ChinaContact 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 […]
ChinaContact Weekly Newsletter, 18th November 2014
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 […]
ChinaContact Weekly Newsletter, 15th September
ChinaContact Weekly Newsletter 15th September, 2014 Greetings! “Britain tourism visa scheme is on the move” is what we announced in our last Weekly Newsletter before the summer break, and this week The UK is still on top of the news with the announcement by Chancellor George Osborne, during a summit attended […]