Archive for February, 2007

Hong Kong celebrates Year of the Pig

Sunday, February 25th, 2007

Hong Kong became a colourful multi-cultural party Sunday night, as the city ushered in the Year of the Pig with the 2007 Cathay Pacific International Chinese New Year Night Parade. (more…)

Chennai 3,000 rooms by 2008/9

Sunday, February 25th, 2007

Chennai’s inventory of hotel rooms in the three to five-star category will increase by more than 3,000 by 2008-09 when some of the hotel projects under construction are commissioned. Currently, the city has about 5,000 quality rooms. (more…)

India’s Hotel Association-Infrastructure status

Sunday, February 25th, 2007

Hotel Association of India, in its pre-budget memorandum, recommended that the hotel industry should be granted full infrastructure status under Section 80 I/A. (more…)

China boom for designers

Sunday, February 25th, 2007

The hotel boom in China is creating unprecedented opportunities for designers in the Asia-Pacific region (more…)

China’s Home Inns expansion

Sunday, February 11th, 2007

/PRNewswire/ — Home Inns & Hotels Management Inc, a leading economy hotel chain in China, today announced that as of December 31st, 2006, Home Inns had a total of 134 hotels in operation in 39 cities, including 94 leased-and-operated hotels and 40 franchised-and-managed hotels. As of the same date, Home Inns had an additional 48 hotels under contract, of which 28 are leased-and-operated hotels and 20 are franchised-and-managed hotels. (more…)

Leisure Inn Hotels set for expansion

Sunday, February 11th, 2007

Leisure Inn Hospitality Management Pty Ltd (LIHM), owners of the Leisure Inn Hotels and Suites brand, is pleased to announce the introduction of a major shareholder into the Leisure Inn Group which will further bolster the company’s financial capacity to achieve its growth plans. (more…)