CTW Training held at the five-star Aghadoe Heights hotel in Killarney, Ireland

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  • On 29th June 2018
  • ccp, China Ready accreditation, CTW Training
The distinguished five-star Aghadoe Heights Hotel and Spa in Killarney has become the first hotel in Ireland’s County Kerry to be provided with CTW Chinese Tourist Welcome Training and accordingly recognised as a CTW Quality Organisation. The training was delivered by COTRI Country Partner for Ireland, Dr. Tony Lenehan of the Centre for Competitiveness and […]
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How Western Australia can go about learning from the mistakes of others when it comes to Chinese outbound tourism

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  • On 29th June 2018
  • COTRI Weekly, Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Georg Arlt, tourism trap, Western Australia
Last week, I invited all COTRI Weekly readers to participate in the symposium on Chinese tourism organised by the Tourism Research Cluster (TRC) of Curtin University together with the Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre in Perth, Western Australia and – not to forget – courtesy of the traditional owners of the land, the Whadjuk people of the Noongar […]
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Journey to China: from Beijing to Shanghai, Tunisia is on the rise

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  • On 28th June 2018
  • Bejing, china outbound tourism, Shanghai, Tunisia tourism
Translated from “Voyage en Chine: De Pékin à Shanghai, la Tunisie en marche” by Caroline Ingrao   It’s on the cover of a study trip in China that a Tunisian delegation, grouping travel agents and hoteliers, met Chinese counterparts and attended the ITB China 2018 fair, the second annual edition of which saw the participation […]
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Food and Chinese Outbound Tourism

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  • On 20th June 2018
  • australia, chinese outbound tourism, COTRI Weekly, Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Georg Arlt, pulse video
Two years ago, eight Chinese outbound tourists spent more than US$ 4,000 at Abu Ghosh, a famous restaurant in Jerusalem. The chief executive of the Israeli Incoming Tour Operators Association started a public debate by publishing a copy of the bill in an Israeli financial newspaper, accusing the owner of the restaurant of cheating his customers […]
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COTRI Director Prof. Arlt delivers CTW Training in Riga

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  • On 19th June 2018
  • CTW Training, Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Georg Arlt, Riga, workshop
COTRI Director Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Georg Arlt led a CTW Chinese Tourist Welcome training workshop in Riga, Lativa on Wednesday 13th June, 2018 with the LIAA Investment and Development Agency of Latvia. In attendance at the event – held at the LIAA headquarters – were a number of representatives from the Latvian tourism industry, as […]
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Latest China Outbound Travel Pulse video: Sports Tourism

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  • On 19th June 2018
  • China football, China Outbound Travel Pulse, China sport, China World Cup, Chinese football, pulse video, World Cup
The most recent China Outbound Travel Pulse episode – the eleventh in total – has been published on the COTRI website, as well as on the series’ dedicated YouTube channel. The episode focuses on the topic of Chinese outbound sports tourism, with a particular focus on this summer’s FIFA World Cup in Russia. The video […]
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ForwardKeys data shows that the UK tops 2018’s list of European summer destinations for the Chinese outbound market

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  • On 18th June 2018
  • Chinese tourists, Chinese Tourists in Europe, EU China Tourism Year 2018, European Tourism
Flight booking data provided by ForwardKeys has disclosed the top five European destinations among Chinese travellers for the months of July and August 2018. The UK has been revealed as the number one summer destination among the Chinese market, even though it suffered a 1.1% decline in year-on-year bookings. Second-placed France, however, witnessed a remarkable […]
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COTRI accepted as an Affiliate Member of the UNWTO United Nations World Tourism Organization

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  • On 13th June 2018
  • Affiliate member, COTRI Weekly, Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Georg Arlt, UNWTO
The past week has been eventful and enjoyable for COTRI, and not only because of the unprecedented continuation of warm summer weather at this time of the year in Northern Europe. Your humble editor has been elected to become a member of the Beijing-based WTCF World Tourism Cities Federation Expert Committee, but even more importantly, COTRI […]
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Two upcoming Chinese outbound tourism workshops this June in the Netherlands

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  • On 12th June 2018
  • COTRi country partners, COTRI Weekly, workshop
This month will see Match With China – official COTRI Country Partner for the Netherlands – host two events focused on the Chinese outbound tourism market. Tuesday June 19th will see the “Bent u klaar voor de Chinese toerist?” workshop take place in Haarlem, with the event focusing on preparing participants for the Chinese outbound […]
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Join us on Wednesday 20th and Thursday 21st June for the latest instalment of the COTRI – ForwardKeys premium webinar series

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  • On 6th June 2018
Building upon the two previous instalments broadcast in October 2017 and January 2018 COTRI China Outbound Tourism Research Institute and ForwardKeys’ joint webinar series will return on Wednesday 20th and Thursday 21st of January. Pooling the expertise of the two respective market leaders, the premium webinar will feature a core of professional analysis of key […]
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