Shanghai hotels are booked up

Room rates expected to go up about 20 percent during Expo

Shanghai - As the busy summer season of Expo 2010 Shanghai begins, hotel occupancy rates, especially in the Pudong new area, are reaching nearly 100 percent, while room rates are also increasing.

The average occupancy rate of Shanghai's star-level hotels was 92 percent on May 20, up from 52.9 percent from January to March.