Xiamen Hotels Sees 20% Growth In Overnight Room Demand In 2011

　　Accommodation demand in China grew “impressively” in 2011, according to Horwarth HTL, with regions across the country experiencing capacity growths of up to 30 percent compared to the prior year.

　　Presenting at the annual China Hotel Development and Financing Conference, the company revealed Tianjin was the region’s top performing market in overnight room demand with the 30 percent jump followed closely by Suzhou and Chengdu with 25 percent increases.

　　Guangzhou, Sanya and Xiamen all welcomed a 20 percent growth while Qingdao and Chongqing exceeding 15 percent more visitors.

　　The Group’s director Julie Dai described 2011 as a “very strong year” for the destination, particularly in regards to room night demand.

　　"Even Shanghai, with its post Expo rooms hangover managed to scrape into positive territory and to have 11 markets in excess of 10% growth is impressive,” Ms Dai said.

　　The country’s fourth lowest performing destinations were Dalian, Hangzhou, Shenzhen and Shanghai with growth between six and seven percent.

　　Contributing to demand into Shanghai, Air New Zealand announced earlier this week that it would suspend flights into Beijing, opting to increase its service into Shanghai to daily.