ChinaContact Weekly Newsletter, 10th November 2014

    ChinaContact     Weekly Newsletter 10th November 2014 Greetings! Last week was a very busy week for the ChinaContact team. While some of us were attending WTM in London to introduce travel agencies and National Tourism Boards to the opportunities of the Chinese tourism market, other were finalising the details of our workshop […]

ChinaContact Monthly Newsletter, October 2014

    China Outbound Tourism   Monthly Newsletter   October 2014 Monday 3rd of November China National Day started on 1 October and with it one of the busiest travelling period in China, the first Golden Week after the summer break. Our research indicates that the largest contingency of travellers, group travel from China, while […]

ChinaContact Weekly Newsletter, 27th October 2014

    ChinaContact     Weekly Newsletter 27th October 2014 Greetings! Today, and looking at the news, many already understood it,  if destinations are to get a share of China’s booming outbound tourism governments must step-in and review their visa policy. New measures will be implemented to speed up the visa process for Chinese visitors […]

ChinaContact Weekly Newsletter, 20th October 2014

      ChinaContact     Weekly Newsletter 20th October 2014 Greetings!   “Be a good Panda, be a good tourist”, that’s the advice of the latest CCTV ad featuring people dressed as Panda misbehaving while on holidays in Sydney.  The ad which was supposed to remind Chinese tourists to behave when travelling overseas was […]

ChinaContact Weekly Newsletter, 13th October 2014

      ChinaContact     Weekly Newsletter 13th October 2014 Greetings!   Chinese tourists are arriving in Europe in record numbers. This year, their numbers are passing 100 million outbound trips and the market is more segmented than ever before. It is now more important than ever to focus on brand reputation and targeted […]

ChinaContact Weekly Newsletter, 6th October 2014

    ChinaContact     Weekly Newsletter 6th October 2014 Greetings!   While the Golden Week is usually a busy period that Hong Kong retailers look forward to, protests are scaring off Chinese tourists and with it the annual boost in their sales luxury brands rely on. Being the closest alternative, shopping malls in Japan […]

ChinaContact Monthly Newsletter, September 2014

    China Outbound Tourism   Monthly Newsletter   September 2014 Wednesday 2nd of October China National Day started on 1 October and with it one of the busiest travelling period in China, the first Golden Week after the summer break. Our research indicates that the largest contingency of travellers, group travel from China, while […]

ChinaContact Weekly Newsletter, 22 September 2014

    ChinaContact     Weekly Newsletter 22nd September 2014 Greetings!   Eurostar launched its first user generated Sina Weibo campaign targeting the Chinese market. This video-centric, Weibo campaign targets Chinese students living in Paris and London and their extended network in China. The campaign is managed by ChinaContact.   View the campaign website   […]

Chinese Social Media Underutilised by London Hotels, China Edge Study Shows

Chinese social media use has taken off in recent years and is an increasingly important tool to reach and shape opinions within the Chinese market. However, a recent study by UK-based luxury retail and travel consultancy China Edge shows that Chinese social media platforms have so far been almost entirely neglected by London hoteliers. China Edge surveyed […]

ChinaContact Weekly Newsletter 10th June 2014

    ChinaContact   Weekly Newsletter   10th June, 2014 Greetings!   Between 2nd and 5th of June Roy Graff, Managing Director at ChinaContact, and Sylvie Chen, Business development manager, participated as exhibitors at ILTM Asia (International Luxury Travel Market) in Shanghai.   They represented both Iceland Europe Travel, a luxury tour operator for Scandinavia, […]