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Eurostar sponsored DIY travel workshop in Beijing

April 13, 2014 By
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ChinaContact’s client Eurostar sponsored Geyoo Travel Salon’s DIY travel workshop in Beijing on the Sunday 13th of April.                            50 high net worth Chinese guests, selected out of 250 registered applicants, attended the 3 hour workshop at Beijing’s Parkson Department Store VIP salon. The guests learned about independent […]

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ChinaContact Weekly Newsletter, 7th April 2014

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      ChinaContact Weekly Newsletter   7th April, 2014 Greetings !   VisitBritain’s new GREAT China Welcome Chartermark has been launched, and the online guide developed by ChinaContact is now operational. Read more information about it in our Top Stories of the Week.   The China Outbound Travel and Tourism Market (COTTM) will open […]

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ChinaContact Weekly Newsletter, 24th February 2014

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    ChinaContact Weekly Newsletter   24th February, 2014 Greetings!   Chinese tourists are evolving, looking for more quality in their travel, and although a Schengen visa allows them to visit 26 countries in Europe, many settle for 2 or 3 destinations only. They want to know more about the country itself, its culture, visit […]

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ChinaContact Weekly Newsletter, 17th February 2014

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      ChinaContact Weekly Newsletter 17th February, 2014 Greetings!   The world’s largest tourism fair, ITB (Internationale Tourismus-Börse) will take place in Berlin on 5-7th March. It will gather companies operating in the tourism sector from all over the world and offer a large number of networking opportunities. ChinaContact Business Development Manager Sylvie Chen […]

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ChinaContact Weekly Newsletter 27th January 2014

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      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 […]

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The French beating the British to the punch?

January 17, 2014 By

This article was initially published in The Standard on 17 January 2014. ChinaContact MD Roy Graff provides his analysis to this vexing issue. Furious London tourism bosses today demanded the immediate scrapping of all “colonial bureaucracy” putting off big-spending Chinese visitors after France unveiled a fast-track 48-hour visa processing system. France has promised to implement […]

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ChinaContact Weekly Newsletter 13th January 2014

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    ChinaContact Weekly Newsletter   13th January, 2014 Greetings !   On January 22nd will take place the Next Stop London for Chinese HNWI conference. Focusing on legal, wealth management and luxury retail, it will highlight what is best practices when dealing with high net worth Chinese.    Keynote speakers including China observers, Chinese entrepreneurs and government representatives will […]

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ChinaContact Monthly Newsletter November 2013

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ChinaContact Monthly Newsletter November 2013         China Outbound Tourism Monthly Newsletter   November 2013 Wednesday, 11th December Greetings!    The year 2013 will be remembered as the year when China truly became the most important source market in the world and the last year (probably) when we would be talking about Chinese […]

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ChinaContact Weekly Newsletter 11th November

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    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 […]

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The China Outbound Travel Education Series – part 10: Europe as a destination

August 24, 2009 By Leave a Comment

With the United Kingdom signing the ADS agreement in January 2005, all EU member states are now ADS destinations. The non-EU member states Switzerland, Iceland and Norway have also signed bilateral ADS agreements with the Chinese government in 2004. As a result, Chinese certified travel agencies are allowed to promote and organise tourist groups (5 […]

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