{"id":212478,"date":"2016-05-08T18:09:50","date_gmt":"2016-05-08T18:09:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=212478"},"modified":"2016-05-08T18:09:50","modified_gmt":"2016-05-08T18:09:50","slug":"chinese-billionaire-boss-treats-2500-staff-to-7m-euro-vacation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=212478","title":{"rendered":"Chinese billionaire boss treats 2,500 staff to 7m euro vacation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Li Jinyuan, a generous Chinese billionaire boss who took 6,400 of his staff to France and Monaco last year, has done it again – this time taking his employees to Madrid.<\/p>\n

This year, the group comprises 2,500 people and will be spending five days in Spain, according to\u00a0People’s Daily Online.<\/p>\n

The trip, which also includes visits to Toledo and Barcelona, is estimated to have cost 7million euros (\u00a35.52million).<\/p>\n

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Hola Espana: The generous Chinese billionaire boss who took 6,400 of his staff to the South of France last year has done it again – this time taking his employees to Madrid<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Group travel: There were 2,500 employees on this trip. They arrived in Madrid on May 5 on 20 separate chartered flights from China<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Culture: The group were met at the airport by journalists as well as a man and woman in dressed as flamenco dancers (pictured)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Bus tour: Reports said 70 different tour buses were hired to take the visitors on various cultural trips around Madrid (pictured)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

According to reports, the employees of Tiens Group arrived in Madrid on May 5 on 20 separate chartered flights.<\/p>\n

From Madrid, the group will take a day trip to the historic municipality of Toledo.<\/p>\n

They’re scheduled to visit Barcelona on board four high-speed trains on May 8, before returning to China on May 10.<\/p>\n

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Although details of their itinerary hasn’t been unveiled, they are said to be taking part in a host of different cultural activities.<\/p>\n

A total of 1,650 hotel rooms have been booked for their stay while 70 tour buses were hired to transport them to different attractions.<\/p>\n

The annual holiday celebrates the 21st anniversary of the company.<\/p>\n

It’s not clear whether the billionaire head of the group Li Jinyuan was actually part of the group.<\/p>\n

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Booked out:\u00a0A total of 1,650 hotel rooms have been booked for their stay. The group will also go on to Barcelona in four high-speed trains<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Bored: As can be expected on a tour group of such a large size, there was a lot of waiting around at the airport before things go going<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Happy: The new arrivals look very happy to have landed in the Spanish capital as they wave for the cameras at Madrid Airport<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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A Spanish welcome: Two flamenco dancers were at the airport with flowers to greet the group. They will travel on to Barcelona on May 8<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u00a0Working hard: While the employees are having fun, group director\u00a0Li Zongmin (fourth from left) was busy meeting\u00a0Madrid’s city mayor Manuela Carmena (fourth from right)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

However, his son and group director Li Zongmin was reported meeting\u00a0Madrid’s city mayor Manuela Carmena on behalf of him.<\/p>\n

This is not the first time employees of the conglomerate Tiens Group have been taken on holiday by their generous employer.<\/p>\n

Last year, MailOnline reported that Li Jinyuan himself chaperoned 6,400 of his employees to Paris and\u00a0Cote d’Azur.<\/p>\n

He booked up 140 hotels in Paris and another 79 in Cannes and Monaco for the extravagant trip.<\/p>\n

All of the employees were wearing the company uniform to form the world’s longest human chain.<\/p>\n

Taking thousands of employees on incentives holidays seems to be a new trend this year for Chinese companies.<\/p>\n

Earlier this week, MailOnline Travel reported that 8,000 employees of Chinese healthcare company Zhongmai were being taken to South Korea this weekend for a ginseng chicken soup party.<\/p>\n

In March, MailOnline also reported that a beauty company, Aurance Group had taken 6,000 of its employees to South Korea for a beer and fried chicken party.<\/p>\n

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

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