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Old 25th May 2006, 04:23 AM
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Re: ShanghaiRealEstate - 上海房地产.com - ShanghaiHotels.com, BeijingHotels.com, GuangzhouHote

Just to add this: Gamma's translations are correct.

Both 宾馆 and 酒店 mean "hotel".

宾馆 was most popular during 1950 - 2000 in China, and then 酒店 is getting popular.

酒店 is a bit Western style and therefore a more modern term. It was used in the 30s and 40s in China too, but has been used almost exclusively for "hotel" by Overseas Chinese in the last 60 - 70 years.
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