Airport VIP lounge stop services prior to 11, local media said or linked to corruption | airport lounges | anti-corruption _ news

Reference news network on July 19, local media said, has recently emerged, according to relevant State departments, important transportation hubs such as airports, train stations, will shut down all civil aviation, finance, telecommunications and other industries VIP lounge.

According to the Web site of the Hong Kong commercial daily reported on July 16, reporters learned that telecommunications will gradually stop after lead in announcing services. Industry analysts believe that countries enact policies in order to cut sales costs, cost savings to increase corporate profits. Faced with market participants "terminated by issuing executive orders market conduct" doubt, commentators said the VIP service is stopped in order to implement the "eight rules" requirement, to exercise thrift and preventing official opulence prevail.

　"11" stop before VIP room service

Reports for all three carriers about to shut down civil aviation industries VIP lounge, the Hong Kong commercial daily reporter call China Telecom, China Mobile and China Unicom in the person concerned for confirmation, confirm that this message is not groundless.

China Telecom Shenzhen Branch said: "China Telecom on October 1 this year until the complete cessation of Office of VIP customer services such as airports, train stations, time to be determined. "The earlier user said, receive the 13th 21:00 of China Telecom ceased operation with Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport VIP lounge service SMS, China Telecom's response said, Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport VIP lounge 14th contract expires, so until the night of 13th is no longer in service.

Mobile official said Shenzhen, Shenzhen Mobile has also received notification of relevant State departments, will strictly follow the requirements of senior management, compliance, and shut down airport lounges prior to the end of September. Unicom in Shenzhen, meanwhile, has said it had not received notification of interested parties. Harbin, China Unicom had previously said it would discontinue service.

　　Intended to cut marketing costs

After media reported that SASAC has asked the three operators 3 years reducing marketing cost more than 40 billion yuan, including reducing end subsidies and shutting down the airport VIP lounge, in response to "camp changed by" adverse effects "reducing cost and increasing efficiency" demands. Worth noting is that above all welcome, and trains lounge service is stopped the country's regulations and requirements. Why this policy to the country, China Unicom insiders, and carriers to cut marketing costs. Telecommunications analyst Fu liang believes that State requires operators to reduce marketing costs, even down to the closed lounge is not reasonable. "The current industry competition, operators will gradually bring down the cost of marketing, but the method should be considered by the operators themselves. "In this regard, Qi Qi civil aviation experts were of the view that telecommunications is likely to follow the mass line, revoked the airport VIP lounge is also" cutting "a solution.

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It is understood that the three carriers in the nation's major airports, stations are equipped with a VIP lounge, for the gold card provides customers with exclusive rest area above.

Reports, some market analysts, telecommunications operators and civil aviation departments to offer VIP service is a kind of market behavior, is the embodiment of businesses providing multiple service. Close the VIP Hall to cut marketing costs should be determined solely by businesses to follow the laws of the market, rather than by executive order ordered the cancellation of a paper. One size fits all canceled or advocated by the Mainland is contrary to the direction of the market.

Commentators have also said the VIP service is stopped in order to implement the "eight rules" requirement, reflects on the thrift to prevent official opulence prevail. Involved some officials looking for excuses to travel reimbursement of travel costs and increased government spending, the behavior of this policy is to reduce the official act of extravagance, curb official corruption.

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13:12 on July 19, 2014 Reference news