At the end of June I wrote about how the expected hotel operator Olympic cash bonanza does not look like happening. More recent articles doing the rounds in the press are further pushing that point. In what is good news for visitors to the China Olympics the prices for hotel rooms seem to be coming [...]

Tourists flying into Beijing airport now have the choice of taking the subway from the airport into the city. This comes about following the opening of three new subway lines on 19 July 2008. The subway line running from Beijing Capital Airport is 28km long with 4 stations stretching from Dongzhimen to the airport. The [...]

There has been a bit of press coverage recently about how visitor numbers are down for visits to Beijing. For the month of May visitor numbers to Beijing, China were down by 15 per cent. This was the first drop in three years. The reason for the drop is said to be as a result [...]

If you are not the torch is! Tonight at 5.46:35 pm Beijing time the Olympic flame was lit in a ceremony at Olympia, Greece. The power of the sun was harnessed and lit the flame to begin the long journey to Beijing where the Olympics will take place in August 2008. In what I must [...]

In August 2008 Beijing will play host to the Summer games. You don’t have to wait for this sporting showcase to think about a visit to China. Here are some China travel tips to help you enjoy your next vacation in China. Although history and culture tends to vary considerably between Asian countries, it can [...]

Today marks one year to go until the opening of the 2008 Beijing Olympics. You don’t need to wait until then to get a flight to Beijing and take in some top class sporting events. Between now and May 2008 Beijing and the other cities in China that will be hosting Olympic events will be [...]

The Beijing Olympics are now 457 days away. You may think that is a long time away and you would not need to start making travel plans just yet. You may think differently when I tell you that the tickets are now available for registration. From now until early July you can register your ticket [...]

Today I was searching some hotel booking websites to see what the prices would be for a hotel during the 2008 Summer Games in Beijing. I came across a price that seems to be just too amazing to believe. From my HotelsCombined link I performed a search that requested hotels in Beijing for 5 August [...]

The 500 day countdown for the Beijing Olympics is fast approaching. As I write this post there are 506 days to go until the opening ceremony is scheduled to start. The action kicks off at 8.08 pm on August 8, 2008. Something lucky about 8 in the Chinese culture. The other day I started searching [...]