Posts Tagged ‘China’:
Learnings from the Chinese travel market (so far)
August 19, 2008
We’re still a long way from having a clear picture of what’s actually going on in the Chinese travel market, but here’s what we have learned so far.
The Chinese travel market is huge. Domestic travel takes the lion’s share of the market with over 1 billion travelers per year although inbound travel with 50 million travelers in 2006 (WTO) and outbound travel with 41 million travelers in 2007 (ChinaContact Outbound Travel Handbook) are no slouch either. Continue reading…
Travel Report From Beijing: Olympic Superlatives
August 4, 2008
Tens of billions of dollars have been spent, hundreds of thousands of police, soldiers and volunteers have been mobilised, and more than 4 billion people are expected to follow the Olympics on TV. With an event of such magnitudes coming up, let’s take a look at some of the other superlatives surrounding the Beijing Olympics so far.
Most surprising: Olympic village facilities. There are many things to love about China but clean facilities is not usually one of them. Surely, the authorities gave their all but to hear statements such as “best Olympic village I have visited” from Norbert Littkopf, a six-time Olympic Games attendee and coach of the German female judo team, is still positively surprising. Continue reading…
GetYourGuide in China
July 7, 2008
The Beijing Olympics are coming up in August. With thousands of travelers flocking to Beijing this summer, we want to use this opportunity to spread GetYourGuide in cities like Beijing, Shanghai and other Chinese cities.
Back in 2007 we traveled to China ourselves and experienced first hand how local guides could make traveling easier and more fun. Therefore we are very excited about coming back to China and creating our presence here.
Exactly one month before the start of the Olympics and with the help of our Beijing team, we have launched an online competition for the best tour in China. We have also started contacting local guides and agencies in various Chinese cities. With all this activity, we’re looking forward to a very exciting summer!
Euro 2008 Coming Up
June 1, 2008
Dear all,
after a longer break in the Blog, we are all back now. As you can see on the GYG website we have been coding and constructing quite a lot in the past. Currently we are recruiting guides to our plattform and try to improve our design and usability. Promotion in China has also come off the ground (you can see GetYourGuide is even translated into Chinese by now), so there is a lot of things going on. Continue reading…