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HBA/Hirsch Bedner Associates, designers of the Fairmont Peace Hotel in Shanghai, will redesign a second landmarkproperty on the city’s Bund waterfront.
The company has been appointed by Hilton Hotels to transform the former Shanghai Club at No. 2 The Bund into the Waldorf Astoria on the Bund Shanghai. Hoorah! This is a restoration that has been […]

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Myanmar will grant visa-on-arrival for cross-border tourists entering by road from Teng Chong, southwestern Yunnan province of China, to travel deep into Myanmar’s tourist sites by air en route the border town of Myitkyina in the northernmost Kachin state, according to local media .
As part of its bid to promote cross-border tourism with China, Myanmar […]

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China National Aviation Holding will soon complete the takeover of East Star Airlines, a small private air carrier located in Wuhan, Hubei Province, central China
The general manager, Kong Dong, said that early this year, Air China announced that its parent, CNAH, was in preliminary negotiations with related sides, but they had not entered into any […]

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Hong Kong Tourist Board (HKTB) is giving serious backing to its efforts to attract the C&I (which stands for Conference and Incentive but it had slipped your mind for the moment) market.
A new dedicated worldwide initiative, Meetings & Exhibitions Hong Kong (MEHK), launched at the end of last year, is backed by US$18 million funding […]

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InterContinental Hotel Group (IHG), the world’s largest hotel group by room number, is shifting its China business focus from expansion to repositioning its Holiday Inn as a middle-scale option.
IHG aggressively enlarged its network in China over the past three years, especially around the Olympics, cashing in on a ballooning economy and
becoming the country’s largest hotel […]

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The illustration is of a  model of a seven-star hotel in Sanya, in which Chinese real-estate company Antaeus Group has invested RMB2 billion. The hotel is scheduled to open in 2011. The resort will be designed by the same company that designed the seven-star hotel Burj Al Arab in Dubai and will be managed by […]

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In a sense it is possible to say the problems Macau has been facing through restricted entry will go away in the months to come. This is because the Chinese province of Guangdong and the Special Administrative Regions of Macau and Hong Kong are going to cooperate to develop the Pearl River Delta with the […]

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Carlson Hotels Worldwide, one of the world’s leading hotel companies, has announced that it will be opening and managing a second Radisson hotel in Sanya Bay, China.
The latest agreement with Sanya Zhong Gang Real Estate Co. marks the ninth hotel property currently under development in China for Carlson. Radisson Hotels & Resorts is the upscale, […]

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Mandarin Oriental had no hotels in China before this year. Hong Kong and almost everywhere else in Asia (and the world), but China remained virgin territory until January, when the Mandarin Oriental Sanya opened on Hainan Island.
The design of the tropical complex was inspired by the minority culture of Hainan Island.
As well as the […]

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The Langham style as seen in Hong Kong

Langham Hotels plans on opening at least four new properties in China by the end of 2010. Marking The Langham’s first entrance onto Chinese mainland (they have two properties already in Hong Kong), will focus on expanding into China’s Beijing and Shanghai.

The Langham’s first airport property, the Langham Place at Terminal 3 of Beijing’s Capital Airport, an ‘up-to-the-minute, high-tech hotel that brings you a unique five-star experience.’

In Shanghai, The Langham will develop a smaller, 101-room property named The Langham Yangtze Boutique. Just off of People’s Square.

Then in 2010 another Langham Place in Guangzhou.
Source: Hotel Chatter

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Current Home Inns China

Home Inns & Hotels Management is to launch a new hotel brand, Heyi, in a bid to make inroads into the medium- and high-end business hotel sector and lift up operating profits efficiently, Sun Jian, chief executive officer of the Chinese economy hotel chain operator, disclosed on October 26.

The first Heyi-branded hotel, located in Shanghai, will be in service in December 2008. Different from economy hotels, the new outlet will mainly serve medium- and high-end businessmen.
Source: Trading Markets

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Shanghai skyscraper city

Two visionary hotel concepts, Zendai Hotel Yin, a luxury, boutique-style ‘city retreat’ and Zendai Art Hotel, a 5-star business hotel, will open in the ‘Himalayas Centre’ which is due to open in Pudong in spring 2010, in time for the Shanghai World Expo.

