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Big bang opening of The China International Travel Mart 2006
Big bang Opening of The China International Travel Mart


The opening ceremony was filled with the jubilating atmosphere

The China International Travel Mart (CITM) took place between 24th and 27th November. Thursday in the Spring city of Kunming. CITM is the largest international tourism gathering in Asia, plays a vital role in making it known to the world。

Mr. Shao Weiqi, the Chairman of
CNTA gave keynote speech

VIP guests from all over China and
overseas attended the opening ceremony

As the stage of enhancing tourist cooperation between China and other countries and the platform of international tourism business, the CITM has had far-reaching influence along with a bigger scale in China's inbound and outbound tourism and allured more exhibitors from both at home and overseas.

Reporters fromwww.travel168.netare invited to cover the opening ceremony

T
here are more international booths this year than ever before which reflects China's fast developing economy which fuels the outbound travel from China that in turn caught the attention and eagerness of participation of tourism promotion authorities and travel companies from 81countries that took up 696 international booths in this years CITM which constituted 65 percent increase from 2004.

CITM will help them acquaint themselves with new developments and new products in the China’s tourism industry so as to facilitate organizing more foreigners to visit China and Chinese to visit foreign destinations.

Some of the representatives
of CBN and Lvyou168.cn
in front of the stand

China Business Network and its outbound travel focused online project www.lvyou168.cn participated in the CITM once again as a media supporter and also with own exhibition stands. Hundreds of trade professionals stopped by stands 4C04 and 4C05 either to thank CBN and Lvyou168.cn for the invaluable information and supports that they received so far. Others were very keen on signing up as new members of the China Travel and Tourism Club (www.lvyou168.cn/CTTC ). Every day up to eight travel professionals specializing on outbound travel were the lucky winners of free flights and accommodation for participating in the forthcoming China Outbound Travel Market courtesy of BITTM 2006 (www.bittm.com ) Thousands of visitors /would be travelers were happy to receive a beautifully designed mouse pad together with more information about how to access more information about foreign destinations directly on www.lvyou168.cn

D
uring the CITM many of the senior delegates from both China and foreign countries visited our stands. Reporters of lvyou168.cn reported the events from its colorful opening ceremony to national pavilions of different countries.


The colouful and lively stand of
China Business Network
and lvyou168.cn

Participants are clearly directed
to the double-stands of
CBN and lvyou168.cn

During the exhibition, the Operation Director of CBN London Office, Dr. Adam Wu met with numerous senior officials and travel professionals from diffirent countries including Mr. Dimitris L. Avramopoulos, the Minister of Greek Ministry of Tourism, Josef Stockinger, Director of Austrian National Tourist Office, Mr. Milik, President of Polish Travel Association, and Mr. Shixiang, the Director of CNTO in London, Mr. Zhoucheng, the General Manager of Eastern Airline in London.

General Manager Zhoucheng、
Director Shixiang, Director Josef Stockinger are visiting the stand of CBN and Lvyou168.cn with Dr. Wu.
Dr. Wu.is having in-depth discussion
with Mr. Josef Stockinger,
Director of ANTO

Dr. Wu with Mr. Milik, the president of Polish Travel Association
The Tourism Minister of Greece, the Director General of GNTO and other senior officers from Greece


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