With China emerging as one of the world’s largest outbound travel markets, hotels in Dubai are increasingly focusing their efforts on attracting tourists from this rapidly growing economy.
An increasing number of Chinese have been travelling overseas in recent years as the nation’s economy gains strength and its government relaxes rules on travel abroad. Figures from the China Tourism Authority show that total Chinese outbound departures are expected to reach 65 million in 2011, up 13% year-on-year.
Overall, China’s share of the global tourism market is expected to reach 8% by 2013, …

Tourism operators the whole world over are gearing up for an influx of Chinese tourists over the next decade and they are looking at some pretty novel ways of trying to make them feel at home.
Hotels in Europe and North America are apparently currently developing Mandarin check-in services for Chinese tourists – which are actually situated half a world away.
“A check-in machine could link them with someone who does speak the language but they could be in Shanghai or anywhere else,” Asiawide Hospitality Solutions president and CEO Kevin Murphy told …

Beijing Tourism Group (BTG), established in February 1998, is a leading State-owned tourism enterprise based in Beijing. It has successfully implemented a number of high profile events, including several receptions that formed part of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.
BTG was formed as the result of a restructuring program initiated by the Beijing municipal committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and the Beijing municipal government. Following its launch, BTG consisted of several subsidiaries in the hotel business and travel service, a coach and taxi service, and an exhibition company.
A …

Barry Hong, CEO of August Hotels & Properties was asked by the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) to write an article about the last thirty years of hotel development in China since 1978 – A Review of the Issues and Trends that have impacted the Hospitality market in the People’s Republic of China.

GUANGZHOU, CHINA Mayland Seaside Hotel, a 5-star hotel project to be situated along the Zhujiang River, will feature an architecture style focused on sensibility to social responsiveness, energy use, urbanism and ecological awareness. The hotel is currently in the deisgn phase and is due to be completed in 2012-2013, according to Narendra Patel, Patel Architecture, Rancho Mirage, California.
The design provides for wind turbines on the upper portion of the tower and massive array of photovoltaic panels covering the entire south façade. In the basement is a provision to incorporate a fuel cell power …