Shnaghai International Expo

The Zendai Group has invested over RMB 2.4 billion in the Himalayas Centre which is located opposite to Shanghai’s New International Expo Centre and just 15 minutes from the city’s main financial district in Pudong. Metro line no. 7 is accessed directly from the basement of the Himalayas Centre and the high speed Maglev train, for 7-minute transfers and from Pudong airport, is just 10 minutes away.

Designed by one of the world’s leading architects, Arata Isozaki who is renowned for his work on the Barcelona Olympics Stadium and the Los Angeles Museum of Modern Art, the Himalayas Centre is being hailed by developers, the Zendai Group, as an ‘archisculptural icon for 21st century China’.

Venue map

The Himalayas Centre will incorporate the Daguan Theatre with multi-functional auditorium seating 1,600, the Himalayas Mall and Himalayas Creative Complex / Museum Zone, as well as the two luxury hotels.

The boutique-style Zendai Hotel Yin will occupy the top four floors of the dedicated hotel tower.

There will be 78 guestrooms, ranging in size from the 376 square meters presidential suite to 60 square meters luxury suites, which are accessed via elevators exclusively for use by boutique hotel guests.
Much more HERE.
Source: Travel Tips

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Map of Heiziazi Island which will be half Chinese

Half of Heixiazi island, which was returned to China in the middle of October, could be developed as a tourist resort according to an an official from Fuyuan county, Heilongjiang province.

Yu Wenli, head of the Fuyuan tourism bureau, said the return marked the end of a 79-year dispute over the island between Russia and China, and offers new opportunities for Fuyuan, which borders the island.
‘I have received a lot of inquiries about developing the island as a tourist resort,’ Yu said.

Heiziazi Island

The Fuyuan trade and investment promotion department said more than 20 businesspeople from Guangzhou, Beijing, Dalian, Shenzhen and Hong Kong have shown interest in the tourism plan, and setting up import/export businesses.

Zhu Sijun, deputy director of the publicity department of Fuyuan, said: ‘In view of the island’s geographic location, a proposal to develop the area into a Northeast Asia free trade zone is also under consideration.’

Discussions on building a railway to connect the island with the mainland are already under way, and an airport is also envisaged.

Heixiazi Island is located at the confluence of the Heilongjiang and Wusuli rivers, and serves as a natural border between China and Russia. It was occupied by the former Soviet Union during a 1929 border skirmish.
Source: China Daily

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Legendale Hotel

The Legendale Hotel, invested, designed and run by Macau investors, has held its grand opening ceremony, with Mr. Ho Hau Wah, Chief Executive of the Macau SAR, other Chinese leaders, and ambassadors of more than 100 countries.

The Legendale Hotel is invested and founded by The Macau Legend Development Ltd.

David Chow Kam Fai, founder and chairman of Legendale Hotel Beijing, said the Legendale Hotel was the result of support from the national and local governments of China, including Beijing, Macau and Beijing Dongcheng District.

The 5-star Legendale Hotel Beijing has 390 luxury rooms including 81 suites, 79 opulent serviced apartments and 126 private residential apartments. There are also 8 restaurants and bars of different styles. The hotel lobby features a 17-storey atrium.
Source: MarketWatch

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Farmers creating art in China helping tourism

A program that helps farmers brush up on painting skills is becoming a tourist attraction.

A group of farmers-turned-artists in Jinshan county is bringing prominence to folk art. Home to 15 households, the Jinshan village is located 80 kilometres from downtown Shanghai.

There are some 70 such communities dotted across China as local governments are keen to set up these groups to bring in tourism dollars.

In 2006, one of the painting villages got US$1.2 million to help peasant painters set up shop.

Hu Bo Fang, vice general manager, Shanghai Fengjing Historical Town Tourist Developing Company, said: ‘In 2006, we invited them to live in the village for free. We did not charge them or take a commission from their sales of artwork.

