This book explains the emerging trends and developments of Chinese outbound travel, alongside the motivations, desires and expectations of Chinese travelers themselves. Packed with interviews, this book will help businesses create products and services that meet the rapidly evolving and diversifying requirements of tech-savvy Chinese travelers.

Provides valuable, business-facing, insider knowledge of the Chinese domestic, inbound and outbound tourism sectors The book features numerous case studies, based on airlines, a tourist board, hotel chain and international retailers, which explore in depth, the value ascribed to Chinese travellers and the strategies being employed to maximize business opportunity

Autorentext
Gary Bowerman is Director of Scribes of the Orient, an Asia-based marketing and communications agency. He previously held key positions at leading travel, trade and consumer publishing companies in the UK, was a researcher for Rough Guides and managed the post-9/11 re-launch of a quarterly magazine for the American Society of Travel Agents. In China, where he has lived and worked since 2004, he was Shanghai co-editor for Zagat, and spent two years as Editor in Chief of Shanghai Business Review. Since co-founding Scribes of the Orient in 2008, Bowerman has worked closely with travel and tourism brands in China, across Asia and worldwide. This has given him unique insights into the mindset of Chinese travellers and the approaches of brands and destinations seeking to connect with them.

Inhalt

1. Beyond the Middle Kingdom: The Makings of a Travel Revolution 2. Building A Brand New Industry: From ADS to the New Tourism Law 3. Going Global: China's New Travel Class Spreads its Wings 4. Magnetised by Macau: Creating a Global Tourism Phenomenon 5. The Purchasing Prerogative: Hong Kong and Shopping Tourism 6. Sun, Sea & Shopping: China Goes to the Beach 7. Lights, Camera, Action: Chinese Tourism on TV and Film 8. All Around the World: Tourism Marketers Target China 9. A Place to Stay: Checking in With Chinese Travellers 10. Taking Flight: China's Aviation Revolution 11. The Media Game: Publishing for the Modern Traveller 12. Smart Travel, Chinese Style: Trip Planning and New Technology 13. Keeping it Local: Fast Trains, Ski Slopes and the 'New Macao' 14. The Resort Revolution: Chinese Weekenders in Search of Style 15. Economics in Action: Business Travellers Explore New Frontiers