On October 24, 2013, the four-day 2013 China International Travel Mart (CITM) was held in Kunming International Convention and Exhibition Center. CITS Head Office and CDFG jointly participated in the Exhibition, which drew widespread public attention.
In the morning of October 24, as part of a benchmarking enterprise in the domestic duty-free industry and travel retail industry, CDFG exhibited the Haitang Bay International Shopping Mall project and Kunming Airport Duty Free Shop project in the No. 5 Exhibition Hall of the Kunming International Convention and Exhibition Center. Through detailed advertising material and professional service, CDFG demonstrated a good enterprise and brand image to domestic and foreign professional visitors and the audience from a variety of different circles.
The CDFG’s exhibition stand was prominently located in the Kunming International Convention and Exhibition Center. In response to the concept of “encouraging frugality” in this CITM, the design of CDFG’s exhibition stand adopted a simple but fashionable style. It allowed the audience to fully understand CDFG and the Haitang Bay International Shopping Mall project, and demonstrate CDFG’s practical style. During the enterprise demonstration and interaction session, CDFG made an onsite introduction to its 30 years of development, the implementation of the Hainan off-island duty-free policy, the operational progress of Sanya Duty Free Store, the situation of the Haitang Bay project and the basic information of Kunming Airport Duty Free Shop. During this session, many domestic and foreign buyers, media reporters and other exhibitors stopped and made inquiries, asking for more information. The interactions resulted in a very positive effect.
In the afternoon of October 25, Mr. Du Jiang, Deputy Director of the National Tourism Administration, visited the exhibition stand of CITS head office and CDFG. He affirmed the staff’s professional dedication and the friendly atmosphere for negotiation. Meanwhile, Mr. Du Jiang also inquired the construction progress of Haitang Bay project and he anticipated that the project would be put into operation soon.
At the end of last year, the “12th Five-Year Plan for the Service Industry” pointed out that the tourist industry will primarily develop into a strategic pillar industry during the “12th Five-Year Plan” period. Despite sluggish global economic growth, as the leading enterprise in China’s duty-free industry, CDFG seized the opportunity arising from China’s steady economic development, and continuously strengthened the operation of the group, all so that it keeps rising in the world’s duty-free industry. In addition to the opportunities brought to China’s duty-free industry by the growth of Chinese outbound tourists and the development of inbound tourism, CDFG will also take advantage of the CITM, make full use of the communication opportunities between domestic and foreign tourism enterprises, and advertise CDFG’s major projects to tourism enterprises and tourists. At the same time, CDFG will keep forging large-scale retail platforms to provide higher quality service to domestic and foreign tourists, and to further improve the overall image of China’s duty-free industry while leading the development of the industry.