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  • Cheek for check-in: Alibaba opens AI "future hotel"

    Chinese internet giant Alibaba on Tuesday opened a hotel loaded with artificial intelligence (AI) and robots, automating a series of procedures like check-in, lights control and room service.

    December18,2018


  • China has over 1,500 green hotels

    According to a report released by the China Hospitality Association, there are currently over 1,500 green hotels in the country.

    March06,2023


  • Big data, AI help manage traffic in east China city

    Chinese ride-hailing giant DiDi Chuxing has partnered with traffic police and Shandong University in the city of Jinan to use big data and artificial intelligence to ease traffic.

    December28,2018


  • GLOBALink | China-Africa Green Dialogue: Sustainable life in sustainable hotels

    On this World Environment Day, from China to Kenya, we explore how ecotourism accommodation can be both pleasant and eco-friendly.

    June05,2025


  • China's chain hotel market maintains steady growth in 2024

    China's chain hotel market continued its solid upward trend in 2024, with the number of chain hotel rooms increasing year on year, according to a report released by the China Hospitality Association on Tuesday.

    April23,2025


  • Hotel industry moves to cover lower-tier markets in the rational consumption cycle

    Tourists now show strong awareness of "cost effectiveness" in hotel consumption, experts say, who also observed increasing demand for high-quality hotels for county-level destinations.

    October17,2024


  • Chimelong to open panda-themed hotel

    Chimelong Group will soon open a panda-themed hotel in Guangzhou, the capital of Guangdong province, to meet growing domestic demand for leisure hospitality from families.

    February13,2018


  • The Birth of Paradise Hill Hotel

    As the first Sino-foreign joint venture in the tourism industry, Paradise Hill Hotel was established eight years prior to the promulgation of the Law of the People’s Republic of China on Sino-Foreign Contractual Joint Ventures.

    November27,2017


  • AI applications boost smart tourism in China

    During this year's May Day holiday, Ms. Liu from Shanghai finally made her long-awaited trip to southwest China's Yunnan Province, a tourism hotspot with largely pleasant weather and diverse culture and ecology. According to the Shanghai resident, AI made her trip more enjoyable and put her at ease.

    May15,2025


  • Mandarin Oriental to set foot in Cortina and redevelop Cristallo Hotel in time for the Olympics

    The investment deal, estimated at 50 million euros, will see the hotel undergo an expansion and extensive renovation, with the aim of making it a benchmark for mountain tourism internationally

    June27,2022


  • China pledges efforts on SMEs' AI development

    China will make more efforts to advance the artificial intelligence (AI) development of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), according to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology on Thursday.

    November22,2024


  • Hannover Messe opens with spotlight on industrial AI

    Hannover Messe 2025, Germany's leading industrial trade fair, opened on Monday with a strong focus on industrial artificial intelligence (AI), highlighting the technology's transformative role in shaping the future of manufacturing.

    April01,2025


  • Entrepreneur forum highlights China-UK AI cooperation

    Participants at the 2025 Sino-UK Entrepreneur Forum on Wednesday praised China's rapid advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) and emphasized the boundless opportunities for deepening cooperation between the two countries.

    May15,2025


  • Insurance AI Agent: A Blend of Professionalism and Empathy

    "In either Chinese or English, it could understand what I was asking and answer me accurately." This experience at an international business matchmaking event led Marshall, head of AI platform at FWD Group, a renowned insurance company in Asia, to collaborate with Chinese AI startup MiniMax to bring large models to insurance operations and safeguard financial data security.

    June30,2024


  • Malls, supermarkets, hotels to be fully reopened in China

    China is set to orderly open up public places and entertainment venues, according to a guideline issued by the State Council on Friday.

    May09,2020


  • When AI Empowers Innovative Drug Development

    The journey of a single drug tablet, from target validation and drug discovery to clinical trials, is often fraught with obstacles, challenges, immense costs and high risks. According to statistics from the Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development, the average cost of developing a new drug is around 2.6 billion dollars, taking an average of 14 years.

    June30,2024


  • Starwood forms JV to run hotels in China

    The U.S.-based private investment firm Starwood Capital Group has formed a joint venture with a Chinese partner to run middle and upper scale hotels in China.

    July13,2017


  • AI accelerates empowering various industries

    China's artificial intelligence (AI) sector is witnessing advancements, with the number of enterprises in the field topping 4,500, according to data recently released by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), reported Economic Daily.

    May16,2024


  • Trip.com Group sees increased outbound air ticket and hotel reservations in Q4 2022

    China's online travel agency Trip.com Group (NASDAQ: TCOM, HK: 9961), formerly known as Ctrip, saw the outbound air ticket and hotel reservations on its platform increase by more than 200 percent and 140 percent year on year respectively in the fourth quarter of 2022, China Securities Journal reported on Tuesday.

    March07,2023


  • Hilton hotels make moves to increase presence in China

    Hilton Hotels & Resorts, a flagship brand of the global hospitality provider Hilton, will open 100 more hotels in China within the next three years, according to a senior company executive.

    July12,2017


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