rmb??

[spudqueen]

Am trying to book Mr Spudqueen into a hotel in China but the rates are described as being RMB 938. This doesn't look like yen, any ideas as to what it might be?

[terambulan]

Could be Royal Malay Bank (if Malaysian airline), 6 dollars to the � I think?

[mushroom25]

rmb or "renminbi" (the people's currency) is the official currency of mainland china, more usually expressed as "yuan".

[spudqueen]

Thanks mushroom, I think you are right, I was expecting to see the room rates expressed in yen (or yuan).

terembulan- thanks for replying, but nothing to do with Malaysian airline - I'm on the actual hotels website, and it is in China not Malaysia!

[jno]

�1 is currently 13.6 renminbi; 1 renminbi is about seven and a half pence, if that helps. RMB938 is about �69.

[abstibus]

Hotels also add 15% tax to the room rate.