Tapping the High Net Worth Chinese abroad – Travel and Shopping, the Complete Presentation Set

Following the enthusiastically received symposium in New York on how to reach and engage the Chinese High Net Worth travellers and consumers on 29th February, the complete seminar presentations for both sessions are now available for those who were unable to attend. China Luxury Network, Jing Daily and ChinaContact jointly hosted two high velocity seminars [...]

Weekly China Tourism Update – 13 May 2013

     China’s outbound tourism development annual report 2013 revealed China Tourism Academy revealed China’s outbound tourism development annual report 2013 with Sohu travel channel and Travel TV Channel on April 24th. The report summarized the prese…  More» 2013-05-13 China leads inbound arrivals in APAC China will continue to be the top inbound destination in the [...]

Personal impressions of a jet-setting tour with a senior Chinese delegation – the cliches are (somewhat) on the ball

Earlier this year, I had the great opportunity to personally plan and travel with a senior delegation from China that included both public officials and private sector delegates. This was a high level group paid for and hosted by my client. We visited locations in Africa and India, taking in a few sites during a [...]

Travel Distribution Summit Asia (28-29 May) giving China a huge focus

This year’s Travel Distribution Summit Asia (28-29th May, Singapore) is set to be Asia’s most exciting travel event of the year. Don’t miss this year’s debut China Focus initiative! Our Speakers – Qunar.com, ChinaContact, Dragon’s Trail, My ALN, Spring Airlines, Wonderful Copenhagen (China from an international perspective) and Chengdu University Our Sessions – This year’s ‘Spotlight Focus on China’ [...]

Weekly China Tourism Update – 7 May 2013

China adopts law to regulate tourism On April 25th China’s top legislature adopted a law on tourism in an effort to protect the rights of tourists and clear the way for the industry’s sustainable development. The law …  More» 2013-05-06 Chinese visitors to Thailand over one million in first quarter 2013 Due to a dramatic growth [...]

The opportunities intrinsic to having a .cn domain name are obvious. What about the challenges of doing so correctly and at a good price?

So who’s in charge and what are the key steps? The China Internet Network Information Centre (CNNIC) is the official Chinese government body to register a domain name in China. All .cn domain name registrations are centralized through here, although both domestic and overseas registrars can carry out the registration process. From this point, it [...]

China Tourism Update, week of 29 April 2013

High-end hotels notice the demand of family trip Forbes China recently reported that 10.26 million Chinese citizens have 100,000 ~ 1,000,000 USD disposable personal asset, 13.8% of them have 1.01 ~ 5 million USD family income. Le…  More» 2013-04-27 Hertz buys 20% stake in China Auto Rental Hertz Global Holdings Inc. has agreed to buy 20% [...]

Mitigating disaster – millions of Chinese travelling overseas but are they prepared for the risks of travel?

What happens when you let tens of millions of Chinese travel to remote destinations with little awareness of the natural world and hardly any sensitivity to different cultures and societies? 22 April-2013: A sad story comes from Kenya where a Chinese tourists was killed by a Hippo. This story brings to mind past cases where Chinese [...]

Week of 22 April: China Tourism Update (from Travel Link Marketing)

  China will become the biggest business travel market in the world GBTA publishes the results of its third GBTA BTI Outlook China 2013 H1 report, a semi-annual analysis of one of the largest business travel markets in the world. The report, spons…  More» 2013-04-22 Chinese tourists become the world’s biggest-spending travelers The United Nations World [...]

ChinaContact announces the launch of the first immersive tourism education tour to China – 14 October 2013

In 2013, tourism professionals around the world are closely looking at China. The media has covered the outbound tourism potential from China from many angles, but what is real and what is hype? If you are involved in inbound tourism and looking to international growth market, you probably want to know: What major changes and [...]

Master Class on Tourism Marketing in China at TDS Asia, Singapore in May