Foreign Firms Under Fire Over Taiwan, Tibet References
The past week has seen a series of moves by the Cyberspace Administration of China and other...
hotels
Netizen Voices: G20 Prep Leaves Hotel Guests in Cold
Hangzhou is already deep into preparations for the G20 Summit in September, the first to be hosted...
U.S. Officials Check Out of Chinese-Owned Waldorf
New York’s Waldorf Astoria Hotel, whose opening in 1931 was said by U.S. President Herbert...
Call for Cull of Officials to Curb Waste Censored
The Wall Street Journal’s James T. Areddy reports that Beijing’s campaign against...
Foreign Innkeepers in the Chinese Countryside
Amid China’s booming tourism industry, The New York Times looks at the number of foreign...
Shanghai’s Peace Hotel Back in the Swing of Things
The Los Angeles Times writes about the refurbishment of Shanghai’s historic Peace Hotel: There is no other landmark in Shanghai so closely associated with the city’s storied history. The hotel’s heyday lasted a...
Seven-star Luxury Hotel Triggers Controversy
A seven-star hotel to be built in downtown Hangzhou City, a well-known tourism resort in China, has triggered heated debate among local residents. The extravagant hotel, with an estimated $600 million in investment, is expected...
Modern Luxury In An Ancient Land
Newsday reports on the new crop of luxury hotels popping up all over China: You used to be able to count the number of China’s five-star hotels on five fingers, so the emergence of world-class accommodations here is...
Five-star hotel on Beida campus draws criticism – Guan Xiaomeng
From China Daily: Peking University Science Park is drawing criticism from instructors and students for building a five-star hotel on campus, as reported by Beijing Youth Daily. The uproar was over the naming of the yet unfinished hotel after Weiming Lake(Êú™ÂêçÊπñ), the symbol of the university. Others condemned the construction will erode the learning atmosphere […]
Shanghai’s oldest luxury hotel closed for US$65m makeover – Tan Bee Leng
From Channel News Asia: Shanghai’s oldest luxury hotel, Peace Hotel, has been closed for a US$65m restoration and is expected to reopen in 2010. The century-old hotel may become more luxurious, more sophisticated and definitely more modern after its restoration. But the authentic character of the German suite, where Charlie Chaplin stayed in in 1936, […]
China the new growth spot for Asian hotels
From Asia Times Online: Hotels in China continue to fuel revenue per available room (revPAR) growth throughout the Asia-Pacific region, according to the latest hotel performance data from the Hotel Benchmark Survey by consulting and professional services giant Deloitte and Touche. During the first eight months of 2005 Chinese hotel markets have witnessed an average […]
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