The Hainan Province Guest Room Service Pricing Regulations (Trial) has been issued on 15th April 2010 by Hainan provincial price control administration.

There are 20 clauses in total which will control all aspects of pricing guest room services. It prescribe the scope of application, the methods of making prices, the major contents and requirements, formats of the numbers, supervision departments, the legal basis for penalties, and the trial dates for the regulation clearly.

The regulations say that guest room service operators should mark their prices clearly and should not charge other unmarked fees. And the price tags should be displayed in prominent places.

It is the first price regulation concerning guest room services in Hainan province.

Before this, Hainan province’s price control, tourism, industry and commerce departments held a press conference, announcing that during the Labor Day holiday (1st to 3rd May 2010) price increases should not be more than 50% compared based on the actual selling prices on April 12, 2010. This price restraint measure will cover hotels including inns and training centers in Haikou, Sanya, Qionghai, Wanning, and Baoting.