In the first six months of 2006, Tibet received 591,200 inbound and domestic tourists, and made a total travel income of RMB516 million.

Sichuan Airlines has launched a business line from Chongqing to Lhasa that offers one more choice for passengers who will visit Tibet.

Shenzhen Airlines will open the first red-eye flight at Beijing's Capital Airport starting August 11.

UNITE HERE Local 1 announced that negotiations for Chicago downtown union hotels and key O'Hare hotels began on July 25. Contracts covering 7,000 workers at 26 hotels with nearly 17,000 rooms will expire on August 31, 2006 at midnight.

Dane Cheng is starting his new responsibilities as General Manager Corporate Communication at Cathay Pacific Airways at the beginning of August 2006.

During his recent State Visit to Beijing, His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden, accompanied by a high level commercial delegation, visited the Beijing Radisson SAS Hotel and enjoyed a VIP Luncheon Banquet attended by over sixty leading executives of the local business community.

Chinese online travel company eLong.com's unaudited financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2006 show travel revenues increased 57% year-over-year and 26% sequentially to RMB65.0 million.

Sixty travel agencies from Yunan and Hainan, the two big tourism provinces in China, have voluntarily signed a travel convention in an effort to fight poor competitive practices.

News from Xining Railway Public Security Department is that that Qinghai-Tibet Railway Company has revoked the ticket booking qualifications of four travel agencies in Qinghai Province.

YHA China has been accepted as a formal member of IYHF at the 46th International Youth Hostel Federation Conference.