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Huangpu cruise fun
29/9/2004 7:36

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Shanghai Daily news

Luxury cruise ship Wanbang Holiday has started sightseeing trips on the Huangpu River. It is the first time a ship equipped with star-hotel facilities has sailed the route.
Wanbang departs every night from Monday to Thursday, heads slowly out to the East China Sea, remains at sea overnight and returns to the city the following morning.
The price for a standard double room is 1,000 yuan (US$120). The presidential suite is 6,900 yuan.
Passengers choosing to stay in a room for four, the cheapest onboard, pay 300 yuan each.
"Our ship is more like a moving hotel. It's different from regular cruise boats," said Wu Wen, vice general manager of Shanghai Wanbang Cruises. "Passengers will be able to see the scenery along the river, but also enjoy hotel-style service."
The wanbang Holiday, rebuilt from a foreign cargo ship, set out on its maiden voyage during the National Day holiday in 2001.
It also travels every Friday from Shanghai to the Buddhist holy site of Putuo Mountain in Zhejiang Province.
Onboard facilities include a cinema, restaurants, massage center, pub, beauty salon, supermarket, night club and swimming pool.
Wu said businessmen are their major customers as prices are quite high for individual tourists.
An ordinary sightseeing voyage on the Huangpu River costs about 50 yuan per hour.