Generation Y's taste for premium interior designs for their homes is affecting their choice in hotels while traveling - bringing opportunities and challenges to a hospitality industry that wants to woo the expanding Chinese middle class.
"This house is cheaper and located next to the (French river) Seine, but I don't like its European-styled oxblood-colored furniture, which makes the room seem dim and depressing to me," said Chen Xinyi.
The 25 year-old office worker made her remarks while going through the options listed on house sharing site Airbnb for her trip in France during the Golden Week holiday.
ASTM E1352 Flame Retardance Test of mock-up upholstered furniture