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Article: Beijing says it has enough hotel rooms for 2008 Olympics
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- February 4, 2005
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Beijing says it has enough hotel rooms for 2008 Olympics
BEIJING, Feb. 4 (Xinhua) -- Beijing will have enough hotel rooms
to provide for tourists in 2008 when the Olympic Games are held in
the capital, said an official here Thursday.
According to Zhang Mao, vice-mayor of the city, Beijing has about
10,000 hotel rooms and 24 hotels under construction. That will bring
the number of hotels and hotel rooms to 637 and 110,000, excluding
guest houses that will be upgraded before 2008.
"The capacity of these hotels can by and large meet the demand of
peak period in 2008," Zhang said.
The ...