London / 24 March 2008

ChinaContact, a leading market entry specialist consultancy for China tourism and hospitality, will be assisting the Ghana Tourist Board and a significant delegation  of tour operators from Ghana to exhibit at the China Outbound Travel and Tourism Market in Beijing, April 14-16.

Following on ChinaContact’s previous work on behalf of VisitBritain, UKinbound and Visit London among other clients, this year at COTTM the company is working on behalf of Visit London, several UK-based tour operators and the Ghana delegation.  COTTM is held at China World exhibition centre in East Beijing.
Roy Graff, ChinaContact’s Managing Director, will attend the exhibition on 14 and 15 April. On the 16th of April he will be among the delegates at the International Forum on China’s Outbound Tourism which  is held at the new Sofitel Wanda hotel. ChinaContact is IFCOT’s official European partner and registration agent.

ChinaContact is a full service market entry consultancy serving the travel and hospitality sectors. They offer a variety of services from localisation and event production to full representation in China. For an appointment with Roy during his visit to China, email ChinaContact with your requirements or questions.

Contact: info(at)ccontact.com

Tel: +44 20 32399688

Telephone in China: +86 13511013224

More details can be found on the website: www.chinacontact.co.uk

The British Travel Trade Fair is organised by VisitBritain and Reed Travel Exhibitions at the Birmingham NEC from 11-12 March.  On 12th March 2008 Roy Graff, Managing Director of ChinaContact will give a 45 minute workshop on the Chinese outbound tourism market. The talk will take place from 12:00 at the main stage and is free to join.

Roy, who has been educating and training travel providers on the Chinese outbound market since 2005, spent three years in China developing outbound tourism for Gullivers Travel Associates. Since returning to UK he worked with VisitBritain, Visit London, English Heritage, UKinbound, Tourism Ireland as well as hotels and tour operators.

ChinaContact is also organiser of the WTM-ChinaContact forum on China’s tourism industry which has been held at World Travel Market for the past two years.

The workshop at BTTF will provide a general background on the Chinese tourism market and address the unique characteristics of this market. Roy will discuss:

- How big is China’s tourism market? Is it a serious potential for UK inbound tourism?
- What opportunities does the Olympics in Beijing in 2008 represent to UK destination marketing?
- How to best market UK destinations in China?
- What is best practice in providing hospitality and service to Chinese visitors?

ChinaContact is a China market entry specialist for the tourism, events and exhibitions sectors. It organises events, provides consultation, brokers deals and offers practical marketing and sales services for destinations and travel providers. Managing Director Roy Graff speaks fluent Mandarin Chinese and spent three years in China developing travel business for a leading multinational travel service provider.
For more information see http://www.chinacontact.org

Great Eastern Studio is the new centre in London for Chinese culture and business communication skills, a joint collaboration of ChinaContact and Orient Business Consulting. Great Eastern Studio holds a Chinese New Year launch party on 5th February and a ‘China Insider’ workshop on hospitality and service for Chinese visitors which is suitable for all hospitality providers in or around London. The Studio is conveniently located close to Liverpool Street Station in East London.
For more information see http://www.greateasternstudio.co.uk

Orient Business Consulting and ChinaContact are proud to announce the launch of the new centre for training and education on China’s business culture and etiquette which will provide practical insight into what makes business communication in China succeed.

Born of the collaboration of Yu Sun and Roy Graff, Great Eastern Studio is a unique venue dedicated to raising the level of knowledge and awareness among business people and professionals of how to negotiate, communicate and work with Chinese counterparts.

To register for for the launch party click here.

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About ChinaContact:
London based strategy and communications
consultancy focused on the Chinese tourism and events industries with
sales offices in Singapore and New York and services points across
China. Led by Roy Graff,
a China tourism industry veteran with over 12 years of tourism industry
experience, ChinaContact develop strategy and provide practical
services for successful market entry into China.

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Over the last quarter of 2007, ChinaContact collected survey responses from tourism and hospitality professionals from all over the world - 52 countries and territories in total.

The ChinaContact global tourism survey was sent to several thousand tourism professionals
across the world who have an interest in, or work with China. In addition, links to the survey
were published on the ChinaContact and WTM-ChinaContact forum websites, visited by
tourism professionals interested in knowing more about China.

In the space of three months we collected several hundred replies but used just 200 fully
completed surveys. We analysed the replies to understand how the international tourism
industry is preparing for the unquestionable growth in Chinese outbound tourism, what steps
are taken by travel service suppliers to be more attractive and hospitable to Chinese and
what prospects do they see for the future. The results will interest tourism service providers who have not yet developed their China market strategy as well as researchers and academics. This presentation contains the major findings in graphic format. For full raw data please contact us.

