Hotels fined for cashing in on Disney name
Authorities have fined a Chinese hotel group for using Disney’s name without permission, a few months ahead of the grand opening of the Disney Shanghai theme park.
The official Xinhua news agency reports Shenzhen-based Vienna Hotels Group used Disney branding on electronic signs and websites of five hotels located close to the theme park.
The company was fined more than US$15,000 by the Shanghai Municipal Administration of Industry and Commerce for violating Disney’s trademark.
According to the report, one hotel described itself as a ‘Disney branch.’
The company operates five hotels within a few miles of the Disney Shanghai park.
Authorities recently launched a campaign to stop trademark infringement and counterfeiting of official Disney products before the US$5.5 billion park opens next spring.
Walt Disney Co plans two official Disney resort hotels at the park, including one based on the Toy Story animated franchise.
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Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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