Wyndham Hotel group has just announced that it will open the world's largest Ramada hotel, the 1,000-room Ramada Hotel & Suites Boao, in China's Hainan province.

The French retailer Carrefour has signed an agreement with Linyi Jiulong Real Estate to open a new Carrefour store, marking the international retail giant's entry into Linyi in Shandong.

Beijing Hualian Department Store Company has published a report which says that the company will issue CNY830 million in additional shares to its shareholder Beijing Hualian Group Investment Holding Company to acquire the group's five commercial real estate projects in Beijing and Jiangsu.

Lifestyle International Holdings Ltd. has published its 2008 interim report, which says that by June 30, 2008, the company had realized net profits of HKD606 million, a year-on-year increase of 41.9%.

Central Group of Companies, one of the biggest department store retailers in Thailand, has announced plans to enter into China and says its first department store will be opened in Hangzhou in September 2009.

Realogy Corporation has made a minority equity investment in Century21 China Real Estate, an independently owned company that serves as the master franchisor for Realogy's Century21 brand in China.