The ITB China organisers have announced to postpone ITB China 2020, originally scheduled to be held on 13 – 15 May at Shanghai World Expo Exhibition and Convention Center. The deferred show dates will be further announced by the show organisers.

 The decision is based on the current risk evaluation of the COVID-19epidemic by local and global authorities. According to the regular report and COVID-19 prevention notification released by the National Health Commission of the People’s Republic of China recently, the COVID-19 situation in China continues to be challenging and developments in the following months are very hard to foresee at this stage.

To ensure the safety of ITB China’s exhibitors and visitors, the organisers decided to postpone ITB China 2020, and in a responsible way allow all participants to make necessary arrangements in a timely manner. The ITB China organisers will continue to monitor the situation closely and provide further updates based on official assessments of the overall risk situation.

ITB China participants can reach the organizing team best by sending queries with regards to ITB China directly to contact@itb-china.com.

About ITB China and the ITB China Conference

ITB China is China’s largest B2B exclusive travel trade show, taking place on a yearly basis at the Shanghai World Expo Exhibition and Convention Centre. ITB China is a three-day business to a business travel trade fair that focuses exclusively on the Chinese travel industry. The ITB China Conference takes place parallel to the show and is co-organized by the leading conference organizer TravelDaily (www.traveldaily.cn).

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For the second time in a row the Hospitality Sales and Marketing Association International (HSMAI) and ITB China, set to take place from 15 to 17 May 2019 in Shanghai, have joined together to promote education and professional development in the hospitality industry. HSMAI is a 90-year old, global, non-profit association with more than 7.000 members committed to growing business for hotels and their partners. It has recently recruited Asia’s top hotel revenue managers to join forces to produce a training program that underpins a new online industry education platform. Appropriately, on 17 May the dedicated Education & Job Day is being held for the second time at the ITB China Conference 2019. It is focusing on the exchange of educational knowledge and the promotion of career opportunities of current and future talents of the Chinese travel industry.

HSMAI will be conducting a session in the presentation hub on 17 May 2019 starting at 10 a.m. covering the topics of Revenue Management, Data Intelligence and Hotel Sales Distributions. These topics form part of HSMAI’s Certificate in Revenue Management (Hospitality) launched in 2017 and created by the senior leaders of Revenue Management in hotels around the world. It is a unique opportunity to preview the online course which is available to the HSMAI Academy at https://hsmaiacademy.org/certificate-in-revenue-management-hospitality/. The session is free for all ITB China attendees.

“HSMAI have been busy updating our current courses and developing new education and courses to assist hotel professionals to grow their careers. In 2019, we’ll be developing new programs for hoteliers to continue their learning in digital marketing, distribution and managing commercial functions”, says Jackie Douglas, President HSMAI Asia Pacific.

One of the HSMAI volunteer Board members, Huilian Duan, President of the HSMAI Greater China Chapter Board, urged her industry colleagues to get behind the education: “All Sales, Revenue and Digital Directors should be certified in their respective fields. Only HSMAI can offer a global certification for industry experts including General Managers.” Ms. Douglas says Revenue Management offers excellent career opportunities and is becoming increasingly diverse. “All our education is developed by hoteliers for hoteliers, so we can deliver what the hotel leaders themselves have determined.

The comprehensive 10-course program of HSMAI’s education platform combines a series of practical exercises and fast-track learning chapters that examines all key aspects of revenue management from forecasting, distribution, pricing, market segmentation, to data analysis, business intelligence and marketing.

David Axiotis, General Manager ITB China: “I am very happy to continue our partnership with HSMAI to assist in bringing more practical, relevant education to the hospitality industry. HSMAI’s session at ITB China fits in perfectly with the portfolio of our second Education & Job Day.”

HSMAI provides hotel professionals and their partners with tools, insights, and expertise to fuel sales, inspire marketing and optimize revenue and is an individual membership organization, comprising members in 31 countries and 60 chapters worldwide, including the Asia Pacific region.

Trade visitors can register for ITB China 2019 at reg.itb-china.com.

You can obtain your accreditation for ITB China at reg.itb-china.com/portal/?lng=en now.

