China Travel News

Boutique hotel company URBN Hotels & Resorts is to open its first property in Shanghai this month, touted as China's first carbon neutral hotel. The 26-room URBN Hotels, Shanghai, is…

China travel agencies may face tough new rules if they force tourists to go shopping outside of agreed itineraries, China Hospitality News reported. One of the proposed rules states that…

China Southern Airlines has launched a new telephone payment system, allowing customers to buy their e-tickets in China by dialing the airline's hotline. China Southern's new phone…

Expatriates in China are being sought after as volunteer tour guides at Beijing's Forbidden City. The attraction said it was seeking 20 expatriates before, during and after the Beijing…

Police armed with riot shields and batons were summoned to deal with angry tourists from mainland China who clashed with tour guides in Macau, reports said. The tourists were unhappy over…

China Airlines has launched a new Mobile Counter airport service in Taiwan, which allows passengers to save time when they line up for check-in. China Airlines is the first airline to use…

Taxis in China are being installed with cameras for security purposes but passengers are complaining that it intrudes into their privacy. A Xinhua report said more cities in the country are…

Shanghai is to start building its own Disneyland theme park after 2010, according to the China Business Journal, citing sources. The newspaper quoted a source as saying that the total…

A group of Chinese investors has launched a hotel project worth around Bt1 billion in the northern province of Chiang Rai. Chie Chou International, a Yunnan-based company, plans to…

Marriott International has opened the flagship 588-room JW Marriott Hotel Beijing in the Chinese capital - its 3,000th property. The 23-story hotel is located just east of Beijing's…

Statuesque Chinese beauty Zhang Zilin has become her country's first Miss World. The 23- year-old beat her rival finalists from Angola and Mexico to take home the crown at the 57th edition…

"With its rapidly growing business activities and leisure attractions, the city will be attracting more domestic as well as overseas visitors," said Rainer Tenius, general manager of…

The Three Gorges (Sanxia) Airport has received regulatory approval from several agencies for regularly scheduled international flights, Xinhua reported. The airport has invested about 100…

China Southern is launching a new service from northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region to Turkmenistan's capital, Ashkhabad, from December 18. The new route means that Urumchi…

China Eastern Airlines has opened a new route from Kunming to Phnom Penh in Cambodia. It has started operating three flights per week on a  CRJ-200 with a capacity of 50 passengers,…

China has started to build two new railway lines in Fujian Province on the southeastern coast, which will slash travel times between the coastal and inland areas. One of the railways…

The 87-room hotel part of a business complex combining business residences, meeting areas, leisure activities, and dining outlets.

ABC News reported that credit card transactions with China Unionpay would be available across the state under the agreement, signed by Premier Morris Lemma on a trip to China. According…

Local media reports Jinjiang Inns in Beijing has set prices from RMB399 (US$54) to RMB699 per night during the Olympics. The hotel reportedly has already begun to accept bookings and the…

The hotel is located in the heart of the city's central business district and adjacent to Nanjing Road. The original hotel will undergo renovations to become, what Langham calls,…

Located on a 12 hectare beachfront site on Coral Bay, all 297 rooms enjoy expansive views over the South China Sea. The resort is approximately five minutes drive from Sanya City, and 20…