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Shandong Airlines To Launch Jinan-Osaka Roundtrip Flights 27/01/2010
After years of planning, Shandong Airlines will launch scheduled flights between

Koch Appointed GM At Pullman Beijing South 14/01/2010
The Accor group has appointed Graham Koch as the general manager of Pullman Beijing South. Koch, who is an Australian resident, has had extensive experience in China having also worked in Xi'an , Hangzhou, and Shenzhen. During his twenty five years ...

Interthal Appointed General Manager Of Kempinski Hotel Beijing 08/01/2010
Stephan Interthal has been appointed as the general manager of Kempinski Hotel Beijing Lufthansa Center, where he will oversee the major renovation and repositioning of the hotel. He has been in the hospitality industry for well over 30 years, and ...

Lee Appointed General Manager Of Grand Millennium Beijing 18/12/2009
Leon J. Lee has been appointed as the general manager of Grand Millennium Beijing. Lee comes to Grand Millennium Beijing with extensive China experience, beginning in 1985 as the resident manager of the Hua Ting Sheraton Hotel in Shanghai. Since ...

Wuhan-Guangzhou High-speed Line To Open In Late December 17/12/2009
The Wuhan to Guangzhou high-speed passenger line had a successful first trial operation in early December 2009. The Wuhan to Guangzhou high speed line will formally open on December 26, 2009. With an average speed of 350 km/h, it will only take ...

Radegast Hotel CBD Beijing 04/12/2009
Located in the heart of Beijing's business and shopping districts, the Radegast hotel is one of the finest hotels in Beijing. The hotel is just 30 minutes from the Beijing International Airport. The Radegast hotel is designed in a modern ...

Etihad Airways to launch Flights to Nagoya and Tokyo 01/11/2009
Etihad Airways is to launch flights to Nagoya and Tokyo in the first quarter of 2010. The two cities are the airline's first destinations in Japan. Etihad will operate a four flights a week service to Nagoya, via Beijing, from Monday, 1 February, ...

Zhejiang To Get Its First Direct Air Route To Europe 30/10/2009
Air China has launched an air route from Hangzhou to Frankfurt via Beijing on October 27, 2009. According to Huang Weilin, the general manager of Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport, this is the first scheduled intercontinental passenger route ...

Raab Takes The Helm At Crowne Plaza Suzhou 23/10/2009
Damir Raab has been recently appointed as the general manager of Crowne Plaza Suzhou (Province Jiangsu). A native of Austria, Raab has over 25 years of experience in the hospitality business on four continents, with 16 years experience in Greater ...

General Manager Appointments at Mandarin Oriental 07/09/2009
Mr. Jonas Schuermann has been appointed General Manager of the Mandarin Oriental, Hong Kong. Mr Pierre Barthes succeeds Jonas Schuermann as General Manager of the Mandarin Oriental, Kuala Lumpur. Mr Schuermann is a veteran hotelier with over 25 ...

Rice Appointed GM Of InterContinental Beijing Financial Street 03/09/2009
Bradford H. Rice has been appointed general manager of InterContinental Beijing Financial Street with responsibility for the hotel's operations including rooms; sales and marketing; food and beverage; and human resources, as well as the hotel's ...

Manns Appointed GM At Park Plaza Beijing Science Park 21/08/2009
Carlson Hotels Worldwide-Asia Pacific recently appointed Terry Manns as the general manager of Park Plaza Beijing Science Park. He transferred from the Radisson Hotel Pudong Century Park in Shanghai where he spent the previous four years. Prior to ...

Emirates lounge investment tops EUR 120 million 03/08/2009
Emirates has launched its first airport lounge in Africa at the OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg, bringing the total number of lounges the airline has established across its network, for the exclusive use of its customers, to 23. The ...

China Southern Plans Two International Routes In August 31/07/2009
In August, China Southern Airlines plans to launch two new international direct routes from Guangzhou. A direct charter flight from Guangzhou to Surat Thani in Thailand will take off at 20:30 Beijing time every Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and ...