To avoid the brunt of the government's nationwide anti-graft campaign, some major hotels in China have kept a low profile, abandoning their prestigious five-star status, the Chinese-language Beijing News reports.
Ten hotels have forgone the mark so far this year, including five designated by local governments as official guesthouses.
The downgrading has been made in response to the central government decree forbidding officials from staying at five-star hotels during business travel.
As a result, the number of five-star hotels in the nation had dropped to 804 as of September, as many hotels originally with the celebrated status deliberately forewent the title while undergoing annual official qualification reviews. Those hotels, however, report that their accommodations rates remain unchanged despite the loss of the title, the Beijing News said.
"The government restriction has dealt a major blow to our business, forcing us to abandon our status, since we heavily rely on the patronage of officials," said one official of Yongjiang Guesthouse, a municipal government-designated hotel in Nanning, capital of Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region.
Grand Hotel Qinghuang in Qinghuangdao, Hebei province , also chose to downgrade their status in order to retain businesses associated with public units, which often hold meetings at the hotel.
Many of the hotels laying low claim that their services remain at five-star levels, even without the title, the Beijing News said.
Source: Want China Times
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