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With an architectural design and interior inspired by the sea and music, and surrounded by nature, the Florentine Anchor Aortuga Qingdao invites guests to an immersive experience of discovery. The Florentine Hotel Qingdao is the brand's fourth hotel to open in China. Located at 12 Hailong Road, Laoshan District, Qingdao, the hotel is in close proximity to a number of popular scenic spots such as Qingdao Seaside Scenic Area, Polar Ocean World and Shilantao Seaside Bathing Beach, making it a wonderful starting point for travelers to roam Qingdao's beautiful coastline with its location by the mountains and the sea, as well as its easy access to the transportation. The hotel is built in a unique style that blends urban culture and art, and follows the natural trend of...

The Hilton Group today announced the opening of Hilton Garden Inn Guilin Yangshuo Teng Sheng, located on the banks of the Li River in Yangshuo. As the first Hilton Garden Inn hotel in Guangxi, the hotel will provide guests with a sophisticated, upscale and livable environment and social space, as well as an enjoyable and comfortable experience, with the brand's global consistency of gracious and stylish design, responsive and warm service, and tasteful experiences for a wide range of lodging needs. Hilton Garden Inn Guilin Yangshuo is located in Xingping Ancient Town, which has a history of more than 1,700 years. Located on the banks of the picturesque Li River, the hotel's overall architecture resembles a peach garden...

On April 28, Hong Kong Airlines announced the resumption of twice-weekly direct flights between Hong Kong and Saipan, currently the only direct carrier in Hong Kong to provide service on this route. The flight schedule between Hong Kong and Saipan is as follows (local time): Route Flight No. Departure Time Arrival Time Operating Frequency Hong Kong - Saipan HX076 19:25 02:35+1 Thursday, Sunday Saipan - Hong Kong HX077 04:05 07:00 Monday, Friday

Google Inc. recently announced that it will gradually stop Google One VPN service in the next few months.Google Inc. said: almost no one uses it. At present, some regional users have received Google One membership service adjustment notice e-mail, but did not give a specific date.

Alipay: - Some of the withdrawal requirements have been completed on the day of March 1, and all will be completed in the near future. At the same time to promote the implementation of measures to continuously improve the security and convenience of payment for users coming to China from abroad, with the support of the financial management department, Alipay has simplified identity authentication and launched a small amount of authentication-free function. - Actively responding to the relevant decisions and deployments of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council, under the support and guidance of the People's Bank of China and the Foreign Exchange Bureau, Alipay is solidly advancing the implementation of measures to continuously optimize payment services for the elderly and foreigners coming to China. Among them, it has completed the enhancement and optimization of transaction limits for foreigners, and the single transaction limit has been increased from US$1,000 to...

  Goldman Sachs is in talks with American Express, with the former wanting the latter to take over Apple's credit card along with other partnered financial services, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter. Apple has previously partnered with Goldman Sachs to launch the Apple Card credit card in the United States, and later launched Apple Pay, as well as Apple Savings accounts that Apple Card users can choose. Goldman Sachs is now looking to sell these business relationships with Apple to American Express. In addition to this, Goldman Sachs is also looking to further its relationship with General Motors (...

Tencent financial technology vice president Chen Qiru said that from July this year, Tencent will successively open WeChat Pay merchant network to Visa and other international credit or debit card organizations, to facilitate the foreign users in mainland China can be commonly used credit card and debit card binding WeChat Pay. Foreign tourists will be able to pay with WeChat when traveling in mainland China. This allows cardholders to "pay like a local". As a result of this upgrade, foreign bank cards can be bundled for payment at roadside pancake stalls and village supermarkets that support WeChat and Alipay payments! Currently, WeChat's international card payment products are already in the pilot stage, only for the part...

On May 24, Hilton announced the introduction of two unique brands in Greater China: Motto by Hilton, a lifestyle brand, and Signia by Hilton, a premium full-service hotel brand, with the first hotels in Hong Kong and Chengdu respectively. With this, the Hilton Group's hotel brand matrix in China has expanded to 12 brands, covering luxury, full-service and select-service brands, providing a wide range of choices for owners and guests. Motto by Hilton, positioned as an urban hotel brand in the lifestyle category, aims to help travelers integrate into local life. In the global...

The "Jin Jiang Membership Day" will be launched on May 15, along with the 2023 International Consumption Season and the 4th Shanghai "May 5 Shopping Festival". In this event, Jin Jiang WeHotel will bring together the advantageous resources of various industrial sectors under Jin Jiang International, and bring over 180 million Jin Jiang members multiple lodging experiences and travel gifts such as food, accommodation, tours, purchases, redemption and lucky draws, etc., and bring sincere rights and benefits upgrades with real welfare subsidies to genuinely give back to the members. In order to better meet the needs of members, enhance member stickiness and increase member value, "Jin Jiang Member...

