Chinese Tourism – COTRI’s Launching in Portugal and Training Session

Edeluc organized COTRI’s Launching event and Training Session – Chinese Tourists Welcoming Training Program

COTRI is a renowned and the world’s leading independent research institute for information, training, quality assessment, research, and consulting relating to the Chinese outbound tourism market, and also does the communication in the Chinese social media and in the Tourism sector in China. In Portugal, we organized two launching events, in Lisbon and in Oporto, on May 29th and 30th. The Portuguese-Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCIL-C) was our partner and Turismo de Portugal made a presentation. Professor Wolfgang Georg Arlt, a sinologist and tourism expert as well as a researcher with more than 30 years of business and academic experience in Chinese tourism, and COTRI’s founder, was the person lecturing both training sessions.

In Lisbon

In Oporto

Edeluc organizes events promoting Portugal as a tourist destination with Tourism of Portugal

In 2008, jointly with Tourism of Portugal and on the occasion of the visit of the State Secretary for Tourism Bernardo Trindade to China, Edeluc organized two events promoting Portugal as a tourist destination, in Beijing and Shanghai, on November 26^th and 28^th. The events, which attended more than 60 Chinese operators, consisted of a meeting on Portugal as a tourist destination, a dinner with Portuguese wines (sponsored by Carmim and the Adega de Borba) and a fado session with Vanessa Alves. The event also counted with the presence of the Portuguese Ambassador in Beijing, Mr. Quartin Santos, and the General Consul in Shanghai, Mr. João Maria Cabral, along with AICEP delegates from both cities.

Other events organized by EDELUC

• State Secretary of Commerce, Dr. Fernando Serrasqueiro, trip to China
• Mayor of Weifang – trip to Lisbon and Europe, with Weichai Power CEO and Yaxing Chemicals CEO
• EPZ Presentation with APIFER and Águeda Industrial Association
  
• Banco Privado Português (BPP) Seminar to clients
  
• Lunch in Beijing with Chinese CEOs of major companies and the Portuguese PM José Sócrates
  

Seminar – Portuguese-Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCIL-C) and Portuguese-Chinese Association of Commerce and Industry

Seminar at D. Pedro Hotel (Lisbon) – Launching of the EPZ project with Portuguese-Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCIL-C) and Portuguese-Chinese Association of Commerce and Industry

Seminar with Siemens China CEO

Seminar with Siemens China CEO.

Mr. Wang Pei Fu’s Trip to Europe

Mr. Wang Pei Fu’s trip to Europe, CEO of Weifang High Technology Development Zone.

Business Trip with Mayor of Tomar

Business trip with Mayor of Tomar to Weifang (Shandong – China).

Road-Show in Europe

Road-Show around Europe for EPZ presentation – Seminars in Brussels, Antwerp, Milan and Madrid

Meeting in Portugal

Meeting at Edeluc’s office, in Lisbon, with Chinese businessmen and visiting a pharmaceutical company.

Meeting wit the CCP Secretary, in Lisbon

Meeting with the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) Secretary, Mr. Zhang Xinqi and Mr. Jaime Gama, in Lisbon.

Trip MBA Católica University

In 2007, MBA Católica University trip to China.

China International Small and Medium Entreprises Fair

China International Small and Medium Entreprises Fair – September 2007

Trip with the State Secretary of Commerce

April 2006, trip to China with the State Secretary of Commerce.

Trip with Businessmen

November 2005, trip to China, with Portuguese businessmen.

Visit with Mayor of Tomar

April 2005, visiting China with the Mayor of Tomar.