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Shanghai hoteliers more cautious on growth

Hotel Booking Local hotels are more cautious on expanding despite their overseas rivals' aggressive expansion in the top end of the hotel market in Shanghai, which saw an average 80 percent room occupancy rate.

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Travel Agency "Due to the growing number of important domestic and international conferences in Shanghai, we have an 80 percent occupancy rate, and this will continue in the coming years," said Linda Dai, a public relations official of the Intercontinental Pudong Shanghai.

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Cheap Hotel "There is currently a lack of hotel rooms in some cities in China, including Shanghai, and especially among five-star hotels. Current estimates indicate a severe shortage despite likely demand during the World Expo 2010 in Shanghai," said Paul Kirwin, president and managing director of Carlson Hotels Asia Pacific.

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Flight Booking "We have adopted an aggressive growth strategy for the next few years. This includes two hotels recently opened in Shanghai - The Regent Shanghai luxury hotel and the Radisson Hotel Pudong Century Park," he added

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Hotel Chicago On the other hand, local hotel groups have a more cautious development strategy.

Online Booking An administrator, who declined to be named, from the development department of Jin Jiang International Hotel Management Co Ltd, the largest home-grown hotel management firm in China, said the firm will be more focused on the budget hotel segment'' and "have no plans to set up any new five-star hotels in Shanghai."

Travel Health Insurance Zhao Xianglong from HVS International, a global consulting and services agency, cited limited financing as curbing the development of local five-star hotels.

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