Fire Guts Mandarin Oriental Beijing Hotel Building
The 44-floor Television Cultural Tower in Beijing housing the new 241-room Mandarin Oriental Hotel, which was due to open in the summer of 2009, was gutted by fire on February 9, the last night of the Chinese New Year.
Hong Kong Visitor Arrivals Decreased In November
According to the Hong Kong Tourism Board in November 2008 the number visitor arrivals in Hong Kong decreased by more than 1% from the same period of last year.