Go to the ChinaContact network now to download survey presentation

Registration to the ChinaContact tourism advice network is required in order to download the survey. If you have not yet registered, this is completely free of charge.

click here to register to the ChinaContact tourism advice network

ChinaContact are proud to partner with IFCOT in 2008. The premier forum on Chinese
outbound tourism to be held in China gathers top speakers from China and abroad to discuss the latest developments in China outbound tourism and provide great networking opportunities.As official partners ChinaContact offer the facility to reserve a place at the forum and by credit card online or by electronic bank transfer in the UK. This means faster response, safer processing of payments and lower transaction costs. IFCOT has been held in Beijing for the past 2 years, and this is the 4th annual forum. It is held at the same time as China Outbound Travel and Tourism Market, and delegates to the forum are given free access to the COTTM exhibition. COTTM exhibitors also receive a £50.00 discount off the price of the forum. From past experience, the forum has been gaining momentum and attracts excellent speakers and industry
leaders.

Some of the confirmed speakers for this year include:

Phornsiri Manoharn, Governor, Tourism Authority of Thailand
Dr. Wang Xinjun, Managing Director, Ivy Alliance Tourism Consulting Co., Ltd
Mr. Horst Lommatzsch, Asia Director, Germany National Tourist Board
Mr. Clemente Contestabile, Head of the Consular Chancery, Embassy of Italy in Beijing
Mr. Feng Bin, General Manager, Beijing UTS International Travel Service
Mr. Gao Zhiquan, President Assistant & General Manager of outbound Travel Department, China CYTS Tours Holding Co. Ltd
Mr. Per Setterberg, Chief Executive Officer, Global Refund Group
Rosita Yiu, Vice President Sales Development Incoming Asia, AccorWith more senior speakers to be announced soon.

The topics covered include the growing market for leisure (ADS) tourism to Asia, Africa, Europe and North America. With the latest agreement between China and US to promote outbound tourism, competition for the Chinese consumer is hotting up. This forum will help gain general knowledge and facilitate excellent networking with Chinese travel agents and other key players in the sector.

ChinaContact, IFCOT representative in Europe, is offering the option of booking your place at the forum online and paying locallyin Europe. This allows for a faster and safer payment transaction and saves on the international money transfer costs. To take advantage of this convenience, please click on this link to be taken to the booking form, or copy paste the
URL below:

http://chinacontact-ifcot.eventbrite.com/

London 01 January 2008: ChinaContact, the market entry specialist for the Chinese tourism industry, is pleased to welcome the most recent addition to the approved tourism destination list for Chinese tourists - United States of America. The bilateral agreement signed by the US and China in December sets the way for implementation of open tourism promotion of US destinations in the Chinese market from the Spring.

Speaking on the China Business Show recently, ChinaContact Managing Director Roy Graff was optimistic about what this means for growth in visitor numbers from China to America while sounding caution of the need for careful implementation. He explained that experience in Australia and Europe of Chinese leisure tourism can show the US tourism industry how to grow this market sustainably. While potentially huge, the market is still in its infancy and requires specialist knowledge and the correct strategy for local marketing and sales campaigns. Much depends on how the two governments will decide to implement the agreement and decide on who will be allowed to supply services to the new tourist groups.

Closer to China, congratulations to TAT (Tourism Authority of Thailand) for receiving the Travel Weekly China award last month in Beijing for best short haul destination and for its marketing and promotion activities in China.
ChinaContact would like to congratulate its China partner TLM-China Marketing co. which has been providing marketign and promotion support for TAT throughout China as extension of TAT’s offices in Beijing and Shanghai. TLM-China represent TAT, Royal Orchid Holidays, Amari hotels and Bangkok Airlines. Together with ChinaContact they offer representation and GSA services to International destinations, hotel chains, airlines and tour operators. Their experience of selling to the Chinese market and their intimate knowledge of the key players in the travel trade is unique and invaluable to new destinatiosn wishing to promote themselves in China.

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About ChinaContact: London based strategy and communications consultancy focused on the Chinese tourism and events industries with sales offices in Singapore and New York and services points across China. Led by Roy Graff, a China tourism industry veteran with over 12 years of tourism industry experience, ChinaContact develop strategy and provide practical services for successful market entry into China. It has published the respected China Outbound Travel Handbook to provide a first insight into this complex market and runs an annual forum on the Chinese tourism sector during World Travel Market in London.

Contact details:

website www.chinacontact.org

email info@ccontact.com

telephone +44 20 3239 9688