ASIA'S leading luxury hotel group, Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts, has launched toll-free numbers to allow customers to make bookings and receive instant confirmation 24 hours a day at any of its 42 hotels in the Asia-Pacific region and the Middle East.

For those calling from the Chinese mainland there are now two reservation numbers: 10 800 852 5900 for Beijing, Tianjin and northeastern provinces and 10 800 152 5900 for Shanghai, Guangdong, Sichuan and Xi'an.

With more than 21,000 rooms, Shangri-La operates hotels in countries and regions including Australia, China's mainland, Hong Kong and Taiwan, Indonesia, Singapore and Thailand. There are also projects under development in Australia, the Chinese mainland, India, Malaysia and Thailand.

(Shenzhen Daily June 29, 2004)