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Dubai Duty Free and China's UnionPay are cooperating to host a Mid-Autumn Festival campaign with discounts for duty-free shoppers. Read More

The UAE's tourism pitch to Chinese luxury travelers is largely the same pitch it makes to Western tourists, albeit with a much broader outreach effort. Read More

Vancouver is jioning the likes of Dubai, Sydney, London, and Washington D.C. in releases its very own WeChat-based travel guide in partnership with Tencent. Read More

China's "One Belt, One Road" initiative makes the Middle East more important to China than ever before, and Chinese luxury travelers are also increasingly lured to the region. Read More

Dubai seems to be testing the waters in regards to marketing in China by partnering with as many major tech companies at once. Dubai Tourism will soon expand its partnerships with Huawei, Fliggy (owned by Alibaba), and Tencent to capitalize on growing Chinese travel. Read More

Beijing's long-term strategic goals necessitate, secure and stable access to fossil fuels. To maintain key relationships in the region, China is turning to a more a robust military presences and tourism. Read More

Tour groups are often utilized to help travelers who are less confident about traveling abroad independently. Ctrip hopes to offer the same security and guidance of tour groups to Chinese FITs, via its digital VTM platform. Read More

International Chinese New Year travel is picking up speed in 2018, but it also represents shifting fortunes with short-haul markets far-outperforming long-haul markets such as North America and Europe. Read More

WeChat showed developers what it has in store for 2018 at its annual developers' conference in China. One thing is for certain: China's dominant social network wants to become much more than a messaging platform, and brands should make note. Read More

Wechat's CityExperience Mini-Program, launched with tourism bodies in the UK, UAE, & Australia, is a great example of using WeChat to promote destinations. Read More