About ITB China and the ITB China Conference

ITB China 2019 will take place from Wednesday to Friday, 15 to 17 May, at the Shanghai World Expo Exhibition and Convention Centre in Hall 1. ITB China is a three-day business to a business travel trade fair that focuses exclusively on the Chinese travel industry. The ITB China Conference will take place parallel with the show and is co-organized by the leading conference organizer TravelDaily (www.traveldaily.cn).

About ITB Berlin, ITB Asia and ITB India

First launched 53 years ago, ITB Berlin is recognized as the most successful trade show for the global travel industry. Some 10,000 exhibitors from more than 180 countries regularly attend this event. Every year in October for the last eleven years Messe Berlin has successfully organized ITB Asia in Singapore. Boasting more than 1,000 exhibitors from 127 countries, ITB Asia in Singapore has established itself as Asia’s Leading Travel Trade Show. Messe Berlin will be organizing the inaugural ITB India in 2020. The 3-day business-to-business travel trade show and convention will take place at the Bombay Exhibition Centre in Mumbai, India, from 15 to 17 April 2020. The show will bring together industry leaders and buyers from cities across India, and international exhibitors from the MICE, leisure and corporate sectors.

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Israel Ministry of Tourism will be represented as exhibitor for the second time – this year’s annual theme in Chinese market: “Promised land, made with wisdom” – rising demand for culture trips – culture travel to be featured in ITB China Travel Trends Report and ITB China Conference

 Berlin/Shanghai, 11 April 2019 – The Israel Ministry of Tourism announces that it has become the official culture travel partner of the third edition of ITB China, set to take place from 15 – 17 May 2019, at the Shanghai World Expo Exhibition and Conference Center. Israel as the “land of creation” combines modernity and innovation with thousands of years’ old tradition and history.

Mr. Bora Shnitman, Israel Tourism Attache in China said:  “This is the second consecutive year that Israel Ministry of Tourism is taking part in ITB China and we are proud to enhance our collaboration with the organizers and become culture travel partner at ITB China 2019! Israel is well known in China as an attractive destination for those travellers who are looking for a unique and unforgettable cultural experience”.

Nazarene Tours, Vered Hasharon Travel & Tours, Jerusalem Tourism Board, Eternity Travel Ltd., A.R. Eland Tours Ltd., Diamond Bourse and Caprice among many others, will present their services and products to China’s top travel buyers and trade visitors. Visitors to Israel can enjoy a great variety of attractions, the comfortable Mediterranean weather, historic and cultural sites of Jerusalem as well as the young and vibrant atmosphere of Tel Aviv, the serenity of Negev desert and the uniqueness of the Dead Sea. The Israel Government Tourism Office China (IGTO) welcomes Chinese travelers to visit Israel for tourism, education and endless business opportunities. The IGTO cooperates with representatives of the Chinese travel industry to promote Israeli travel products, organize PR online and offline activities and enhance media publicity.

 “This year our annual theme is “Promised land, made with wisdom”.We would like to introduce to Chinese travellers the great diversity that Israel has to offer to its visitors, from ancient history and culture to advanced innovative technologies and ideas. In addition, during ITB China, we will be presenting new cultural travel products to visitors and looking forward to fruitful cooperation with our new and old Chinese partners”, added Bora Shnitman.  

The rise in globetrotting Chinese travellers prompts the worldwide demand for culture travel packages. At a panel discussion of ITB China Conference on 15 May 2019 at 2 pm, Bora Shnitman and other top speakers will provide useful industry insights on the topic of “How Product Design Makes the Difference?”. Culture travel is also one of ITB China’s trend topics featured in the ITB China Travel Trends Report, a yearly publication illustrating upcoming trends and the needs of Chinese travellers.

Exhibitors interested in ITB China 2019 can register HERE and secure a booth. As of now, the media can obtain their accreditation here.

More information at www.itb-china.com.

 About ITB China and the ITB China Conference

ITB China 2019 will take place from Wednesday to Friday, 15 to 17 May, at the Shanghai World Expo Exhibition and Convention Centre in Hall 1.ITB China is a three-day business to business travel trade fair that focuses exclusively on the Chinese travel industry. The ITB China Conference will take place parallel with the show and is co-organized by the leading conference organizer TravelDaily (www.traveldaily.cn).

