CHINA: WORLD’S BIGGEST MALL TURNED TO A GHOST TOWN

Larry Brain -
Commonly referred to as a 'ghost town', the New South China Mall located in the province of Guangdong was opened in 2005. Occupying about five million square feet with a capacity to hold over two thou ...

GBTA: BRAZIL TO INCREASE BUSINESS TRAVEL SPEND IN 2013

Michael Trout -
Global Business Travel Association (GBTA), one of the world's premier business travel and corporate meeting organizations, released its latest report on Brazil's current status in the BTGI (Business T ...

SMALL HOTELS ACCOUNT FOR HALF OF EXPEDIA'S HOTEL INVENTORY

Larry Brain -
Data released by Expedia for January to September of last year indicated that the company had partnered with many small hotels with less than 50 rooms. Net transactions from the sector had increased b ...

TIBET RECEIVES MORE VISITORS FROM ABROAD

Sara Thopson -
According to a top Tibetan official, the autonomous region of Tibet will further open up to outside world and welcome more foreign visitors during this summer. ...

SWISS HOTELS FACE A DROP IN OVERNIGHT STAYS

Nils Kraus -
After a temporary boom a dark cloud is sweeping over the Swiss tourism again. The number of hotel overnight stays dropped by 1.4 percent to 2.72 million in January, contrary to the previous year. Acco ...