CHINA TRAVEL NEWS

During the period of May 13th to 26th, the Sanya Tourism Board held the Sanya Food Festival in Dubai, the Sanya Food & Culture Exchange and Promotion Week, a tourism promotion event, and business visits to tourism associations, enterprises, and chambers of commerce representatives and other activities to show Sanya’s unique tourism resources, cultural charms comprehensively.

Shanghai Disney Resort and China Eastern Airlines jointly unveiled a new Zootopia-themed airplane, the Disney Zootopia Express, in Shanghai on May 24.

The airplane, part of an ongoing alliance between the resort and the airline, is the sixth Disney-themed aircraft to join China Eastern Airlines’ fleet.

New York City is one of several major US cities to sign tourism partnership agreements with sister cities in China.

The president of New York City Tourism and Conventions, Fred Dixon, said: “We’re very optimistic that the market will recover strongly this year and we think we will be close to full recovery next year, perhaps even beyond.”

Atour’s net revenues for the first quarter of 2024 increased by 89.7% to RMB1,468 million (US$203 million) from RMB774 million for the same period of 2023, mainly driven by the growth in machined hotel and retail businesses.

Adjusted net income (non-GAAP)1 for the first quarter of 2024 increased by 63.4% year-over-year to RMB261 million (US$36 million), compared with RMB160 million for the same period of 2023.

Christopher J. Nassetta, president and chief executive officer of Hilton and national chair of the United States Travel Association, visited China this week to attend the 14th China-US Tourism Leadership Summit in Xi’an, Shaanxi province.

“China is a significant contributor to the global travel economy, and represents Hilton’s next largest market outside of the United States,” said Nassetta.