Beijing's Municipal Commission for Tourism Development has responded to recent reports about a number of five-star hotels in Beijing that reportedly have sanitation problems, reports The Beijing News.
Management at five hotels have been called out to discuss the problem.
According to the results of testing conducted by Lanmei Test, an independent testing organization, five high-end hotels in Beijing, including W Hotel, InterContinental Hotel, Hilton Hotel, JW Marriott Hotel and Shangri-La Hotel, failed to change the bedding in their rooms over or have the bathtubs cleaned during the testing.
Staff at the Shangri-La Hotel and Hilton Hotel have responded, saying that an investigation is underway.
Meanwhile, the Beijing government has launched its own probe of 691 different express hotels, discovering 46 that failed to meet hygiene standards. Thirty-five of them were fined.
"If there are 200 guests in the hotel but the hotel only has 50 bed sheets changed, it is obviously unreasonable," said Beijing Public Health Inspector Gao Xudong.
