The Hotels.com the latest Hotel Price Index showed that first half of 2009, the global average hotel room rates fell by 17%.The reason why is because hotel prices are a general decline in all continents. First half of 2009, Latin America, the biggest decline in hotel rates input over the same period decreased by 18%. Hotel prices drop 17% in North America, while Europe the situation is slightly better hotel rates, down 16%. Asia Hotel prices have been relatively the United States or Europe were strong, but not satisfactory in the first half of 2009 over the same period fell by an average of 17%.

Hotels.com the HPI trace each room of a hotel paid the price, rather than the advertised price. The index of global 13000 locations 78000 hotel customers based on the actual price paid.

Learned from the Ministry of Commerce Web site, in order to standardize management, the Ministry of Commerce organized China Hotel Association drafted a " The Classification of Stay Formats" national standard, as of this month on the 30th, to the public for comments. Accordance with the draft provides that in future the hotels to be divided into ten categories, and according to the different grades to determine roughly the price range. Customers will be able to more easily according to different types and prices of what they need.

The "standard" clearly defined, "Hotel" is a point to provide consumers with accommodation, food and related integrated service businesses, hotels, guest houses, buildings, centers, hotels, restaurants, resorts and so on can be referred to as "Hotel."

Approval by the China National Tourism Administration, from September 15, the outbound tourism destination of Chinese citizens organize groups additional nine countries. This nine countries are Guyana, Ecuador, Dominica, Mali, Cape Verde, Ghana, Papua New Guinea, Montenegro and the United Arab Emirates.