BEIJING hotels are charging up to 10 times the normal rate for rooms during the summer Olympics in August. China's biggest online booking provider, Ctrip.com International Ltd, said yesterday its online hotel reservation data show standard rooms in four... ...full story at Shanghai Daily
from Shanghai Daily on Fri, Mar 07 2008
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