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March 18, 2010
VIA EDGAR
Jennifer Gowetski, Senior Counsel
Kevin Woody, Accounting Branch Chief
Erin Martin, Attorney-Advisor
Howard Efron, Staff Accountant
Kevin Woody, Accounting Branch Chief
Erin Martin, Attorney-Advisor
Howard Efron, Staff Accountant
Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
100 F Street, N.E.
Mail Stop 3010
Washington, D.C. 20549
Division of Corporation Finance
100 F Street, N.E.
Mail Stop 3010
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: | China Lodging Group, Limited — Amendment No. 3 to Registration Statement on Form F-1 Publicly Filed on March 5, 2010 |
Dear Ms. Gowetski:
On behalf of our client, China Lodging Group, Limited, a corporation organized under the laws of the Cayman Islands, we are filing herewith Amendment No. 3 to the Registration Statement on Form F-1 (the “Amendment No. 3”). For ease of your reference, we will deliver to you 10 copies of this Amendment No. 3.
If you have any questions regarding this Amendment No. 3, please do not hesitate to call me at +86-10-8567-5002 or my colleague, Li He, at +86-10-8567-5005.
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Yours sincerely, | ||||
/s/ Howard Zhang | ||||
Howard Zhang | ||||
Enclosures
cc: | Tuo (Matthew) Zhang, Chief Executive Officer Min (Jenny) Zhang, Chief Financial Officer | ||
China Lodging Group, Limited | |||
John Wilde, Partner Bonnie Zhang, Partner | |||
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu CPA Ltd. | |||
Chris Lin, Partner | |||
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP |