Pigs can fly – Manchester Airport wins CTW Award for welcoming Chinese travellers

Posted by Newsdesk
On 17th May 2019
COTRI China, ctrip, CTW Award ceremony, CTW Awards, CTW Awards winners, ITB 2019, ITB China in Shanghai

Awards presented at ITB China in Shanghai to 30 companies and organisations Shanghai, 17.5.2019. For the 16th time the COTRI China Outbound Tourism Research Institute, based in Hamburg and Shanghai, has named tourism service providers from all continents as winners of the CTW Chinese Tourist Welcome Awards. China is by far the biggest international tourism […]

First CTT China Tourism Training goes online this week!

Posted by Newsdesk
On 2nd May 2019
China Tourism Training, chinese outbound tourism, cotri, COTRI China, COTRI research, COTRI Weekly, CTT, ctw

Dear Readers, According to COTRI’s research forecast, 180 million trips will originate in Mainland China in 2019. With such large numbers, the market is definitely going to become more and more fragmented. This would mean that different tourism service providers need even more specific advice and insights into this important market, especially to attract the […]

1st Asian Resilience Summit in Kathmandu/Nepal includes COTRI director Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Georg Arlt as panellist

Posted by Newsdesk
On 29th April 2019
Asian Resilience Summit, chinese outbound tourism, cotri, COTRI China, Kathmandu, Nepal, tourism

As part of the activities of the Global Travel and Tourism Resilience Council (GTTRC), the first Asian Resilience Summit will be held in Kathmandu, Nepal at the end of May 2019. COTRI’s director Prof. Dr. Arlt has been invited by the organisers to provide some insights, especially with regard to the Chinese outbound market, during […]

Chinese public holiday in May stages a surprising comeback

Posted by Newsdesk
On 10th April 2019
china outbound tourism, China outbound tourism research, chinese market, cotri, COTRI China, COTRI Weekly, golden week, Labour Day, tourism

Dear Readers, In the first decade of the 21st century, Chinese nationals enjoyed three “Golden Weeks” – semi-annual work-free national holidays lasting 7 to 8 days. These took place during Chinese New Year, in the first week of May on International Labour Day, and the first week of October to celebrate the anniversary of the […]

To China and Beyond: China’s tourism industry moves into the world

Posted by Newsdesk
On 3rd April 2019
China's outbound tourism grows, chinese market, chinese outbound tourism, cotri, COTRI Analytics, COTRI China, COTRI statistics, COTRI Weekly, ctrip

Following the lead of Chinese outbound customers, but also searching for business from the other 88% of global travellers, travel and tourism companies like Ctrip, JinJiang International, Alibaba’s Fliggy, Tongcheng-eLong, Meituan, and others are moving out of China. As reported by TravelDaily in a recent article, these companies have set off the consumption pattern in […]

CVS China Visitors Summit Europe 2019

Posted by Newsdesk
On 20th March 2019
china, China Business, china outbound tourism, china training day, China Visitors Summit 2019, chinese market, chinese outbound market, conference, COTRI China, Dresden

CVS China Visitors Summit is back in Europe! The Summer 2019 edition will take place in Dresden next month, the Winter 2019 edition is scheduled for Milan in November. The CVS is all about business-to-business. The core of the event is two days of face-to-face meetings between 140 travel suppliers and 140 Chinese travel buyers […]

Posted by Newsdesk
On 15th March 2019
Chinese outbound toruism, Chinese Outbound Tourism Market, Chinese Outbound Travellers, COTRI Analytics, COTRI China, COTRI Director, Thailand, workshop

COTRI Director Prof Dr Wolfgang Georg Arlt will appear as a speaker at the Chinese Outbound Tourism Market workshop organised by PATAcademy-HCD. He is due to speak during the first session on the theme of ‘Development of Chinese outbound market 1999-2019’. The two-day interactive and intensive workshop will be held at PATA Engagement Hub in […]

Posted by Newsdesk
On 13th March 2019
chinese outbound tourism, Chinese Tourism, chinese tourism data, Chinese tourism statistics, Chinese travellers, COTRI China, COTRI Weekly, ITB Berlin, WTCF World Tourism Cities Federation

Dear readers, The biggest show on earth is behind us. ITB Berlin 2019 welcomed 113,500 trade visitors, 3% more than in 2018 – and we had the chance to communicate with many of them. The WTCF panel discussion “How to Market Your Destination’s products and services to Chinese Outbound Tourists” was well visited to and […]

Posted by Newsdesk
On 12th March 2019
China's outbound tourism grows, chinese market, chinese outbound tourism, COTRI Analytics, COTRI China, COTRI Interview, forecast, Turkey

During the ACE of MICE fair and conference in Istanbul COTRIs director Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Georg Arlt was interviewed by TravelAndTourWorld.com. To access the full interview, please watch the video at the following link. Image source: Eminonu, Istanbul by Atila Yumusakkaya Source: Flickr Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0)

Latest China Outbound Travel Pulse video: Destination South America

Posted by Newsdesk
On 12th March 2019
China Outbound Travel Pulse, China tourism research, chinese market, COTRI Analytics, COTRI China, Destination South America

The twenty first episode of the China Outbound Travel Pulse series has been published on the COTRI website, as well as on the series’ dedicated YouTube channel. The video focuses on South America as a destination for Chinese outbound travellers. Similarly to other Pulse videos, the latest episode, which is also available in Spanish, combines interviews […]

Page 1 of 212