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Air
Highways to Mainland
China
"Where
tourism goes, trade flows"
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Living
in downtown Vancouver, a city that has enjoyed a
strong Asian influence and heritage for
generations, we have many Chinese friends, and do
much of our grocery shopping in nearby Chinatown.
This suggests a China Destination Travel Magazine
would be tops on our new publishing agenda and why
we're so keen on news about travel and trade
between Canada and China through our gateways. For
example, our Air Highways Magazine's Apec Summit
Edition was distributed via 10,000 participants
from 18 world economies.
Within
two decades China (PRC) is expected to be the
world's top tourist destination and the fourth
biggest outbound source of travelers, if the
country's planned relaxation of travel restrictions
takes place. (Bulletin from PATA) According to the
Tax Free World Association (TFWA), by 2020 China
(PRC) will attract 130 million visitors a year,
while 100 million mainland Chinese will travel
overseas. Shanghai, China's southern dynamo, plans
to add a giant Ferris wheel to its skyline by 2005,
exceeding the London Eye, currently the world's
largest. Shanghai's 200-metre-tall wheel will
become part of the city's famous Bund
riverfront.
 China
Southern Airlines Sky Pearl Club sets record
China
Southern Airlines (photo above), largest airline in
The People's Republic of China, is pleased to
announce that its Sky Pearl frequent flyer loyalty
club has 275,870 members since its inception in
November 1998. The Sky Pearl Club has grown from
122,871 members in March 2000 and has set a goal of
500,000 members.
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"Being
the largest airline in China and carrying
more than 12 million passengers a year,
there is no reason our Sky Pearl Club
can't break the 1Ú2 million mark in
membership. We have a terrific frequent
flyer program and we invite all of our
frequent flyers to come fly with China
Southern Airlines to come join us," said
Mr. Wang Chang Shun, President, China
Southern Airlines. "The Sky Pearl Club
operates with a very basic motto, 'There
is no more valued customer than he who
returns'. And that is what our loyalty
program is really all about. 100%
total customer service and satisfaction,"
said Wang.
China
Southern Airlines' passengers may be
enroll in The Sky Pearl Club by filling
out an application form available at
numerous airport check-in counters; China
Southern Airlines' ticket offices located
throughout China, Asia or around the world
… or simply by directing your
Internet browser to the airline's web
sites at : www.cs-air.com (Chinese) or
www.cs-air.com/en (English).
Through
February 28, 2001, China Southern
Airlines' Sky Pearl Club Members who stay
at any Shangri-La or Traders hotel on a
non-discounted room rate will receive
quadruple mileage plus the following
benefits and privileges at no charge and
with no restrictions: Complimentary
breakfast, Free laundry (Free dry cleaning
at city hotels), Free local telephone
calls, IDD calls & faxes at cost, 6
p.m. late check-out. City hotels provide
free round-trip airport
transfer
Resort
hotels provide a free daily buffet dinner
and free non-motorized water sports In
addition, Shangri-La and Traders hotels in
China are offering a Winter Special with
discounts between 30-60%, double Sky Pearl
Club mileage, 4 p.m. late check-out and
other special benefits.
(more
about China
Southern
Airlines)
Ranked
No. 1 in passengers carried in China for
the past 20 years, China Southern
Airlines: http://www.cs-air.com/en>www.cs-air.com/en
- connects more than 80 cities around the
globe.
Contact:
Mr. Jeff Ruffolo, Manager, Public
Relations
Office 1-949 -706-6789, Cellular
1-949-278-6440
Fax 1-949-706-2535, E-Mail:
RuffoloPR@aol.com
Continued
We attended a first class dinner
reception at Vancouver's Wall Centre
Sheraton Hotel and were not only impressed
by the warmth and professionalism of our
hosts, but learned a lot about travel
opportunities throughout China. We were
surprised by the number of professional
travel agencies now established in China
(6,228) and by the volume of arrivals at
China's airports (More on that later). If
any of those in the tourism group from
China, Vancouver and Toronto have the
opportunity of reading this page, please
accept our thanks and congratulations. You
filled the room on a very blustery West
Coast Friday evening, which says a lot.
The China information office is managed by
Richard Liu: 011 86 10 852 96297, fax 011
86 10 8529 6299. e-mail rliu@ctcchina.com
The
Chinese Promotion Delegation included: Air
China, Shanghai Tourism Commission, Fujian
Province Tourism Bureau, Guilin City
Tourism Bureau, Xin Tourism Bureau, CITS
Shanghai, Fujian Overseas Travel Group,
CITS Hunan Province, CITS, Guilin, CYTS
Xinjiang Province, CITS Hunan, Sichuan
Province Tourism, Shennong Hotel, Hunan.
For information contact. China Travel
Service (Canada) Inc. 556 West
Broadway, Vancouver, BC 604.872.8787, fax
604,873.2823
During Canada's Year of Apec, our Air and
Marine Tourism Conference included
speakers from several Asia Pacific
destinations. We salute the World
Chinese Entrepreneurs Association, one
of the many key venues we
covered.
Map:
Asia Pacific destinations
on direct flight path from
Vancouver International Airport
(YVR).
For regional feeder airports
see Supermap
section.
For more contacts in Asia
Pacific see Apec
page.
For Asia Pacific events,
contact PATA
http://www.pata.org.
Canada:
Director, Asia & Pacific Regional
Coordination Division, Department of
Foreign Affairs & International Trade,
Lester B. Pearson Building, 125 Sussex
Drive, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0G2; Telephone:
(1-613) 944-0462, Fax: (1-613)
943-8167.
China
: Chief of Asia-Pacific Division,
Department of International Organizations,
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Beijing
100701; Telephone: (86-10) 6513-4521, Fax:
(86-10) 6513-0368.
China
(Hong Kong) Assistant Director-General
of Trade Regional Cooperation, Trade
Department, Hong Kong, China Government,
18/F, Trade Department Tower, 700 Nathan
Road, Kowloon; Tel: (852)2398-5305; Fax:
(852)2789-2491
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