa Center, on May 21 during the Chancellor's visit to Beijing.

Under the leadership of GMs of Howard Johnson Hotels, around 40 sales managers from different cities of Howard Johnson hotels arrived in Beijing to attend a week-long Group Sales Blitz from April 17 – 21, 2006 and later in Shanghai from May 15 – 19. This is the first China Sales Blitz for Howard Johnson [...]

Sheraton Suzhou Hotel successfully hosted its first ever Chef's Table for a selection of invited guests. The eight course dinner was artfully prepared by the Hote's new Executive Chef, Jens Heier, from Germany and whose work experience includes several of the top Michelin Star Restaurants in Europe.

The Prime Minister of Finland, Matti Vanhanen, was recently in Beijing for a whirlwind visit to meet with high-ranking Chinese government officials, and was warmly welcomed upon his arrival by Shangri-La's China World Hotel Manager Teresa Xin.

With the approaching 2008 Olympic Games, the Beijing Olympic Organizing Committee has been planning for the influx of visitors to Beijing.