Brand USA and United Airlines promote US to Chinese tour operators and tourists

ʻO Brand USA, ka hui kūʻai huakaʻi huakaʻi no ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, me ka hui pū ʻana me United Airlines, i hoʻokipa i kāna huakaʻi kamaʻāina Kina mua loa (MegaFam).

Ua komo ka MegaFam he 50 mau mea hoʻokele kaʻahele kaulana mai nā wahi ma Kina, me Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Chengdu, Xian, Hangzhou, Nanjing, Wenzhou, a me Chongqing.


“We’ve been working with our partners for some time to host a familiarization tour of qualified tour operators from China as part of the U.S.–China Tourism Year  strategy,” said Thomas Garzilli, chief marketing officer for Brand USA. “The MegaFam provided top travel industry professionals, from locations throughout China, the opportunity to experience the United States to, through, and beyond gateway cities.”

Ua hāʻawi aku ʻo Brand USA ʻo China MegaFam i nā mākaʻikaʻi huakaʻi i nā kūlanakauhale ʻāina ʻo ʻAmelika e like me New York City, Chicago, a me Los Angeles, a me nā ʻike ma nā wahi kūloko i hiki ke maʻalahi i nā kūlanakauhale ʻīpuka e like me Stony Brook, N.Y.; Mystic, Conn.; Estes Paka, Colo.; Rapid City, S.D. a he nui hou aku. Ua hoʻopau ka China MegaFam me kahi hanana hope loa i mālama ʻia e Visit California ma Levi's Stadium ma Santa Clara, Calif.



Mahalo i nā papa mākaʻikaʻi hoa a me nā hui kūʻai huakaʻi e like me NYC & Company, Connecticut Office of Tourism, Discover Long Island, Visit Denver, Visit Houston, Travel Texas, Destination DC, Visit Baltimore, Visit Philly, Discover Lancaster, Choose Chicago, Illinois Office of ʻO ka mākaʻikaʻi, ka huakaʻi hele ma South Dakota, Discover Los Angeles, Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, a me Visit California, ua loaʻa i nā mea hoʻokele kaʻahele kahi hōʻike piha o nā mea a ʻAmelika e hāʻawi ai. "Mai ka ikaika o ko mākou mau kūlanakauhale nui a hiki i ka moʻomeheu o nā hiʻohiʻona kūʻokoʻa i ko mākou mau kūlanakauhale liʻiliʻi a hiki i ka plethora o nā huakaʻi e kali nei i ko mākou waho nui a me nā paka aupuni, hoʻoulu mau ʻia nā malihini e nā ʻano like ʻole o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa," wahi a Garzilli. .

"Ua hauʻoli mākou e hui pū me Brand USA e hoʻomau i ka manawa o ka US-China Tourism Year ma kēia MegaFam e hoʻolaha i ka United States i nā mākaʻikaʻi Kina," wahi a Walter Dias, ka luna hoʻomalu o United, Greater China & Korea Sales.

Hoʻohana ʻo United Airlines i nā mokulele ʻē aʻe o US-China, a i nā kūlanakauhale ʻoi aku ma Kina, ma mua o nā mokulele ʻē aʻe, a me nā lawelawe trans-Pacific mai Kina ma mua o nā mokulele US ʻē aʻe me nā ala he 17 a ʻoi aku ma mua o 100 mau mokulele i ʻAmelika mai ka ʻāina nui. Kina, Hong Kong a me Taiwan.

United began nonstop service to China in 1986 and in 2016 launched the first ever non-stop service from Xi’an to the United States and first Hangzhou-San Francisco nonstop flight. Currently, United serves Beijing with nonstop flights to airports in Chicago, New York/Newark, San Francisco and Washington-Dulles.  Service from Shanghai includes nonstop flights from Chicago, Guam, Los Angeles, New York/Newark and San Francisco. Service from Chengdu, Hangzhou and Xi’an includes nonstop flights from San Francisco. Service from Hong Kong includes nonstop flights from Chicago, Guam, Ho Chi Minh City, New York/Newark, San Francisco and Singapore.

Ma Kekemapa, e hoʻolauna ʻo United i kahi papa ʻoihana ʻo United Polaris hou loa ma nā mokulele intercontinental lōʻihi, e komo pū ana me nā alahele a pau o Kina a me ka ʻāina nui o ʻAmelika, e komo pū ana me Saks Fifth Avenue kahi moe maʻamau a me kahi ʻike meaʻai a me nā mea inu hou. e like me nā pahu hoʻomaha.

“Brand USA’s MegaFam program, a first for the U.S. travel industry, is one of the most effective ways to promote international tourism to the United States,” said Garzilli. “It is a highly successful program that has run repeatedly from Australia, Germany, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom.”  Since the program began in 2013, Brand USA has hosted more than 700 international travel agents and tour operators. MegaFam itineraries have included destinations in all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia.

