A post from the Director: Xenia in 2019

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On 10th January 2019
China's outbound tourism grows, chinese market, chinese outbound tourism, cotri, FIT, forecast, Greek, legend, tourism

Taken from Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Georg Arlt’s LinkedIn blog. In the old times in Greece, Xenia or hospitality was held in such high esteem that not only Hestia, goddess of the hearth, but Zeus himself was responsible to take care of it. As some of you may recall, it was in Eumeneia in Phyrgia (in […]

Prof. Arlt to appear at the ACE of M.I.C.E Exhibition in Istanbul on February 20th, 2019

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On 10th January 2019
China's outbound tourism grows, chinese market, chinese outbound tourism, cotri, FIT, forecast, Turkey, Turkey tourism in China, Turkey Tourism Year in China

COTRI Director Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Georg Arlt will appear at the first day of the ACE of M.I.C.E Exhibition, which will be held on Wednesday February 20th, 2019 at the Istanbul Congress Center (ICC). Speaking at Corner B, Prof. Arlt will present the topic of ‘How to develop marketing strategies to win Chinese FITs?’ at […]

Chinese FIT Travellers – no longer hostages to the tour guide

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On 18th October 2017
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The stereotypical image of the typical Chinese tourist abroad is often still that of a tour group member, jumping off a coach to have a quick look and to take a selfie in front of a major landmark before jumping back onto the bus to simply repeat the same process again at the next destination. […]

Chinese Outbound Tourist Demographics Continue to Shift Among Increased travel Options

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On 6th September 2017
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With increasing numbers of Chinese outbound travellers gaining more overseas experience, a definition of the typical Chinese tourist is becoming more elusive than ever. While Chinese outbound tourism had in previous years been dominated by package tourists drawn from largely similar backgrounds, the increase in independent FIT travel possibilities – and other “second wave” travel […]

Japanese multinational SoftBank starts travel agency targeting Chinese customers

Posted by Daniel Meesak
On 4th November 2015
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Following the sharp rise in Chinese tourists visiting Japan, the Japanese multinational SoftBank Group – best known for its position as one of Japan’s largest cell phone carriers and recently acquiring American carrier Sprint – is now looking to enter the Chinese tourism market by launching a travel agency in China. The new travel agency […]