Hong Kong hotels’ Lunar New Year occupancy rates above 90% but few big spenders

Hong Kong hotels’ Lunar New Year occupancy rates above 90% but few big spenders

[South China Morning Post] - 01/30/2025

Mainland Chinese guests are staying for shorter periods and continue to prefer cheap local eats, hoteliers say.



        e-mail

In Hong Kong newspapers

People gather in Tsim Sha Tsui for New Year Parade
Crowds gathered in Tsim Sha Tsui on Wednesday for the Lunar New Year parade . Themed Unfold a Year of Good Fortune, (…)
[RTHK] - 29/01/2025
Hong Kong keeps base rate steady at 4.75% as monetary policy takes a breather after 3 cuts
HSBC and other major banks will only announce their interest-rate decisions on Monday, the first working day of the (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 30/01/2025
Hong Kong hotels’ Lunar New Year occupancy rates above 90% but few big spenders
Mainland Chinese guests are staying for shorter periods and continue to prefer cheap local eats, hoteliers say.
[South China Morning Post] - 30/01/2025
South Korea airplane fire leaves seven injured
Seven people sustained mostly minor injuries in Tuesday’s airplane fire in South Korea, authorities said Wednesday, (…)
[HKFP] - 29/01/2025
Authorities start removing illegal clothes recycling bins from Hong Kong streets
‘Placing clothes recycling bins on government land without any approval by the Home Affairs Department constitutes (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 29/01/2025
Fortune urges practical measures, says rural chief
A rural leader has urged officials to come up with policies that are practical rather than window dressing in the (…)
[RTHK] - 30/01/2025
Cat’s head found on tray in Hong Kong village at start of Lunar New Year
Passer-by calls police after spotting offerings and black cat’s head on tray as he passed village entrance.
[South China Morning Post] - 29/01/2025
Hong Kong contacts relevant authorities after Air Busan plane fire injures 7
Immigration Department reached out to Chinese foreign ministry’s arm in Hong Kong, consulate-general in Busan and (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 30/01/2025
Fortune stick says Hong Kong must spend within means, don’t be greedy: rural chief
‘Do what’s good and don’t be greedy,’ Lunar New Year prophecy tells Hongkongers.
[South China Morning Post] - 30/01/2025
Lunar New Year restaurant reservations up 10 percent
A catering representative said on Thursday that reservations at Chinese restaurants over Lunar New Year was up ten (…)
[RTHK] - 30/01/2025
Calls for more family-friendly policies as first Hong Kong ‘snake baby’ born
Baby girl weighing 3kg born in Union Hospital to Lee family just as Year of the Snake arrived.
[South China Morning Post] - 29/01/2025