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 Weekly Newsletter 27th January 2014

      ChinaContact Weekly Newsletter   27th January, 2014 Greetings !   On Jan 22nd took place the Hurun/Chopsticks Club event sponsored by Bank of China, where Roy Graff was a guest speaker and panel chair on the luxury Chinese outbound travel market, click here to see his presentation. Last week, Hurun Report also published […]

Press release by COTRI : Influence of new tourism law felt in Chinese outbound tourism

Influence of new tourism law felt in Chinese outbound tourism Destinations see more self-organised travellers replacing package tour groups 26th November, 2013 Heide Germany Destinations around the world have reported lower arrival numbers for Chinese visitors in the weeks following the introduction of the new Chinese tourism law. Many Chinese outbound tour operators raised their prices […]

ChinaContact Weekly Newsletter 11th November

    CHINACONTACT WEEKLY NEWSLETTER 11th November, 2013 Greetings! Last week’s WTM workshops and evening networking reception on China were a great success. They were attended by a large audience of tourism, business and marketing professionals from all around the world.  CHINA EDGE SUCCESSFULLY HELD ITS SECOND SOLD OUT WORKSHOP: Prepare your business for the Chinese visitors […]

ChinaContact Weekly Newsletter 4th November

    CHINACONTACT WEEKLY NEWSLETTER 4th November, 2013 Greetings! In time for World Travel Market, we have refreshed our newsletter themes, hope you like the new look. This weekly newsletter aims to bring you the most recent news updates and announcements. This week, WTM in London features 2 workshops on China (both 6th November) in […]

China’s New Tourism Law Takes Effect 1 October. What does it mean to Destinations?

By: Manuela Barba, ChinaContact / 26 September 2013 On October 1st, China, while celebrating its National Day, will begin to implement the New Tourism Law of the People’s Republic of China, (adopted on April 25, 2013). This law has been a growing concern for tourism operators and travel agencies for the last few months as […]