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Tourism authority demotes five-star hotel

CHINA'S top tourism watchdog removed the rank of a five-star hotel for the first time amid a nationwide inspection of tourism venues, a newspaper said. Jingxuan Hotel in Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province, had its five-star status revoked as it did not... ...full story at Shanghai Daily

from Shanghai Daily on Tue, Dec 11 2007

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