Shocking

An undercover investigation by independent consumer group Lanmei Test found five top hotels in Beijing, including the Hilton Beijing and Shangri-La Beijing, had failed to change bed sheets and clean toilets between guests. Investigators checked into their target hotels and left invisible UV marks before messing up the bed sheets and checking out. Colleagues who checked into the same rooms the next day used UV lamps to check for the marks. Some netizens questioned the motives and authenticity of the test, pointing out that the head of Lanmei Test had reportedly co-founded a tourism website. Nevertheless, many others trusted it, saying that in the absence of government supervision, five-star hotels could be expected to fail to live up to their high price tags.