HKTB Launches "Food & Wine Year" To Attract Mainland Tourists
The Hong Kong Tourism Board is planning to launch a "Food & Wine Year" to attract tourists from the Chinese mainland and maintain its tourism increase.
Home Inns Plans To Open 1,000 Hotels By 2011
Sun Jian, chief executive officer of Home Inns, one of the largest budget hotel groups in China, said on recently that because of the global financial crisis, Home Inns will slow down its expansion in 2009, but it will still retain its goal of opening 1,000 hotels in China by the end of 2011.
CITIC 2009: New Marketing Strategies For Inbound Tourism To China
Due to the impact of the blizzard in south China in the beginning of 2008, the March 14 Lhasa riots, and the May 12 Wenchuan earthquake, China's inbound tourism has not developed as well as was expected. Instead it registered a decline in the Olympic year.
Shopping Tours To Hong Kong Increased By 40%
News from et-China.com is that shopping tours to Hong Kong are very popular at the end of the Chinese lunar year thanks to various promotions offered by Hong Kong.
All's Well Ends Well Stars At Marco Polo Parkside Beijing
Sandra Ng and Ronald Cheng, the leading players of the remake of the classic 1992 lunar new year film "All's Well, Ends Well 2009" stayed at the Marco Polo Parkside, Beijing. The hotel general manager David Sproul met Ng in the lobby to welcome her and Cheng to the hotel.
Guangzhou's Old Five-star Hotels Spend Big Money On Renovation
In face of competition imposed by newly-opened five star hotels, time-honored five-star hotels in Guangzhou have each begun to spend large sums on transformation and renovation.
Hainan Airlines Gains Approval For Enlarged Business Scope
The Middle and South Regional Management Bureau of the Civil Aviation Administration of China has completed a preliminary review on Hainan Airlines' application to expand its business scope.
Hanting Sets Up New Company To Focus On North China Market
Hanting Inns & Hotels has announced the establishment of a company to pave the way for its further budget hotel development in North China.
Criteria For Chinese Hotel Management Companies To Be Published
Criteria for Chinese hotel management companies operations are expected to be published and put into trial use soon.
Lucky Air Upgrades E-commerce Platform
Lucky Air has signed a partnership agreement with China's third-party payment platform YeePay.com for air ticket distribution to both businesses and consumers.
Xu Appointed Director Of Business Development For Shenzhen CATIC
Jim Xu has been appointed director of business development of Shenzhen CATIC Hotel Management Company.