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The Great Olympic Meltdown: Beijing hotels slash rates after foreign tourists fail to show up

Unusual honesty from the Shanghai Daily which makes you wonder if they're not actually gloating:HOTELS in Beijing are slashing prices for next month's Olympics after the expected windfall of visitors failed to materialize, hotels and travel industry... ...full story at Shanghaiist

from Shanghaiist on Wed, Jul 23 2008

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