Hong Kong's Newest Airline Targets Flights To Mainland

Hong Kong Express Airways, owned by gaming tycoon Stanley Ho, will initially focus on those travelling to mainland China on business. The company has secured rights to fly to five mainland Chinese cities, including Hangzhou, Nanjing and Guangzhou. With its fleet of 70-seater regional jets, it's planning seven more destinations, including the Japanese island of […]

Starwood Prepares Two Four Points By Sheraton Hotels In China

Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide continues its expansion momentum in China with the signing of two new hotels that will fly the Four Points by Sheraton flag – the 340-room Four Points by Sheraton Shanghai, Pudong scheduled to open in mid-2006, and the 340-room Four Points by Sheraton Changshu set to open in 2007.

BTG-Jianguo Selects New Central Reservation System

TravelCLICK, through a partnership with Beijing Great Consulting Co., Ltd. (BGCC), has reached a multi-year agreement with BTG-Jianguo Hotels and Resorts to provide GDS and website connectivity via the iHotelier central reservation system. Since partnering with TravelCLICK in February 2005, BGCC has contracted over 185 hotels throughout China. BGCC will provide BTG-Jianguo and other iHotelier […]

Manchester United Bring Joy To Beijing's Youth

Last week, Shangri-La's Kerry Centre Hotel Beijing, The Official Home of Manchester United in Beijing, invited 30 students from Beijing HongZhi School, a charitable high school, to attend the training session of Manchester United at Worker's Stadium.

China Will Soon Allow More Foreign Pilots

China's aviation officials are preparing to let domestic airlines hire pilots from other countries to compensate for an expected shortage of Chinese pilots. Kyodo news reports that foreign pilots who pass exams and get China flight licenses can work for Chinese airlines, all but one of which are state owned, according to a plan by […]