Hubs1, a Shanghai-based hotel reservation website, was yesterday appointed the official hotel reservation service provider and sponsor for the 2010 Shanghai Expo.

As the event's second official project sponsor, the company will manage hotel reservations for all visitors via its online system that provides services in Chinese and English.

To date, Expo organizers have contracted 10 global partners, three senior sponsors and two project sponsors.

(China Daily January 31, 2008)