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ChinaContact Weekly Newsletter, 14th April 2014

April 14, 2014 By

 
 
 
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Weekly Newsletter

 

14th April, 2014
Greetings !
   

ChinaContact’s client Eurostar sponsored Geyoo Travel Salon’s DIY travel workshop in Beijing on the 13th of April. 

50 high net worth Chinese guests, selected out of 250 registered applicants, attended the 3 hour workshop at Beijing’s Parkson Department Store VIP salon. 

The guests learned about independent travel in Europe including rail travel, low cost airlines and self drive holidays. They found out about Eurostar’s services and convenient connection between London, Paris and Brussels.  

 

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Last Week’s Headlines 
in the Tourism Sector

Top Stories
GREAT China Welcome Business Summit
GREAT China Welcome Business Summit
 
The first ever GREAT China Welcome Business Summit by VisitBritain, held on 26 March in London.

 

In this short video, some of the 250 speakers and delegates who attended the event give their insights and share their experiences with the Chinese market.

 

The presentation Roy Graff gave during this event is now available HERE

 

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China set to be top market for tourism  

China will overtake the US this year as the largest overseas tourism market measured by travelers and continue to grow.

Chinese will make up 20% of the world’s foreign tourists by 2023, a report by Spain-based Amadeus IT Group SA said. 

The number of Chinese families able to afford overseas holidays will double in the next 10 years.

 

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China outbound Tourism:

Different cities possess different sub-cultures: European countries have relaxed visa requirements and are making an extra effort to attract the growing numbers of cash-rich Chinese tourists…
 
2014 First Quarter Report of Chinese Outbound Tourism Satisfaction Investigation:  Highest satisfaction index for New Zealand (83.40), followed by America (83.27), and Canada (82.55)…

Travel destinations for China Tourism :

Take Our Money!  Chinese tourism is a huge economic opportunity. America is blowing it…

Chinese revealed as biggest spenders on tax-free shopping in Manchester: Chinese tourists spend more in Manchester’s stores than any other nationality… 

Taiwan: quota for independent Chinese travelers to be raised: Taiwan will raise the daily quota for independent Chinese travelers entering the country from 3,000 to 4,000 starting April 16th…

Spain leads the way in Chinese friendly tourism attitudes: Spanish experts are promoting the idea that if Europeans are to bring in more Chinese business, they need to start thinking like them…

Chinese tourists to USA and Canada should visit the Bahamas: A Two Center Program will allow travellers to visit destinations in both Canada and The United States while adding the Bahamas on their travel package…

China Luxury Tourism :

Gucci pastries, Porsche phones: luxury brands expand portfolios to fend off China slowdown: top luxury brands have been putting their name on a wide range of products and services extending far beyond their typical items in recent years…

Australia: Let wealthy visitors pay to jump customs and immigration queues:  The Tourism & Transport Forum wants to encourage big-spending visitors from Asia and elsewhere by offering the user-pays premium visitor visa processing model…
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Plan-Ahead 
China Focused or Related Events 
- Incentive Travel & Convention,Meeting China, IT&CM 14-17 April, Shanghai

 

- 2014 World Travel Fair, WTF, 9-11 May. Shanghai Exhibition Center (SEC), Shanghai.
 
- 2014 Travel Distribution Summit Asia, TDS Asia,
27-28 May, Raffles City Convention Centre, Singapore
 
- 2014 International Luxury Travel Market Asia, ILTM Asia : 2-5 June, Shanghai.
 
- Travel Distribution Summit China,  TDS China, 3-4 September Shanghai

 

- Incentives, Business Travel and Meetings Expo China, CIBTM
17-19 September, Beijing
 
- 2014 World Travel Market, WTM: 3-6 November. ExCeL, London.
 
- China International Travel Mart, CITM

13-16 November,Shanghai

 

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