Source: CCTV.com

06-18-2007 14:45

Special Report:   2008 Beijing Olympics

With still one year till the Beijing Olympics, hotels in Beijing have been scrambling with pre-booking services. The prices are soaring on massive demand.

This is a four-star hotel in Beijing. It is one of the 112 hotels that have signed deals with the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games, or BOCOG, to provide accommodation to IOC members, official sponsors as well as official media organizations. As the manager told us, reservations have been pouring into the hotel for the Beijing Olympics since last year.

Huang Jianwei, Media Center Hotel said:"70% of our rooms have been reserved by BOCOG under our contract with them. The remaining 30% are open to the public, and half of them have been booked in advance."