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 […]

ChinaContact Weekly Newsletter, 12th May 2014

      ChinaContact   Weekly Newsletter   12th May, 2014 Greetings!     China Edge Workshop on Chinese luxury consumer insights and Chinese cultural awareness training will take place this week on Wednesday 14th, at the May Fair Hotel, London. From 8.30 am to 11 am  you will learn to be sensitive to cultural differences and […]

ChinaContact Weekly Newsletter, 17th March 2014

      ChinaContact Weekly Newsletter   17th March, 2014 Greetings!   On the 14th of March VisitBritain announced its new GREAT China Welcome Charter. And will soon release a new online guide to China’s tourism market created by ChinaContact. The new online resource will give free advice and market background to Britain’s tourism industry and help companies assess their […]

ChinaContact Weekly Newsletter, 24th February 2014

    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 […]

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 Weekly Newsletter 10th February 2014

      ChinaContact Weekly Newsletter 10th February, 2014 Greetings!   The news of this week highlighted destinations’ eagerness to welcome the growing wave of Chinese visitors-shoppers. Special Chinese New Year celebrations were held, shops decorated their windows with red lanterns and golden welcoming Chinese characters, Chinese speaking staff were hired and for a moment […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

UK Conference Urges Retailers To Gear Up To Serve Chinese Shoppers

China Edge

UK retailers need to do more to engage with the vital audience of Chinese tourists claim the organisers behind a new event – the China Edge Symposium: Hospitality and Service for High Net Worth Chinese. The half day event, which is being sponsored by the world’s biggest-selling fashion magazine, ELLE, takes place at the Mayfair Hotel in London on 3 […]