Beijing, China (July 31, 2009) /ChinaNewswire.com/ — Intelligent People Solutions (IPS) launched Web Based Computer Programming Instruction pilot programs with 15 universities in China. The pilot programs began in February of 2009 and included universities in Shanxi, Guangdong, Hunan, Liaoning and Special Administrative Regions, Beijing and Shanghai.
The pilot programs introduced Codelab to Chinese Introductory [...]

The first direct flight between Hangzhou, China, and Kalibo, Philippines, was successfully launched by Philippine Airlines recently.

Agile Property Holdings Limited, a leading Chinese property developer, has announced that it had reached an agreement with Jumeirah Group, a Dubai-based luxury hospitality company, for the management of Jumeirah Qing Shui Bay Resort in Hainan province.

The South Australia Tourism Commission recently launched websites in simplified and traditional Chinese to promote tourism from China.

The Hong Kong Civil Aviation Department has given approval for the increase of passenger fuel surcharges levied by Cathay Pacific Airways and Singapore Airlines for the period from August 1, 2009, to September 30, 2009.

Yangzhou State Guesthouse was recently rated as the first five-star hotel in Yangzhou in southern Jiangsu.

In August, China Southern Airlines plans to launch two new international direct routes from Guangzhou.

After a four-month exercise by the Chongqing Municipal Administration for Industry and Commerce and the Chongqing Public Security Bureau, 199 small unlicensed hotels have been closed, and another 914 operators that are not qualified to manage a hotel have been brought into the rental housing administration system by the public security organs.

Yichun in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region will get its first five-star hotel in Yiyang New District: the Yichun Red Forest Hotel.

Becoming China's first private airline to operate overseas routes, Shanghai-based Juneyao Airlines has announced that the company is planning to launch flights to Hong Kong and Macau.