ChinaContact Weekly Newsletter, 17th February 2014

      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 […]

ChinaContact Monthly Newsletter, January 2014

        China Outbound Tourism Monthly Newsletter   January 2014 Monday 3rd January Greetings !     Happy Ma-Nian (year of the Horse) to you. I hope you enjoyed some Lion dances and had your fill of dumplings. This year is destined to become a breakthrough year for Chinese outbound tourism, with annual […]

China holidays calendar 2014

The China State Council agreed on the 2014 official holiday calendar. This is an annual complex task to allow people to have longer continuous holidays by bridging weekends and making up for it by working a weekend before or after. The loner breaks suitable for long-haul travel: Chinese New year: 31 January-6 February National Day: […]

ChinaContact Monthly Newsletter November 2013

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 […]

Q&A with ChinaContact MD, Roy Graff: Why is the UK not enjoying the promised boom in Chinese inbound tourism?

Recent media channels, tourism and retail associations in the UK have been extremely vocal in their frustration that Britain should attract more Chinese tourists but is lagging behind other countries like France and US. The British government has made announcements that it will look to ease the visa application process for Chinese and raise investment […]

Gain insight on China and its impact on the global MICE industry 15-17 April, Shanghai

Singapore, 2 April 2009 – Dr George Zhibin Gu, Commentator/Columnist and Author of China’s Global Reach and China and the New World Order, will deliver the keynote address – ‘How China’s Global Reach is Altering the World Map’ at IT&CM China 2009. He will offer an insightful, open-minded, and significant overview of a changing world in relation to a fast-developing China. From foreign multinationals’ effect to the emergence of domestic markets, he will chart the economic and political development in and out of China and what it means for the world’s future.