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ChinaContact Weekly Newsletter, 18th November 2014

November 18, 2014 By

 

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Weekly Newsletter
18th November 2014

 Greetings!

 

The increase of Chinese tourists travelling abroad is now followed by Chinese hospitality groups expanding internationally and buying overseas hotels out. The announcement made last Wednesday of Jing Jiang International buying French hotel group, Louvres Hotels group, has been causing quite a commotion. This acquisition raises a number of questions in the tourism industry:

Will a Shanghai-based hotel group understand better Chinese consumers’ needs abroad? Will it affect Chinese tourists’ habits? How important is the nationality of the hotel’s owner when it comes to choosing an accommodation abroad for Chinese tourists ?

A lot of you already gave your opinion on our LinkedIn group. Do not hesitate to follow the conversation and participate, we would love to hear your viewpoint.

If you would like to know Roy’s comment on this topic, you can also read the following article from Le Monde he was interviewed for. Link in French 

                                                   
Last Week’s Headlines 
in the Tourism Sector
Top Stories Of The Week: 

US bid for Chinese tourists with extended visa deal

The US and China will grant visas valid for up to a decade to visitors between the two countries under a deal announced by US President Barack Obama.

Under the new visa rules, student visas will be valid for five years, while business and tourist visas will be valid for 10 years.

Read more

Alibaba’s ‘Singles Day’ sales top $9 billion, bigger than Black Friday

China’s anti-Valentine’s Day has handily surpassed the U.S.’ s Black Friday as the world’s most lucrative online shopping day, and with the company passing $9 billion in sales in 24 hours, it has become one of the most profitable manufactured holidays in history.

Read more

 
China outbound Tourism:

10 Things We Learned From China’s October Golden Week: This Golden Week is widely considered to have firmly established the first week of October as an annual financial bonanza for the travel industry. So what did we learn?…

Tourism Review introduces Demographics of Chinese Outbound Travelers infographic: About 70% of the Chinese cross boarder tourists arrange trip at least once a year; about 37% more than once a year…
Travel destinations for China Tourism :

Jin Jiang to acquire Louvre Hotels as part of global drive:

Mergers and acquisitions seem to be the new flavor for the hotel industry, judging by the growing number of deals involving Chinese companies this year…

Direct flights to connect Beijing with Montreal, Calgary: China and Canada will work to launch direct flights between Beijing and the Canadian cities of Montreal and Calgary…

4.3 Million Chinese expected to visit Thailand this year: The number of Chinese tourists to Thailand may have increased over the last few months due to the exemption of a visa fee…
 
Australia falls behind in battle for Chinese tourists, TripAdvisor suggests: Australia ranks just 17th on the list of the most popular international destinations for Chinese travellers despite its big push to attract them…
 
Non-stop direct chartered flights from Beijing to Seychelles expected to commence in 2015:Non-stop direct flights are expected to bring an additional 25,000 Chinese tourists annually to the popular western Indian Ocean archipelago… 
 
Luxury Tourism and Retail :

China’s spending on luxury goods abroad expected to slide: In 2013, Chinese consumers bought luxury products sold worldwide at an estimated value of US$102 billion…
China Digital News :

For first time ever, Baidu now sees most of traffic come from mobile: Baidu’s Q3 report was all about mobile. Aside from that major milestone, Baidu also saw mobile revenue contribute 36 percent of total revenue – another new high…

Kayak surrenders to Qunar in China: Kayak is “doing well” and expanding into many new countries, but the big question mark looms over if it can replicate such successes in China…
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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, from the ChinaContact Team
 
Disclaimer: With the exception of articles published on the ChinaContact blog, articles mentioned and linked in this newsletter have been curated to bring you news and information about topics relating to Chinese outbound tourism. The opinions expressed in these articles are of the authors only and are not endorsed by ChinaContact. We make every attempt to verify the accuracy of news stories. We are not held liable for any inaccuracies or misrepresentations in these articles.
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China Focused or Related Events 

- Dao’s First Community Breakfast Event , 3 December 2014, London.

- ITB Berlin , 4-8 March 2015, Berlin.
 
- Guangzhou International Travel Fair, GITF, 6-8 March 2015, Guangzhou.
 
- China Outbound Travel & Tourism Market, COTTM,  14-16 April 2015, Beijing.
 
- TDS Asia 2015, 20-21 May 2015, Singapore
 
- International Luxury Travel Market Asia, ILTM 2015, 1-4 June 2015, Shanghai.
 
- China Incentive Business Travel & Meeting exhibition, CIBTM 2015 : 
2-7 August 2015 , Beijing.
 
- ITB Asia 2015, 21 – 23 October 2015, Singapore
- 2014 World Travel Market, WTM, 2-5 November (dates to be confirmed), ExCeL, London.

 

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