Major hotel chains are taking part in this year’s Taipei International Travel Fair, offering cutthroat prices to revitalize business, which had been hit hard by a local COVID-19 outbreak.
Cosmos Hotel & Resorts Group (天成飯店集團) is selling joint hotel vouchers priced at NT$1,800 (US$64.59) each for one-night stays with free breakfasts at its hotel facilities, 88 percent off the group’s regular room rates.
The facilities include Cosmos Taipei (台北天成大飯店) near Taipei Railway Station, Taipei Garden Hotel (台北花園大酒店) near Ximen MRT Station, Hua Shan Din (華山町) near Zhongxiao-Xinsheng MRT Station and the Sun Dialogue Hotel (繪日之丘) in Chiayi City.
Hotel Royal Group (老爺大酒店集團)
Revenue at two hoteliers increase by double digits
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By Crystal Hsu / Staff reporter
Two major Taiwanese hotel groups have reported that their revenue last month pick up by double-digit percentage points from one month earlier on the back of a high sales season, but the COVID-19 pandemic continued to weigh on their year-on-year showings.
FDC International Hotels Corp (雲品國際) yesterday said its revenue last month grew 15 percent from one month earlier to NT$221 million (US$7.76 million), but weakened 9.5 percent from a year earlier.