About ITB Berlin, ITB Asia and ITB India

First launched 53 years ago, ITB Berlin is recognized as the most successful trade show for the global travel industry. Some 10,000 exhibitors from more than 180 countries regularly attend this event. Every year in October for the last eleven years Messe Berlin has successfully organized ITB Asia in Singapore. Boasting more than 1,000 exhibitors from 127 countries, ITB Asia in Singapore has established itself as Asia’s Leading Travel Trade Show. Messe Berlin will be organising the inaugural ITB India in 2020. The 3-day business-to-business travel trade show and convention will take place at the Bombay Exhibition Centre in Mumbai, India, from 15 to 17 April 2020. The show will bring together industry leaders and buyers from cities across India, and international exhibitors from the MICE, leisure and corporate sectors.

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ITB China and the China Tourism Association extended their strategic partnerships: David Axiotis, General Manager of ITB China and Rungang Zhang, Secretary General & Vice President China Tourism Association, signed a corresponding partnership agreement in the beginning of November 2017.

ITB China, taking place 16 – 18 May in Shanghai, provides exhibitors and trade visitors with an important platform that focuses on the Chinese market. The China Tourism Association, founded in 1986, is the largest industry association for China’s travel and tourism industry with its 4,000 members covering the major travel verticals including hotels, destinations, OTAs, TMCs,tour operators, sharing accommodations, hostels, travel media, education institutions, travel research agencies & leisure travel. CTA’s involvement in ITB China will include numerous marketing and promotional activities.

Rungang Zhang, Secretary General & Vice President CTA, China Tourism Association: “CTA is the biggest travel and tourism industry association of the world’s second largest economy and we are very delighted to again work with ITB China, in order to boost industry cooperation and communication between China and the rest of the world. With ITB’s global vision, its high-class exhibitors and high-standard exhibition experience, travel companies in China will have access to diversified travel products and will be able to provide superb travel experiences for Chinese travelers.”

David Axiotis, General Manager ITB China said: “We are proud and excited to continue partnering with China Tourism Association. CTA’s strong positioning in the Chinese travel industry and its highly diversified and broad members’ structure will represent a huge asset to all ITB China attendees who will benefit from getting key insights into and connections with the Chinese travel industry through this strategic partnership.”

ITB China is an international offshoot of one of Messe Berlin’s most successful trade fairs, and will take place annually focussing on the Chinese travel industry. Its co-organiser is TravelDaily China, a leading online news portal and organiser of travel industry conferences in Asia’s largest country

About ITB Berlin and ITB Asia

First launched 51 years ago, ITB Berlin is recognised as the most successful trade show for the global travel industry. Some 10,000 exhibitors from more than 180 countries regularly attend this event. Every year in October for the last nine years Messe Berlin has successfully organised ITB Asia in Singapore. Boasting 760 exhibitors from 73 countries, ITB Asia in Singapore has established itself as one of the leading travel trade shows in Asia. As the second show in Asia, ITB China will take place in Shanghai, one of the leading industrial cities in the People’s Republic of China, and with a population of around 23 million one of world’s largest cities. In contrast to ITB Asia, which reflects tourism in Asia as a whole, ITB China focuses entirely on the Chinese travel market.

About ITB China and the ITB China Conference

ITB China 2018 will take place from Wednesday to Friday, 16 to 18 May, at the Shanghai World Expo Exhibition and Convention Centre in hall 1. ITB China is a three-day business to business travel trade fair that focuses exclusively on the Chinese travel industry. The ITB China Conference will take place parallel with the show and is co-organised by the leading conference organiser TravelDaily (www.traveldaily.cn).

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Competitive advantages to be had from understanding the Chinese market: leading travel organisations and tourism officials active in the Chinese market will be congregating this year for the first ITB China, to be held from 10 to 12 May at the Shanghai World Expo Exhibition and Conference Center. The ITB China Conference will form a key element of the new B2B trade show. Co-hosted by TravelDaily, the 3-day event will dispense a wealth of up-to-date information relating to three distinct areas: ‘Destination’, ‘Online Travel & Travel Tech’ and ‘Corporate Travel & MICE’. Admission to the ITB China Conference is free of charge.

