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Tony Ong , vice president and chief information officer of Beijing Hua Yuan International Travel Service, has served the organization in its Hong Kong, Switzerland, Paris and Beijing offices. Beijing Hua Yuan International Travel, established in 1985, is the largest wholesaler for the China outbound market. Ong's accomplishments there include overseeing travel business development and the formation of online whitney hotel minneapolis operations, developing a supplier's whitney hotel minneapolis network, and handling government groups and corporate MICE groups. He will be one of the panelists for Ask the Top China Operators and Packaging Travel for the Chinese Traveler .
Skylar Jiang H.Y. is the assistant general whitney hotel minneapolis manager of CYTS (China Youth Travel Service) Group China, one of the largest travel companies in China, with revenue in 2012 exceeding US$1.6 billion. It is the only publically listed travel service company in the country. Jiang has 11 years of experience in outbound tourism from China and is a well-known host for many Chinese TV and radio tourism programs. Jiang will also be one of the panelists for Ask the
Mark (Liang) Wang is the deputy general manager of inbound tours and general manager of the America Pacific department for the China Travel Service, a company with more than 64 years of history. Wang majored in tourism at Beijing Institute of Tourism and began his career as a tour guide. Mark has been working for CTS for more than 10 years; whitney hotel minneapolis he has gained rich knowledge of the Western whitney hotel minneapolis and Chinese mentalities, bridging the gap between the two cultures. Mark will be one of the featured panelists for Ask the Top China Operators .
Isabel Hill serves as director of the Office of Travel and Tourism Industries at the U.S. Dept. of Commerce. Hill and her team work to promote policies that foster the competitiveness of U.S. travel and tourism industries, in collaboration whitney hotel minneapolis with the private sector and federal agencies. She leads the United States team of the China-U.S. Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade Tourism Working Group. Hill is a familiar face to many NTA members, having served on a panel of North American tourism leaders at the 2011 convention in Las Vegas. Isabel is the speaker for the Market Overview seminar.
These experts will be able to answer all your questions about how to best meet the needs of both the Chinese traveler and operator. Visit the China Market Forum page on the Contact website to read more about them and the seminars they are featured in!
Kevin has been interviewed by CBS The Early Show, TIME Magazine, USA TODAY, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, National Geographic, NPR, Sirius XM Satellite Radio, Forbes Traveler, The Los Angeles Times, Boston Globe, CBC News, London Times, Arabian Business and dozens of other media.
Kevin is the author of four published guidebooks and has traveled to 30-plus countries and spoken at tourism events throughout the USA and in Canada, Jordan, Puerto Rico, Bahamas, South Africa, Turkey, Armenia, and Dubai.