HOME INNS & HOTELS MANAGEMENT INC.
No. 124 Caobao Road
Xuhui District
Shanghai 200235
People’s Republic of China
July 13, 2012
VIA EDGAR
Kevin Woody, Accounting Branch Chief
Mark Rakip, Staff Accountant
Division of Corporation Finance
Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
| Re: | Home Inns & Hotel Management Inc. (the “Company”) | |
| Form 20-F for fiscal year ended December 31, 2011 | ||
| Filed April 24, 2012 | ||
| File No. 1-33082 |
Dear Mr. Woody and Mr. Rakip:
The Company has received your letter dated June 15, 2012 regarding the Company’s Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011. Due to a delay in the delivery of the letter, which the Company only received after the original deadline for the response had already passed, the Company would like to request an extension for responding to the comments. The Company will provide its response via EDGAR as soon as possible, and in any event no later than July 25, 2012.
If you have any additional questions or comments regarding the the Company’s Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011, please contact the Company’s U.S. counsel, Z. Julie Gao of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, at (+852) 3740 4850. Thank you very much.
| Very truly yours, |
/s/ Huiping Yan |
| Huiping Yan |
| Chief Financial Officer |
| cc: | Z. Julie Gao, Esq., Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, Hong Kong |
Min Xiao, PricewaterhouseCoopers Zhong Tian CPAs Limited Company, Beijing