Ua koho ʻo Pelekikena Obama a me ka Pelekikena Kina Xi Jinping i ka makahiki ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa - Kina i ka mahina ʻo Kepakemapa 2015 no ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i ka pilina pili mau a me ka hoʻomohala mau ʻana o ka huakaʻi US - Kina. Ke nānā aku nei ka Makahiki Makahiki i ka hoʻomaikaʻi like ʻana o ka huakaʻi a me nā ʻike mākaʻikaʻi, ka ʻike moʻomeheu, a me ka mahalo i nā kumuwaiwai kūlohelohe i loko o nā ʻoihana huakaʻi o nā ʻāina ʻelua a ma waena o nā huakaʻi US a me Kina. I Pepeluali, ua hana pū ʻo Brand USA me ka China National Tourism Administration a me ka US Department of Commerce e hoʻomaka i ka Makahiki Makahiki ma ka hoʻokipa ʻana i kahi leʻaleʻa ma Beijing e komo pū ana me kahi papahana aupuni a me ka ʻoihana kiʻekiʻe a me ka kuke ʻana a me ka ʻoliʻoli mai ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. . Ua mālama ʻia ka hanana i ka wā o ka huakaʻi kūʻai mua loa a Brand USA i Kina, kahi huakaʻi ʻekolu kūlanakauhale, kahi i ʻae ai i nā hui hoa 40 e hui a kūʻai aku i ko lākou mau wahi ponoʻī i nā ʻoihana huakaʻi Kina kaulana a me nā mea hoʻokele huakaʻi.

ʻO Brand USA ka ikaika hoʻonohonoho no ka ʻoihana huakaʻi a me ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi o US ma lalo o ka Makahiki Makahiki, e koi ana i nā kumuwaiwai a me nā ʻike i ka ʻoihana huakaʻi a me ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi o ʻAmelika e komo a hoʻohana i ka paepae o ka Makahiki Makahiki. No ka laʻana, he mea paahana pūnaewele i hoʻokuʻu ʻia ma mua o kēia makahiki i loaʻa nā kumuwaiwai e like me ka hohonu o ka mea kūʻai aku a me ka ʻike mākeke, ka hōʻailona Makahiki Makahiki, kahi alemanaka haku, nā wikiō mai ka Pelekikena Obama a me ke Kakauolelo Pritzker, nā manawa kūʻai kūʻai kolepa ʻo Brand USA a ʻoi aku. Ua hoʻokumu hou ʻo Brand USA i kahi papahana hoʻomaʻamaʻa "Kina mākaukau" i loaʻa i nā hoa āpau a ke hāʻawi nei ʻo Brand USA i nā ʻaha kūkā mākaʻikaʻi kūloko a puni ʻo ʻAmelika i ka makahiki e hiki mai ana.

He ikaika loa ʻo Brand USA ma Kina me ka kūʻai ʻana aku i nā mea kūʻai aku, ka huakaʻi huakaʻi huakaʻi hele, a me nā kahua kūʻai hui. Hoʻopili piha ʻia ke kūʻai aku ʻana o nā mea kūʻai aku i ka mākeke Kina a loaʻa i nā kikohoʻe koʻikoʻi a me ka noho ʻana ma waena o nā kahawai Kina i hoʻokumu ʻia a kū mai. No ka hiki ʻana i ka ʻoihana huakaʻi a me ka media huakaʻi a hui pū me ka US Embassy a me nā consulates, ua hoʻokumu ʻo Brand USA i nā keʻena hōʻike ma Beijing, Chengdu, Guangzhou, a me Shanghai. Hoʻohana ka nui o nā papahana kūʻai kolepa a Brand USA i kāna mau hoa hana ma Kina e hoʻohana i kēia mea hoʻolaha hoʻolaha a me nā wāwae kālepa.

Ua hoʻonui ʻia ka mokulele mokulele mai Kina a i ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i ka piʻi ʻana o ka noi huakaʻi inbound mai Kina a i USA. Wahi a nā helu helu mua i nānā ʻia e ka National Travel and Tourism Office (NTTO), ua hoʻokipa ʻo ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa ma kahi o 2.6 miliona mau malihini kipa mai Kina i 2015 - lilo ʻo ia ka ʻelima o ka mākeke honua nui loa e pili ana i ka kipa ʻana i ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. He 18% ka piʻi ʻana o kēia ma mua o 2014, he makahiki i ʻike ʻia he 21% ulu makahiki.

Ua hōʻike hou aku ʻo NTTO ʻo Kina ke kumu hoʻokahi o ka hoʻolimalima huakaʻi honua ma 2015. ʻO ka ʻoi aku o $30 biliona i hoʻolilo ʻia e nā malihini Kina ma mua o ka hoʻolimalima ʻana e nā malihini mai Kanada a me Mexico. Ma ka awelika, hoʻolilo ka Kina i $7,164 i kēlā me kēia huakaʻi US - ma kahi o 30% kiʻekiʻe ma mua o nā malihini kipa honua.
ʻO Kina ka helu hoʻokahi o ka mākeke honua e pili ana i ka huakaʻi a me nā huakaʻi huakaʻi o US - e hoʻohui ana ma kahi o $ 74 miliona i ka lā i ka ʻoihana US. Hoʻonoho kēia ʻano iā Kina ma ke ʻano o nā mākeke ulu kiʻekiʻe loa no ka USA.