Home > > Fosun-Thomas Cook JV aims at affluent Chinese travelers

Fosun-Thomas Cook JV aims at affluent Chinese travelers

09/12/2016| 11:13:59 AM| 中文

Thomas Cook set up a high-end travel agency with Fosun in a bid to capture a more lucrative slice of China’s booming vacation market.

Thomas Cook, Europe’s second-largest tour operator, set up a high-end Chinese travel agency with minority shareholder Fosun International in a bid to capture a more lucrative slice of China’s booming vacation market.

The agency will sell overseas holidays to the wealthiest 20% of Chinese travelers, and guide them beyond major European destinations, aiming to make China a “substantial” part of Thomas Cook’s business.

Shanghai-based Fosun expects the number of Chinese traveling outside the country to grow by as much as 20% annually.

Fosun, which owns 8.2 percent of 180-year-old British operator Thomas Cook, will use its resources globally to support the tour operator’s online travel services and other areas.

The companies also announced that the London-based operator and Fosun-owned Club Mediterranee will set up closer tie. The companies have also launched a fund -- mostly financed by Fosun -- allowing Thomas Cook to buy as many as 50 hotels.

Read original article

TAGS: Thomas Cook | Fosun | Club Med | middle class | outbound tourism
©2022 广州力矩资讯科技有限公司 粤ICP备06070077号
Tell us more about yourself!