Of these, 7 Days Inn has announced its expansion plan for 2009 and it has said that it will continue to enhance its development in southeast, central and southwest China and will enter all the first tier and second tier cities in the country. Although 7 Days Inn says it will slow the rate at which it is opening new hotels, the total number of new hotels to be opened this year will be higher than in 2008 and will be about 150 to 180 in total.

-- (China Hospitality News, Feb 19, 2009)