Why come to China Travel Distribution&Technology Summit?

• China has the largest domestic travel market in the world. In 2007, 1.61 billion people traveled within China and they spent over 100 billion US$.
• China was also the only Asian country to rank among the world’s Top 10 tourism destinations in 2007—in fourth place after France, Spain and the United States.
• Outbound travel is also experiencing phenomenal growth with 40.95 million Chinese traveled overseas in 2007 and the average annual growth rate reached 22.7% during the past 5 years. Now Chinese can travel to 132 countries by joining the group tour under the ADS agreement.

• Decision-makers-understand how China travel market is evolving and how you can develop your China entry strategy.
• Distribution professionals-learn what technologies you need to create and maintain profitable distribution partnerships, and how to get maximum control of the most profitable distribution channels – in other words, how to sell more for less.
• Travel technology vendors-understand how Chinese travel companies are using technology to streamline their business processes and sell to their customers, and how they are planning, buying and deploying technology. In essence, how to sell your technology to Chinese companies.
• IT professionals-learn how to build connectivity with Chinese airline and hotel suppliers, how to ensure seamless and cost-effective system integration, and how to develop fine-tuned web interfaces and booking processes to appeal to Chinese netizens and improve the conversion ratio.
• Marketing professionals-understand how to use technology to know your customers, improve brand awareness, strengthen customer relationship and develop the right marketing mix to improve ROI.

• CITM is an annual event that is held in Shanghai and Kunming alternatively. As the largest professional travel mart in Asia, CITM has drawn the attention of people in the tourism industry worldwide.
• Participants in CITM come from all sectors of the travel industry including international and domestic tourist organizations, travel agencies, hotels, airlines and related travel companies.
• The CITM Organizing Committee is sparing no effort to invite, through various channels, buyers with strong competitiveness from China (including Hong Kong SAR, Macao SAR, and Taiwan Province) and other countries and regions in the world, to participate in the mart. Strict participation conditions and invitation procedures will guarantee the quality of buyers, so that the participants will surely enjoy the great benefit at CITM.
• Professional trade days will be arranged exclusively for registered delegates so as to ensure your participation in CITM valuable.