Beijing Adult Entertainment: Hotel star ranking system under increased scrutiny
BEIJING – The country is planning to accelerate a mechanism with which to
strip poorly run hotels of their star rankings in order to protect the image of
all the 15,000 star-rated hotels across the country, a top tourism official said
on Monday.
Anonymous customers’ opinions will be considered for the first time along
with those of industry experts when evaluating a star-rated hotel’s
qualification, said Du Jiang, deputy head of the National Tourism Administration
of China.
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The news came days after the announcement that the Hilton Chongqing was to be
stripped of its five-star status for reportedly permitting a venue for
prostitution to operate on its premises.
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Since 1982, when the Jianguo Hotel Beijing became the first hotel to
introduce international hotel management on the mainland, the world’s top 10
hotel groups have entered the Chinese market.
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