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American Airlines seeks government approval to defer launch of Chicago to Beijing service
Airlines Plans To Start Service One Year Later

American Airlines seeks government approval to defer launch of Chicago to Beijing service

By eTN

FORT WORTH, TX (August 29, 2008) - American Airlines today filed a request with the United States Department of Transportation (DOT) for a waiver that will allow it to begin nonstop service between Ch

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Beijing Olympic venues to open to tourists in October
China

Beijing Olympic venues to open to tourists in October

By xinhuanet.com

BEIJING - Beijing's Olympic venues will open to tourists during the week-long National Day holiday beginning Oct. 1, an official said on Wednesday.

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Beijing: Big coming-out party for China?
Beijing Olympics

Beijing: Big coming-out party for China?

By Yusof Sulaiman, eTN Asia/Pacific

As the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics winds down and interest begins to focus on London, host of the next Summer Olympics in 2012, how much of China did the 10,000 over athletes and "thousands" of Olymp

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The Games sparked a hotel building boom, but the hordes of tourists failed to arrive. What can innkeepers do to recoup?
Olympic Vacancies Haunt Beijing Hotels

The Games sparked a hotel building boom, but the hordes of tourists failed to arrive. What can innkeepers do to recoup?

By businessweek.com

Last year, management of the Red Hotel Beijing took over a drab Stalinist-era style hotel on the eastern side of Beijing and decided to give the old place a facelift.

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Beijing's top tourism sites: Monumental
China

Beijing's top tourism sites: Monumental

By usatoday.com

BEIJING — You don't need a guide book to know four of this city's five "Must Sees" of travel. Just get the boxed set of travel coffee mugs sold at most Starbucks in Beijing.

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Travelers were delaying trips until after the Beijing Olympics
Ctrip.com Posted 35 Percent Rise In Second Quarter Net Income

Travelers were delaying trips until after the Beijing Olympics

By eTN

The online travel agency, Ctrip.com International, Ltd., shared that its net income was RMB119 million (US$17 million), representing a 35 percent increase from the same period in 2007 and a 21 percent

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Lightning injures nine tourists on Great Wall
China

Lightning injures nine tourists on Great Wall

By inquirer.net

Lightning strikes on the famed Great Wall in Beijing injured a total of nine Chinese and foreign tourists on Thursday, state media reported.

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Not all eyes are on Beijing
China Tourism

Not all eyes are on Beijing

By Hazel Heyer, Special to eTN

China is indeed on course to becoming a tourism hotspot, as the country continues to open up to foreign visitors.

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A fifth of the rooms in Beijing's hotels are empty.
Beijing Olympics: Costly hotels blow to tourism

A fifth of the rooms in Beijing's hotels are empty.

By foxsports.com.au

But foreigners who may now want to fly to the capital, assuming they can get better room rates during the Olympics, are likely to be disappointed, even if they can get a visa.

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EyeforTravel hosts Beijing 2008 Olympics special
More Chinese Mergers And Acquisitions In Early 2009

EyeforTravel hosts Beijing 2008 Olympics special

By eTN

The continuing fillip to consumer power, reduction in technology costs and easing of entry barriers are some of the global trends paving the way for new business models including ones in online travel

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An American tourist is murdered, and conspiracy theories abound
China

An American tourist is murdered, and conspiracy theories abound

By Tim Wu, slate.com

What would make you stab a 62-year-old tourist to death in the middle of the day and then leap off a 150-foot tower? That's a question you can't help puzzling over if you're in Beijing.

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Violence tarnishes Beijing's effort
China

Violence tarnishes Beijing's effort

By wsj.com

China's government is confronting the limits of its control, as a deadly attack on an American near the capital's historic center and violence in its restive northwest that killed 11 people tarnished

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Authorities: American tourists attacked, one killed in Beijing
China

Authorities: American tourists attacked, one killed in Beijing

By AFP

BEIJING - An American tourist was killed and another injured when a Chinese man attacked them at an historic monument in Beijing on Saturday, the first full day of Olympic competition, authorities sai

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Beijing Olympic tickets scammer first winner in global Internet scam
Beijing Olympics

Beijing Olympic tickets scammer first winner in global Internet scam

By Yusof Sulaiman, eTN Asia/Pacific

Just days ahead of the Beijing Olympics opening, The International Olympic Committee (IOC) and US Olympic Committee have filed a lawsuit in the US to shut down a fraudulent Internet site offering non-

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Where are the Japanese tourists?
Beijing Olympics

Where are the Japanese tourists?

By BusinessWeek

It's an easy trip to make and the yen is relatively strong, but Japan's tourist industry is finding the Summer Games to be a big disappointment.

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Largest Marriott Hotel outside USA opens in Beijing
Beijing Marriott Hotel City Wall Opens

Largest Marriott Hotel outside USA opens in Beijing

By eTN

BEIJING (August 5, 2008) - Marriott International announced the opening of the 1,312-room Beijing Marriott Hotel City Wall in the capital of the People’s Republic of China.

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Starwood signs 100th hotel in China
Signs Sheraton Beijing Dongcheng Hotel

Starwood signs 100th hotel in China

By eTN

WHITE PLAINS, NY - Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.

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Hilton Hotels opens second property in Beijing in time for the Olympics
Hilton Beijing Wangfujing Opens Today

Hilton Hotels opens second property in Beijing in time for the Olympics

By eTN

HONG KONG (August 5, 2008) – Hilton Hotels today announced the opening of Hilton Beijing Wangfujing which is owned by Beijing Macau Development Company LTD and managed by Hilton.

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As Olympics action beckon, Beijing hotels are still waiting for the deluge of guests
Beijing Olympics

As Olympics action beckon, Beijing hotels are still waiting for the deluge of guests

By Yusof Sulaiman, eTN Asia/Pacific

As action for the competitors who have descended on Beijing looms by the day, Beijing hotels are asking the inevitable question: Where are the Olympic guests?

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Beijing hotels slash rates as tourist fail to show during Olympics
If you discount it they will come

Beijing hotels slash rates as tourist fail to show during Olympics

Hotels in Beijing are cutting their rates by as much as 30% after the expected tourist influx for the Olympics failed to materialise.

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