China Tourism News
China opens first Taiwan tourist office
In a landmark development signalling improved relations between the two former rivals, China will today open its first semi-official tourist office in Taiwan. The move is reciprocal, following the opening of a Chinese Cross-Strait Tourism Exchange Association office in Taipei earlier this week.
China lifts HIV travel restrictions
Authorities in China have rescinded a travel ban on carriers of the HIV virus ahead of Expo 2010. The communist-state was one of approximately 50 countires around the world which maintained such a policy, with the World Health Organisation welcoming the decision as a “significant step in the right direction”.
New publication on China’s Outbound Tourism Development
Secretary-General of UNWTO United Nations World Tourism Organization and other experts inform about the fastest growing tourism source market.
China Hotel Development and Financing Conference 2010 Opens
The 6th annual China Hotel Development and Financing Conference 2010 Opened in Beijing today, with over 500 delegates packing into the Crowne Plaza Sun Palace to hear the very latest news from the industry.
Global slowdown hits Chinese hotels
Rapid growth in the Chinese hotel sector was reversed during 2009, with the economic downturn largely to blame. Data from STR Global find the revenue per available room (RevPAR) achieved by Chinese hotels fell by 26.2 percent during 2009 when compared with a year ago – underlining their poor performance.
The legend of Beijing
The luxury Legendale Hotel Beijing boasts all the hallmarks of a landmark hotel - an incredible sense of style, a prime position in the heart of the Chinese capital, and great food. BTN finds out more.
Eyeglass Paradise in Beijing
Travelers to China think of Beijing as a shopper’s paradise, purchasing clothing, electronics and all kinds of souvenirs from large markets. Unknown to most visitors, Beijing also has a unique specialty market that often gets missed—The Eyeglass Market. The China Guide ( http://www.TheChinaGuide.com ), an American owned travel company, describes Beijing’s Eyeglass Market as four floors of overflowing frames and sunglasses having everything from classic shapes to wild designs
The China guide leads China tourism trends with its no shopping tours
Tourism in China is rooted strongly in the belief that travelers should be taken to tourist factory shops where they will drop lots of cash on overpriced goods.
Corporate travel management and travel practices in China
The report with the same title published earlier this year by PhoCusWright and Amadeus IT Group is based on extensive research with over one hundred corporate executives responsible for travel procurement decisions in their companies and paints a picture of a corporate travel market with a significantly different behavior pattern from the rest of the world when it comes to planning, purchasing and accounting for travel services. The reasons for these differences are mainly cultural and will not be changed overnight.
China plans 35 high-speed lines by 2012
While work continues in Britain examining the case for building a new high- speed rail line from London to the West Midlands and North—which may be opened by 2025—China has announced plans to build 35 high-speed routes by 2012.
China at WTTC 2008 @ WTTC 2008
Breaking Travel News interviews China at WTTC 2008, Dubai.