The keynote speech at the first-ever ITB China Conference will be given on 10 May 2017 by Ms. Jane Jie Sun, CEO Ctrip will have a CEO Talk with Mr. Philip Wolf, Founder of PhocusWright on how Ctrip will turn to globalization as a core strategy in the next few years. Ctrip was founded in 1999 and is now dominating the domestic tourism market as one of the biggest online travel agencies in China. Leading figures in the Chinese and international travel sector will then present papers on the theme of destinations. Speakers will include Mr. Rungang Zhang, Vice-President of the China Tourism Association, who will provide a glimpse into developments in China’s travel industry, currently in a state of upheaval. Eduardo Santander, Executive Director of the European Travel Commission, will look at ways in which the European travel industry might benefit from visits by Chinese abroad. Over ten million tourists from China visited Europe last year, with the figure set to rise by 9.3% per year until 2022. Appropriately, Europe is the official partner of this first ITB China trade show.

The second day of the ITB China Conference will be dedicated to online travel and travel technology. A panel discussion moderated by Joseph Wang, Chief Commercial Officer, TravelDaily featuring the panellists Steven Pang, Managing Director of Greater China Skyscanner, and Ning Ma, General Manager of Marketing Department, Yangtze River Airlines and Qianyuan Yin, General Manager, Zhejiang New Century Manju Hotel Management will look at how travel companies can cater to the increasingly diverse and personal needs of travellers. Cindy Tan, Vice President of Display, APAC, TripAdvisor will talk about the opportunities that growth brings in China’s Inbound and Outbound Travel mainly giving insights in the search trends and behaviors of global and Chinese travelers. They differently behave purchase their travels which leads to different types of content that drive business growth in China.

The third day is given over to Corporate Travel and MICE. Kejian Wu, Deputy General Manager CWT China, will speak on the business-travel challenges posed by China, a growing economic powerhouse. Professional travel services are in demand to meet the needs for compliance and cost savings. It has come to a point that international TMCs and China’s TMCs are competing against each other. A panel discussion on the transformation of the MICE Industry will be moderated by Lenny Jia, Founder & Chief Editor, China BT MICE. Speakers will include Crystal Zhang, President, UCC, Kitty Huang, Vice President – Customer Loyalty & Revenue Generation, Greater China, Wyndham Hotel Group, Dong Wei, COO, Shouqi Car Rental and  Lei Li, Founder, Youli Hotel GSA will share their thoughts on the dramatic transformation in the MICE sector as traditional MICE enterprises are shifting from “exhibition” to “integrated marketing”.

More details at itb-china.com

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ITB China announces their first partner airline: China Eastern and ITB China signed a corresponding partnership agreement on 10 February 2017. ITB China will take place from 10 to 12 May 2017 at the Shanghai World Expo Exhibition and Conference Center. The event, an international offshoot of one of Messe Berlin’s most successful trade fairs will take place annually and focus on the Chinese travel industry.

David Axiotis, General Manager ITB China: “China Eastern has once again underlined its constantly growing role in China’s aviation by serving round about 100 million passengers last year. With China Eastern Airlines ITB China has gained a very strong and valuable partner airline for its inaugural show and we are looking forward to a mutually beneficial partnership”.

Special discount for visiting ITB China

The three day B2B tradeshow and convention is designed to be the primary event for the Chinese travel industry and the event’s airline partner, China Eastern, is offering special fares for those flying to the exhibition. On the promotion page uk.ceair.com especially releases by China Eastern Airlines, trade visitors can exclusively book the best airfare price. More information on travelling to ITB China can be found under:www.itb-china.com/travel-info/

China Eastern Air Co. Ltd. is one of China’s top three airlines. One of the country’s first state-owned enterprises to offer shares on the New York Stock Exchange, China Eastern remains owned for the most part by Eastern Air Group Co., the government’s holding company. Since its inception in 1988, CEA has invested heavily to modernise its fleet and train its personnel to Western standards. Passenger traffic accounts for 80 percent of total revenues. The carrier operates 68 aircraft on 120 routes, from domestic flights to intercontinental voyages.

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