{"id":115238,"date":"2015-05-11T12:20:49","date_gmt":"2015-05-11T12:20:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=115238"},"modified":"2015-05-11T12:20:49","modified_gmt":"2015-05-11T12:20:49","slug":"chinese-company-treats-6400-employees-to-french-vacation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=115238","title":{"rendered":"Chinese company treats 6,400 employees to French vacation"},"content":{"rendered":"
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More than 6,000 employees of Tiens Group — a Chinese conglomerate — were given the VIP treatment on an all expenses paid trip to France to celebrate the company’s 20th birthday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The tour group — the largest to visit the country — was given a private tour of the Louvre museum and a private shopping session at luxury department store Galeries Lafayette during their four-day trip, reported French news agency Agence France-Presse.<\/p>\n

After two days in Paris, the group headed down to the southern resort town of Nice on Friday, where they also broke a Guinness World Record for forming the largest human sentence.<\/p>\n

All staff members lined up on the waterfront, Promenade des Anglais, to spell out the phrase “Tiens’ dream is nice in the C\u00f4te d’Azur” that was visible from above.<\/p>\n

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The Chinese company broke a Guinness World Record for building the largest human sentence in Nice, France.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

According to local media, the company booked 4,760 rooms in 79 hotels between Cannes and Monaco, and 146 tour buses.<\/p>\n

“We have mobilized public services as well as tourism professionals, hotels, restaurants, shops and designer brands,” Christian Mantel, head of the French tourism development agency told AFP.<\/p>\n

It’s estimated that the group will spend $15 million during their visit added Mantel, and France is seen to reap up to $20 million in total economic benefits.<\/p>\n

Chinese tourists, who are known to be the world’s biggest holiday spenders, are said to spendan average of $7,200 when they go overseas.<\/p>\n

It’s not the first time a Chinese company has arranged for massive tours overseas. Last year, a group of 7,000 made a trip to the U.S. to celebrate the 35th anniversary of Sino-U.S. diplomatic ties.<\/p>\n

Tiens Group operates in a diverse range of business interests, including biotechnology, tourism and trade.<\/p>\n

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Source: CNN<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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