Jinling Hotels Group and Air China announced in Beijing that they will cooperate from January 1, 2007 on incentive travel packages for their guests and travelers.

According to the China National Tourism Administration, the Taiwan Tourism Bureau has confirmed with the Travel Agent Association of Taiwan and Travel Quality Assurance Association that they will implement a new measure to require basic travel group fees of US$80 per day from mainland China tourists, starting January 1, 2007.

Peninsula Hotels has started building its first luxury hotel in Shanghai, which is scheduled to open in 2009.

Statistics from Jones Lang LaSalle shows that the average daily room rate of 4 and 5 star hotels in Beijing had increased by 8%, and reached RMB896 by the end of this October.

Liu Lihua, a former Beijing hotelier, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for embezzling RMB20 million of public money.

A Chinese traveler from Beijing is creating a stir as he plans to sue China Southern because the airline is overbooking its flights.

Rudy Rodas has joined Sofitel Plaza Xiamen as the new General Manager.

China Aerospace Corporation's China Academy of Space Technology has set up a hotel investment company in cooperation with CITIC Group.

The Novotel Baiyun Airport Guangzhou has opened, located within the Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport complex.

Holiday Inn Youlian Suzhou has opened as the third hotel under InterContinental Hotels Group's flag in Suzhou.