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During this fall's Golden Week, a government shutdown didn't stop U.S. retailers from ramping up efforts to court high-spending Chinese travelers. 
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Evening Standard British Airways chief Willie Walsh: Unwelcoming UK repelling Chinese tourists Evening Standard British Airways supremo Willie Walsh today attacked the Government's lack of business leadership as he warned the UK was losing out over...
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The biggest tourist market of the world sees Boracay as their 16th most preferred destination.
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THE UN World Tourism Organisation reported earlier this year that the Chinese were now the world's biggest spenders on international tourism. They splashed out...
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he entire travel and tourism industry is paying close attention to the more than 100 million Chinese travelers expected to cross borders by 2020; however, many global hotel brands with Western roots are struggling to cater to the distinct cultural tastes of their new guests. The Center for Hospitality Research interviewed 51 outbound Chinese tour operators to understand what Chinese package bookers seek in their travels and published its findings in its most recent report, Preferences and Attitudes of Chinese Outbound Travelers. The Swiss Hotel Association came out with a similar report outlining detailed norms and guidelines for working with Chinese travelers earlier this year. The Swiss list resorts to general cliches about Chinese culture - some useful and others borderline offensive. Via Roland Schegg
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If you’re not already preparing for the coming wave of Chinese travelers, last week’s headlines serve as a good reminder. Last year China’s citizens (Hey, big spender!
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Exploring options to tap this new market By Davendra Sharma
trade ties or aid handouts from China but few in the region are serious about luring the big-spending Chinese tourists, considered by experts to be the fastest-growing US$85 billion market in the world.
Overseas-bound tourists from China hit a record 83 million last year and travel agencies expect the number to soar to 94 million in 2013—the most external travel by any country—as tourism operators world-wide explore options to accommodate their tastes.
Rich Chinese tourists prefer Shangri-La hotel chain and they love shopping—they mainly clamour for high-end French brands such as Louis Vuitton, Hermes, Chanel and Cartier. The Hong Kong Chinese-owned Shangri-La with five-star lodgings has top-end market hotels in Middle East, North America, Oceania and Europe.
The China Daily newspaper last month observed that Chinese travellers spend US$85 billion in outbound trips in countries which catered for their preferences—reading, tea-tasting, driving and spending time with family, in that order.
Tourist numbers to the islands region are minimal with only Fiji noting a significant rise in arrivals over the last decade since China carved a reputation to become a world economic superpower—the second largest economy behind the United States.
Just five years ago—only 4,087 Chinese nationals, a minute 0.8% of total arrivals, called into Fiji but that number soared to 25,000 last year.
It follows special deals and initiatives by Air Pacific, now Fiji Airways, to fly into Hong Kong and the Papua New Guinea-based Bank of South Pacific linking their debit card with China’s UnionPay, which has customers exceeding 3.1 billion customers. Chinese tourists now also enjoy on-arrival visas. UnionPay is China’s biggest international debit card agency with recent dealings extending to Australia’s Commonwealth Bank.
Just as ethnic Chinese-owned businesses are on the rise around the islands region, so too are those seeking permanent residency. Countries like Australia, New Zealand, PNG, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Fiji, Vanuatu and Samoa have ethnic minorities of Chinese descent among their populace. Some estimates have put 80,000 “overseas Chinese” in the islands region with around 20,000 each in Fiji and PNG.
Read more at http://www.islandsbusiness.com/2013/7/tourism/what-affluent-chinese-tourists-want/ ; Via Tourism Australia
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Britain is to streamline the visa application process for Chinese visitors, caving in to pressure from irate UK businesses to cut offputting red tape.
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Inquirer.net Chinese, Taiwanese tourists return to Boracay Inquirer.net ILOILO CITY—Not even bad weather can stop foreign tourists, including those from China and Taiwan, from pouring into the world-renowned Boracay Island in Aklan province, with...
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Chancellor George Osborne has announced that visa applications for Chinese business and leisure travellers heading to the UK will be simplified while on a week-long trade excursion to mainland China.
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Bangkok Post Quality Chinese tourists benefit Thailand | Bangkok Post: travel Bangkok Post China's new policy of regulating outbound zero-dollar tours will benefit the Thai tourism industry in the long term, as it will help to screen tourist...
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Chinese top 20 outbound destinations. Sep 23, 2013. In conjunction with the booming Chinese travel market, TripAdvisor today released a list of the top 20 most popular outbound destinations for mainland Chinese travelers.
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Air travel delays in China are becoming epidemic. According to an article published today in Time, only 18 percent of flights departing from Beijing.
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Dan Levin wrote a compelling piece for the New York Times about Chinese tourists. The reports are in and it's now official: the Chinese spend.
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Price is a major factor in travel decisions for Chinese travelers, according to a recent publication by Cornell University's Center for Hospitality Research, which also studied the Chinese tourist's preferences in destinations, activities and accommodation. Via Roland Schegg
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Hotels should focus on attracting Chinese travelers online with translated websites, internationally accepted payment platforms, and culturally appropriate marketing content. Is your hotel website optimized for engaging Chinese travelers? Here are the top four things you should look for:
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Chancellor unveils plans to make it easier for Chinese travellers to visit the country (UK set to relax Chinese visa rules: Chancellor unveils plans to make it easier for Chinese travellers...
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The closure of national parks, museums and monuments during the federal shutdown has provided a headache for Chinese tourists in the U.S. taking advantage of a seven-day Chinese national holiday. ("Maybe it's a cultural difference.
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Bob Gaffney, Flickr Picking your nose in public and stealing life jackets might be acceptable behavior in China, but it'll be frowned upon elsewhere.
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