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 Monthly Newsletter, Summer 2014

    China Outbound Tourism      Monthly Newsletter   Summer 2014 Monday 8th of September Greetings !   The Travel Daily Conference (formerly Travel Distribution Summit China) has been growing quickly from year to year.  This year, it was held at Sheshan resort outside Shanghai on 3-4 September, attended by 1,200 delegates. The big […]

COTRI Press Release : CTW Chinese Tourist Welcome Awards 2014 showcase best practice examples

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    11th April 2014 Heide Germany   CTW Chinese Tourist Welcome Awards 2014 showcase best practice examples 15 best ways to welcome Chinese outbound travellers     China is the biggest outbound tourism source market in the world with more than 100 billion US$ spent by 97 million travellers in 2013. How to attract this […]

Major boost to attract high spending Chinese tourists

By Nick Rhines VisitBritain is introducing a major new programme aimed at increasing the number of high spending Chinese visitors that are already estimated to bring up to £1.2 billion annually to the UK economy.   VisitBritain has created a comprehensive modular visitor preparation and marketing scheme, The GREAT China Welcome Chartermark. It allows hotels, […]

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 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 Edge & COTRI Cocktail Reception: New Chinese Independent Traveller

China Outbound Tourism Market – a phrase that seemed far-fetched just 10 years ago, is now the most important trend in international tourism, as China in 2012 became the number one source market for tourists and the largest spender of all tourist nationalities. China has repeatedly surpassed estimates and broken records in tourism. According to […]

Weekly China Outbound Tourism Update – 12 August, 2013

  Foreign carriers compete in 2nd-tier cities in China Foreign airlines are competing fiercely for business in second-tier cities in West China, despite the lower profitability of the routes in the region.British Airways Plc, which has…  More» 2013-08-12 Shanghai outbound tourist numbers soar in summer holidays; US is the most popular According to the Shanghai Airport […]

Tourism from China to UK is not increasing. What are the reasons and how to get more Chinese to UK/Europe? (Chinese)

This article is based on an interview by Xinhua News agency in London with myself and Professor Wolfgang Arlt of COTRI, identifying the causes for the drop in Chinese visitors to the UK. (link to original article in Chinese)