The main body of the Chime-Long International Ocean Resort has started construction on Hengqin Island near Zhuhai and Macau at an initial investment of RMB10 billion(US$1.5 billion). It is expected to become operational in 2013. Guangdong Vice-Governor Liu Kun said during the groundbreaking ceremony that the resort project carries a "significant meaning" to the development […]
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Hainan Airlines has a new Beijing-Toronto air route, becoming the first airline in China to offer flights to Toronto from the Chinese capital. The route is being serviced with an Airbus A340. The new route will have three flights per week – Monday, Wednesday and Saturday – and travel time will be around 13 hours. […]
The Philippines and China have expanded their bilateral air service ties to allow each other’s airlines to have a maximum of flight entitlements of 13,500 seats a week. Previously it was pegged at 10,000 seats per week. The Philippines will be entitled to operate unlimited number of seats outside China’s major points of Beijing, Guangzhou […]
Construction of Wutai Mountain Airport has started and it is expected to be completed in 2012. Total investment will be RMB600 million (US$89.95 million). The airport will be built in Dingxiang county, 33 kilometers northeast of Xinzhou city in Shanxi province. Wutai Mountain is one of the Four Sacred Mountains in Chinese Buddhism. In 2009 […]
If you stay at the InterContinental Sanya Resort in Hainan every room offers a view of the sea. The Chinese government announced at the end of December last year that it planned to build the southern island province of Hainan into an international tourist destination. InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) launched the InterContinental Sanya Resort in […]