‘We did not make a profit from it. But after half a year, when sales got better and tourists started to visit, we started to charge them rent.’
More HERE.
Source: Channel News Asia

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Fuzhou Tai Jiang

China Yida, a leading media and tourism management company, will work with the Yongtai County Government to develop the largest leisure and tourism destination in the city of Fuzhou, capital of Fujian Province. China

Yida has submitted the proposed transaction to the local government for approval and expects to reach a definitive agreement by the end of 2008.

It has the potential to become a world-class resort attracting visitors from neighboring coastal areas such as Xiamen, Quanzhou and Putian, as well as from other regions of China. In addition, the cities of Fuzhou and Xiamen are both popular destinations for business functions and conferences.

The leisure and tourism destination is located near the capital city of Fuzhou in Yongtai County and the entire scenic site has a total area of 48 square kilometers.
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Source: PR NewsWire

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The edge of the golf course at Sanya Bay

Raffles Hotels & Resorts will manage a new resort at Qingshui Bay in Sanya, China’s rapidly growing resort destination.

Raffles Sanya, Qingshui Bay, will have 250 guestrooms, a beach-front location and offer residents direct access to an adjacent championship golf course.

The resort will be developed by Hong Kong-listed Agile Property Holdings.

The resort be distinguished by the luxury of space and its commanding views of the bay.

All rooms are generously sized at 70 square meters, and are laid out in a stepped configuration to ensure that all residents have a view of the clear waters for which Qingshui Bay is renowned.
More HERE
Source: HotelsMag

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Qingao is where one of the hotels is to be sited.

Le Méridien has announced an agreement with Wanda Group to open two new properties in China, one in Qingdao and one in Chongqing.

They are scheduled to open in 2011.

In addition, Starwood Hotels & Resorts, the parent company of Le Méridien, has announced an agreement with Wanda Group to add a Sheraton in Wuxi and a Westin in Taiyuan to the Starwood portfolio in China.

Le Méridien is also set to open Le Méridien Shimei Bay Beach Resort & Spa in China , as well as three Le Méridien hotels in Bangkok, Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai by the end of the year.
More information HERE.
Source: eTravel Blackboard

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Intercontinental Shanghai Wonderland

InterContinental Hotels Group has signed a deal with China’s Shimao Group to open six new hotels (totaling 2,100 rooms) in four Chinese cities by 2013.

Hui Wing Mau, Chairman of Shimao Group, said, ‘This is the biggest multi-brand, multi-property partnership we have signed with a single hotel management company.’

The new hotels will include InterContinental hotels in Beijing and Fuzhou, a Crowne Plaza in Shaoxing, and Holiday Inns in Shaoxing and Mudanjiang.

The signature project will be the InterContinental Shanghai Wonderland.

Set to open in Shanghai’s western Songjiang suburb in 2013, the 380-room hotel will form part of the Shanghai Shimao Wonderland theme park, and will be built on the cliff of a quarry. The hotel will feature only one floor above ground, with 17 floors situated below ground level.
Source: BizChina

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From a tandoor oven

The next Marriott which will open in Beijing around January, will have a fine-dining Indian restaurant serving Lucknow and Awadh cuisine made by a team of expat chefs. Tarun Varma, Director of event management at the Beijing Marriott City Wall , said, ‘It will be the first luxury hotel in China with a fine-dining restaurant for Indian cuisine.’

Seems a big claim to make.

Indian menus in China are still basic and forced to innovate with limited ingredients, like samosa folded in shortcrust pastry.

True tandoori dish

At a recent Hyderabad-themed party at the India Tourism office in Beijing, the restaurant catering for the event had to send their Garhwali chef to a senior official’s house, where his wife demonstrated how to cook Hyderabadi biryani and mirch ka salan.

Tarun Varma,  said, ‘Getting approval for a tandoor takes time in China, because there are detailed rules about burning open coal. We don’t want to use an electric oven like some restaurants prefer to.’
Source: Trading Markets

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