Sentences with phrase «golden weeks»

6.15 million Chinese travelled abroad during Chinese New Year 2017, the first of two Golden Weeks each year.1 That... Continue reading >

For a few golden weeks in November, U.S. stock markets loved Donald Trump.

Japan has kicked off Golden Week holidays which tends to subdue trading activity.

Marriott International Asia Pacific's Craig Smith talks about the Golden Week holidays, tourism in China and Marriott's Starwood acquisition.

All told, more than 700 million in China traveled during the semi-annual Golden Week holiday from Oct. 1 to Oct. 8, according to the government.

Domestic travel destinations were popular among Chinese tourists during the Golden Week holiday this year.

Just as the Chinese National Day «golden week» holiday came to an end, over 40,000 industry leaders, technology professionals and developers from 58 countries have descended on Hangzhou for what will be the conference of the year for many.

Forex market conditions have been thin with Tokyo markets having been closed today, and will also be absent tomorrow as part of the «Golden Week» holiday period.

More people spent China's «Golden Week» holiday on Thai beaches than in Hong Kong malls.

With three weeks to go, here are 11 tips to boost your sales during Golden Week.

With Air China set to launch a new direct route between Beijing and Athens at the end of September 2017 — just in time for Golden Week — we foresee Athens to rise in popularity with mainland tourists, especially as this new non-stop flight will slash flight time to merely 10.5 hours.15

That marks a 2.5 % y - o - y increase1, which bodes well for the National Day Golden Week — the second Golden Week of 2017 — that is coming up soon.

In fact, the 2015 National Day Golden Week saw businesses in Japan and the UK raking in an estimated $ 830 million and $ 770 million, respectively, from Chinese visitors.4, 5

This bonanza holds true for real estate as well, as the Golden Week holiday is a prime sales season when Chinese traditionally leverage the week - long holiday to property hunt, and is also a period that Chinese developers capitalise on to market new real estate projects.

Based on a recent study by Ctrip, the most popular destinations for Chinese this National Day Golden Week are Thailand, Japan, and the US, followed by Singapore, Australia, Canada, Vietnam, Italy, Russia, and Malaysia.2

Seeing as H1 2017 already has seen 5.65 million Chinese travellers lavishing 290 million baht ($ 8.75 million) 6, this aim seems well achievable, particularly as Thailand is not only one of the most popular vacation spots for Chinese in general, but was also voted the # 1 holiday destination for Chinese this National Day Golden Week by Ctrip.

Now with the post-Brexit impact that has seen the RMB strengthening by close to 10 % against the British Pound, Chinese tourists are already flocking towards the UK.22 In fact, Chinese demand for UK properties have surged post-Brexit as well, so you can bet that the UK will be on the list for Chinese this Golden Week.

Golden Week is coming, and that's an opportunity for anyone selling property to Chinese buyers.

For example, the following chart from the article suggests that the gold price plunged from the $ 1140s to around $ 1105 during the 2015 «Golden Week» holidays and then quickly recouped its losses after China's markets re-opened, but that's not the case.

In Japan, we will have a golden week from this weekend, so I have already felt relaxed.

The «Golden Week» is from 1st to 7th October every year, so what actually happened was that the gold price fell from the $ 1140 ′ s down to around $ 1115 during the days leading up to the 2015 «Golden Week» (while China was open for business) and then rebounded to the $ 1140s while China was on holiday.

Enjoy golden week in Japan.

Likewise, during Lunar New Year and the National Day golden week periods, mainland China will usually arrange for seven - day consecutive holidays by reshuffling workdays and weekends.

Chinese overseas property website Juwai.com predicts 6 million Chinese will travel overseas during the Golden Week holiday, reports SA Real Estate News (29 September 2017).

Over half of Chinese travelling out of China during the Chinese New Year Golden Week intend to hunt for international property, reports ChinaDaily (26 January 2017).

Did you know, Labour Day was once a 7 - day public holiday known as the third Golden Week in China?

Container box freight rates may face a normal seasonal dip in Q4, after the Golden Week holidays, but a quick recovery is possible for short - haul routes in the Atlantic amid extra EU sugar demand.

Recent research published in The New England Journal of Medicine showed that in Germany, Japan and the US, holiday celebrations such as Thanksgiving and Golden Week do lead to weight gain.

Children's Day is a Japanese holiday and event in Animal Crossing: New Leaf occurring on May 5th, part of the Golden Week in Japan.

However, this most likely won't last very long, and sales are expected to drop again starting next week (though the last three days of the Golden Week might help to compensate).

There is also a Totally Digital sale that has started along with the Golden Week sale.

It looks like we can safely expect sales to reach 1.5 million units thanks to the Golden Week in late April / early May.

This past week of game sales in Japan is the worst the industry has seen since 2001, despite following Golden Week.

Alongside the previously revealed Double Discount Sale, the library has been expanded through to the Golden Week Sale.

It will be interesting to see how Nintendo Labo fares in the upcoming weeks and months, especially with the Golden Week just around the corner (which usually favours family - friendly titles).

It's pretty likely the 500 000 units milestone will be reached during the Golden Week, which starts at the end of the month (next week, basically).

Considering the anime series ends this week, it's unlikely, but it's a bit too early to say for sure: we will have to wait until the Golden Week has come and gone!

It will be interesting to see if sales remain down Year on Year during the Golden Week, though there's no doubt the post-Golden Week period will be much better this year: shortages lead to really poor sales in May and June (it wasn't until Splatoon 2 was released that sales truly recovered), and the line - up is much stronger this year.

But if there's no significant impact on sales during the Golden Week, the Summer holidays, and the end of year holiday season, then it's another story... but one that isn't meant to be told right now!

Another game that will get a healthy boost during the Golden Week, though it will not really need it to reach 1.5 million units (it's currently sitting at 1 484 644 units sold).

The Nintendo Switch 34 165 units this week: a steady amount, which seems to imply Nintendo is focused on the Golden Week.

Usually, we would not expect sales to improve until the Golden Week (which starts next week), but with the release of Nintendo Labo on Friday, it's safe to expect sales to increase during Week 16.

Those steady sales bode pretty well for the Golden Week, which will be the second one for this game... and it's once again going to be among the top - sellers!

Sony has kicked off the Golden Week Sale on the PlayStation Store, offering discounts of up to 60 percent off PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, and Vita games.

As announced over at the PlayStation Blog, it's «Golden Week» on the PSN and that means discounts on Japanese - inspired games and movies...

The Golden Week sale went live on PSN today, discounting several popular Japanese games by as much as 60 %, with an additional 5 % or 10 % taken off for PS + members.

It's not guaranteed they will resurface in the upcoming weeks (before the Golden Week), especially if Nintendo Switch shortages continue.

Sales in the upcoming weeks (up until early may, past the Golden Week) will tell us if we can expect Mario Sports Superstars to sell on the long run or not.

Golden Week starts in Japan next week, and Sony is celebrating with discounts on Japan - inspired titles.

That was the much awaited Golden Week, which means that sales were expected to go up a bit, despite the fact that the only new release was Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze.