Hong Kong Disneyland Raises Door Ticket Prices
According to Hong Kong's Sindao Daily, Hong Kong Disneyland is raising its entrance ticket prices despite others organizations' efforts to boast the region's tourism industry during the global financial crisis.
China Eastern To Transfer Capacity To Domestic Flights
Liu Shaoyong, the general manager of China Eastern Airlines, has disclosed to the local media that China Eastern has been preparing to shift its flight capacity to the Chinese mainland market for 2009.
China 2008 Tourism Revenue Reached CNY1.16 Trillion
The latest statistics from China National Tourism Administration show that, despite many adverse factors, China's total tourism revenue reached CNY1.16 trillion in 2008, an increase of 5.8% over 2007.
Enjoying The Natural Beach Life In Huizhou
Ma Lin, general manager of Sheraton Huizhou Beach Resort, has rich experience in hotel management. China Hospitality News interviewed him to find out what distinguishing features Huizhou, a new resort, has to attract more tourists from China and abroad.
Prospects For China's Tourism Industry In 2009
At a recent press conference held by the China Tourism Academy and Sohu.com's travel channel to mark the publication of their report "2008 China Tourism Economic Operation Analysis and Development Forecast in 2009", Dai Bin, the vice director of the CTA, reviewed 2008 and looked forward to 2009.
Korean Air To Strengthen Transfer Service In China's Major Cities
Korean Air has formally launched an initiative to expand in China's major and second-tier cities.
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.
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.
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.