Shanghai: Challenge And opportunity In The Post-Expo Era

The 2010 World Expo in Shanghai has finally closed after 184 days. Initial estimates by China Tourism Research suggest that the overall revenue injected into the region as a result of the Expo is approximately CNY80 billion with 34.3% going into accommodation, meaning hotels benefited by revenues totalling CNY27.4 billion that were attributable to the […]

Taking A Wide Hotel View In Shanghai

William Hall, general manager of the Hotel Equatorial Shanghai, is originally from Britain but has spent most of his working life overseas; working first in France, then the U.K., before coming to Asia and working in Malaysia, Vietnam and now in Shanghai.