ChinaContact Weekly Newsletter 18th November 2014 Greetings! The increase of Chinese tourists travelling abroad is now followed by Chinese hospitality groups expanding internationally and buying overseas hotels out. The announcement made last Wednesday of Jing Jiang International buying French hotel group, Louvres Hotels group, has been causing quite a commotion. This acquisition […]
Do the US Presidential elections matter to Chinese outbound tourism into the USA?
As I was reading transcripts of the second Presidential debate it struck me that China bashing had become the new Olympic sport. Does the small matter of who sits in the White House make a difference to the number of Chinese visitors coming to the United States? The Chinese visitors that spend big bucks on […]
The China Outbound Travel Education Series – part 11: USA as a destination
With the advent of a bilateral tourism agreement signed between the US and China at the end of 2007, the Chinese industry was excited about the prospects of a new shining and sought after destination for their clients. Equally excited were the US state and city tourism promotion bodies and private tour operators eager to […]