The five-star Grand Central Hotel Shanghai will celebrate its grand opening in July, 2009.

Keith Hardie, general manager of Le Royal Meridien Shanghai, and Angel Wang, business development director of global sales of Starwood Asia Pacific Hotels & Resorts Pte, welcomed Donnie Yen, the movie star and martial artist, to the anniversary party of Officiel Hommes, one of the top French fashion magazines held recently at the hotel.

Sanya Kempinski Spa & Resort has announced the appointment of Steven Deng as assistant director of sales and marketing, fully responsible for sales and marketing of the international five-star marina resort.

A VIP reception was held recently in the Renaissance Shanghai Zhongshan Park Hotel to celebrate the South African national day. The South African charge d'affaires, Dave Malcomson was welcomed to the hotel by Meng Lo, the general manager of the Renaissance Shanghai Zhongshan Park Hotel.

Si Ma, the general manager of the Jianguo Hotel Beijing, has over 25 years of management experience in the hotel industry with hotel companies including Beijing Jinglun Hotel and BTG-Nikko International Hotel Management. He has been the general manager of the Jianguo hotel since March 2007.

InterContinental Hotels Group has announced that Holiday Inn Beijing Deshengmen is open for business, bringing the total number of IHG hotels in Beijing to 19.

Melbourne, Australia (April 29, 2009) /ChinaNewswire.com/ — GoIndustry DoveBid, UK stock market listed provider of global asset auction and valuation services, was recently appointed by Goodyear Dunlop Australia for the disposal of its Somerton tyre manufacturing facility. The plant located in Melbourne Australia, closed its operations in December 2008.
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The China National Tourism Administration has published the results of its star-rated hotels review in 2008 on its website.

Tourism review website TripAdvisor has officially launched its Chinese website at Daodao.com, offering Chinese travelers local information, reviews and recommended hotels.

Leon Chen has been appointed as the director of sales and marketing at Kingkey Palace Hotel Shenzhen.