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ChinaContact Weekly Newsletter 13th January 2014

January 15, 2014 By

 
 
ChinaContact
Weekly Newsletter

 

13th January, 2014
Greetings !

 

On January 22nd will take place the Next Stop London for Chinese HNWI conference. Focusing on legal, wealth management and luxury retail, it will highlight what is best practices when dealing with high net worth Chinese. 
 
Keynote speakers including China observers, Chinese entrepreneurs and government representatives will give valuable insights on the market as well.  Roy Graff, ChinaContact MD, has been invited to share his experience and knowledge of the luxury tourism sector.
 

Last Week’s Headlines 
in the Tourism Sector

Top Stories of the Week :
At 97m and growing, China has most outbound tourists

 

9 Important Developments In China’s Outbound Tourism 2013
 China had the higzhest number of outbound tourists and amount of overseas spending in the world last year, according to a report by the Tourist Research Center of the Chinese academy of Social Science. 

 

97 million Chinese travelled abroad in 2013, the number is expected to surpass 100 million this year.

 
Read more 

 There have been profound changes in the framework of outbound travel from Mainland China and in the behaviour of the travellers themselves.

This article from Professor Wolfgang Georg Arlt looks back at nine important developments in China’s outbound tourism in the year 2013.  

 

Read more

China outbound Tourism:

4 businesses set to win big with China’s 100 million tourists in 2014: Hoteliers, Retailers, Tourism Boards and Casinos have taken action to attract Chinese visitors…
International airlines gain approval to use Amadeus in China: The authorised airlines will be bookable, via Amadeus through a pre-selected group of travel agencies in Beijing…

Travel destinations for China Tourism :

Chicago lures Chinese tourists: To increase the number of Chinese visitors, Choose Chicago plans to open an office in Chengdu, Sichuan province, its fourth in China…

Switzerland hires Chinese ski instructors to make the slopes more tempting to Chinesetourists:  It is estimated that five million Chinese people from a total of 1.3 billion love to ski and take holidays in the Alps…

Copenhagen Airport strengthens Chinese offer with new app:  Copenhagen Airport has built on recent efforts to reach out to Chinese travellers by releasing a Chinese language mobile app and website…

In Taiwan, pharmacies become new attraction for Chinese tourists:
Lin Hoe Hin white flower embrocation and Green menthol oil have become Chinese tourists’ must-buy gift items…  

Kenya Airways has applied for flights to Beijing: Kenya Airways launched direct flights in November to China’s commercial city of Guangzhou, capitalizing on the growing Sino-African relations…

China Luxury Tourism :

2013 Top luxury brands campaigns on Sina Weibo: Luxury brands came up with some highly creative interactive campaigns…

Gucci, Chanel, and … Qeelin?  Qeelin the Asian jewelry company is now owned by French luxury giant Kering, that  believes the new wealthy in China will increasingly support homegrown brands rather than always importing them…span>
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If you have China related stories or questions to contribute, send them to us by email [email protected].

Make sure to get in touch if you are attending any of the industry events where I will be speaking or attending, as it is always good to have a face to face introduction or catch up. List of upcoming events is below.

 

Sincerely, Roy and the ChinaContact Team

 
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China Focused or Related Events 

 -2014 Guangzhou International Travel Fair, GITF, 27 February – 3 March. China Import and Export Fair Pazhou Complex, Guangzhou.

 - 2014 China Outbound Travel & Tourism Market, COTTM : 9-11 April. National Agricultural Exhibition Center, Beijing.
 
- 2014 World Travel Fair, WTF, 9-11 May. Shanghai Exhibition Center (SEC), Shanghai.
 
- 2014 International Luxury Travel Market Asia, ILTM Asia : 2-5 June, Shanghai.
 
- 2014 World Travel Market, WTM: 3-6 November. ExCeL, London.
 
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