Renaissance Hotels has announced that on May 18, 2023, it will celebrate its annual Renaissance Global Discovery Day. Renaissance hotels have always been committed to the spirit of discovery and to putting a local touch on their journeys. On Global Discovery Day, more than 170 Renaissance hotels around the world will join together to help guests break out of their travel routines and embrace unexpected surprises along the way. To celebrate the ninth annual Renaissance Global Discovery Day, Renaissance hotels will launch unexpected journeys of discovery, creatively presenting the brand's newly upgraded "Night - Inspiration - Renaissance&qu...Original link

Marriott International recently announced that it has completed the acquisition of City Express, a sub-brand of Hoteles City Express, a Mexican hotel management company. With this acquisition, Marriott has successfully entered the mid-range economy hotel market with the launch of its 31st brand, City Express by Marriott. Currently, the City Express brand consists of approximately 150 hotels that are part of Marriott's franchise system. These include hotels located in Mexico, Costa Rica, Co...Original link

Payment provider Stripe has announced a partnership with WhatsApp to allow Singaporean businesses to accept payments through Stripe directly in WhatsApp chats. Users can shop and pay local businesses directly in WhatsApp chats. The service does not charge any fees and there is no limit to the amount users can pay in a single transaction. Currently, some local businesses have been able to buy and sell using WhatsApp's payment feature. The service allows Singapore residents to make payments through locally registered WhatsApp phone numbers using credit cards, debit cards (debit ...

Marriott has prepared a surprise for domestic Platinum and above members. Members who earned Platinum and above in the previous year and whose account address is in Greater China will receive Platinum 15/Titanium 20/Ambassador 25 bonus room nights by level. The system will be issued in the next three days, congratulations mail today has been someone started to receive.  

According to Reuters, the U.S. will lift most of the restrictions imposed by the New Crown outbreak on May 11, including the New Crown vaccine requirement for visa holders. The policy Starting May 11, the new crown vaccine will no longer be required for entry into the U.S., regardless of your visa status. The requirements for entering the U.S. have returned to the status quo ante. It is important to note that for immigrant visa or green card applicants, there is still a new crown vaccination requirement. We do not yet know if these requirements will also be eliminated at the same time. Additionally, for federal government employees, organizations that receive federal funding...Original link

Since May, U.S. stocks fell for many days, the Dow Jones index fell another 286 points on Thursday. After the Dow opened 66 points lower, the decline expanded to a maximum of 476 points, a low of 32,937 points, the closing market still fell 286 points or 0.86%, at 33,127 points; the S&P index retreated 0.72%, at 4,061 points; technology-based Nasdaq index fell 0.49%, at 11,966 points; reflecting China's conceptual stock performance of the Golden Dragon index rebounded 1.831 TP3T: Apple announced results after the market closed on Thursday, shares fell 1%, its chip supplier Qualcomm (Qualcomm) this quarter's revenue forecasts worse than the market expects, the shares fell sharply 5....Original link

Starting next year, the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) will activate automated channels at air, sea and land checkpoints, which will eliminate the need for nationals and foreign tourists to show their passports when leaving the country. In addition, motorists using the land border will not be required to scan their passports from next year. The Immigration and Checkpoints Authority held an annual work plan seminar this morning (5th) to summarize the progress of the work in the past year and announce the plans to be carried out next. Among them, starting from the first quarter of next year, about 800 channels of the Automated Passenger Clearance System (APCS) will be gradually activated in the passenger halls of all border control points, replacing the existing manual counters. This means that local residents and outbound travelers will not be required to present their passports in future, and will only need to complete biometric authentication...Original link

Indonesia's "Indonesiaexpat" news site reported on the 5th, the tourist resort of Bali plans to implement restrictions on foreign tourists, want to travel to Bali need to apply a year in advance. The tourist resort of Bali plans to implement restrictions on foreign tourists. Bali Governor Wayan (WayanKoster) on the 4th proposed that, as Bali gradually recovered from the new crown epidemic, more and more tourists appear illegal, disrespectful of the local culture, he is deeply dissatisfied. "We will no longer welcome mass tourism and will limit (the number of tourists) by implementing a quota system." ...

A total of 12 weekly passenger flights to and from the United States will be allowed to be operated by Chinese carriers, effective immediately, according to a new document from the U.S. Department of Transportation. Currently, there are eight weekly passenger flights operated by Chinese carriers and 12 weekly flights operated by U.S. carriers between China and the United States. This will increase the number of direct flights between China and the U.S. to 24. The decision to approve the additional flights is effective immediately, according to a directive issued by the U.S. Department of Transportation on March 3rd. The department said its goal is to improve the environment so that Chinese and U.S. airlines can fully exercise their bilateral rights and maintain a competitive balance and fair opportunities between the two countries' airlines. The said directive is a response to...

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