Asia-Pacific

China Likely to Keep Zero-Covid Strategy in Place

Alan Woinski

Skift Take

  • STR reported China hotel data for the week ending 10/8. China hotel RevPAR was down -16.5% year over year (Golden Week). When compared with the same week in 2019, RevPAR was down -12.7%.
  • People’s Daily, considered the Communist Party’s way of getting the message out to the Chinese, said China should stick with its zero-Covid strategy.
  • Hyatt Place Huangshan Train Station, the first Hyatt-branded hotel in Huangshan, is officially open.

STR reported China hotel data for the week ending 10/8. China hotel RevPAR was down -16.5% year over year (Golden Week). When compared with the same week in 2019, RevPAR was down -12.7%. Absolute occupancy for the week was 47.1%. That compares with absolute occupancy of 54.8% during the same week last year.

People’s Daily, considered the Communist Party’s way of getting the message out to the Chinese, said China should stick with its zero-Covid strategy. That deals a blow to everyone who was assuming China will go the way of the rest of the world and realize you can’t beat Covid so you need to learn to live with it after the twentieth party congress. That twice-a-decade national congress begins this Sunday.

Hyatt Place Huangshan Train Station, the first Hyatt-branded hotel in Huangshan, is officially open. The new hotel features the Hyatt Place brand’s intuitive design and amenities. The hotel is located just a 25-minute drive from Hu