Annual Naqu Horse Rase Festival held during Aug. 10-15

It is said that the Horse Rase Festival at Naqu area will be held during this Aug. 10-15 2009, which is the the most important folk festival in Tibet. Thousands of Tibetan will dress themselves and take their finest horse to attend the archery and horsemanship contest. Other folk activities and commodity fairs are also held. Are you interesting in this? Follow me, i am pleasant to give you some suggestion.
Usuaully, this takes 2 days trip out of Lhasa,
D1, at 9am leave Lhasa, on the way stop at Damxung(Dngxiong) for Lake Namtso(beautiful with its azure water and surrounding snow capped peaks), reach Naqu around 5pm. Overnight at the 2-star hotel (best available)
D2, get up earlier, drive out of Naqu twon (15km) to watch the grand Horse Rase Festival , return back Lhasa in the afternoon.
Travel tips:
Naqu area is over 4000 meters,
There will be 6-8 hours driving one way
The local accommodation service and facility is poor
The date might be changed according to the weather, so if it is possible, we highly suggest you staying for 5-7 days around Tibet (extending to Gyatze or Shigatse), then we could adjust accordingly.

So come with China Highlights, you could experience the beautiful natural landscapes and real Tibetan culture.
Karen

I like Taobao

I have a friend who opened a shop in Taobao and one day I happened to use its data base system, I have to say, it is really convenient and personalized.
I am a people like leaning new things however still some slow in learning IT skills. Even so, I found the system is very easy to learn and I am very willing to learn.
First, all the indexes are named in very common language. It is the words that do not need to think a while and wondering maybe you understanding is wrong.
Second, all the indexes are designed very logically and clean, or in most people’s expectations. Most people who ever used computers know where to find things even not taught by others.
Third, the system must be the people who used that since the more deep you use it, more details comes out and all are prepared well for you.
I think that is why Taobao could be our 1st choice if we want to shop from internet. We typed taobao,com, not search from some search engine.

My Malysia Trip

I just came back from my Malaysia tour and until today its clean environment are still in my mind.
There are fewer people in Malysia, for Langkawi, just 60 to 70 thousand people. So you can imagine how quiet and nice a town would be. For Penang, it is the 2nd large city in Malysia, however even so, it is in good control and never have traffic jam.
The other thing that left deep impression to me is that no matter how small a town is, like Malaka, there are still very modern supermarkets and also almost all the buildings are just one floor. Most family has its own house. But just one floor. It is a small but comfortable and convenient town. While in China, a small town means undeveloped and dirty and messed. Then the people in small town dreamed to big cities, so big cities are always crowded.
Since Malysia has a long history of under controlled by English people, almost all their people can speak English. So if you can speak English, travelling yourself is not a problem.
This time is our 1st time to travelling aboard, It really enlarged our vision. We plan another overseas visiting this year. Any of you have good suggestions?

Chinese Games before Gala Dinner

After our annual conference, more than 300 hundred employees celebrated together by participating fun games before the gala dinner. Here are some pictures of our employees enjoying the games.

A Team Work

Pick glass ball with chopsticks

Walk with Pingpong ball on the Pingpong bat

Play Pingpong ball

Hit the target with eyes closed

Circle my gifts

Chinese riddles

Blow candal lights

Walk in bag

CITS Guilin Annual Conference 2009

CITS Guilin held its annual conference in Guilin Plaza Hotel on January 15th, 2009.

During the conference, managers of different departments in CITS Guilin did reports about their business in 2008 and their plans in 2009.

China Highlights shared the prize of Outstanding Department with Market Department, and six of China Highlights staff got the prize of Outstanding Individual.

2008 is a special year to both China and the world. China Highlights will overcome all difficulties and improve our service continuously in 2009

Welcome to China, Welcome to join China Highlights tour!

The General Manager of CITS Guilin Jing Jiping is doing a report about the business of CITS Guilin in 2009

Six of China Highlights staff (from left to right Jean, Lussie, David, Natasha, Alex and Sugar) are accepting the prize of Outstanding Individual

Staff of CITS Guilin are dining together after the annual conference

Hillary Clinton with China Highlights Ten Years ago

Picture of Mrs. Hillary Clinton and Rachel Qin, one of China Highlights travel advisors.1998

It has been 10 years since Mrs. Hillary Clinton visited China with the Formal President Bill Clinton. Rachel Qin, one of the travel advisors from China Highlights, was appointed by our government to take part in the reception of the President team.

Mrs. Hillary Clinton is now the Secretary of The United States. She looks as young as what she looks 10 years ago, we wish her the best success in her career and we hope that she will have time to visit China again.

Hillary Clinton, picture of 2008

Government closed train tickets reservation for travel agency during the spring festival

One of the reasons for many travelers to use a travel agency in China is because only travel agencies were able to book train tickets in advance. But this is not true during the period of the Chinese Spring festival. Our government has stopped the booking system for travel agency to book train tickets in advance for their customers.

 

Millions of Chinese migrant workers are now jamming in train stations to buy tickets home for the Lunar New Year holiday. Chinese New Year, or Spring Festival, is the biggest of two "Golden Week" holidays, giving migrant workers their only chance of the year of returning to their home provinces with gifts for the family, the biggest movement of humanity in the world. The holiday begins on January 26. The second Golden Week of the year celebrates National Day on Oct 1. Beijing station, one of three in the city, has added 35 daily departures and arrivals each to its normal 105 to accommodate the surge, a station worker said. Chinese airlines also expect to carry 12 percent more passengers this holiday compared with 2008, or some 24.2 million people, an aviation official said in a webcast on government website www.gov.cn.

Birthday Celebration at China Highlights

It is finally my birthday. As usual, China Highlights bought me a cake for us to share and a bunch of flowers for me to take home. Thank you all for the lovely birthday song that you sung for me today. By the way, my family members will celebrate my birthday according to the lunar calendar which is usually different from the Western calendar.

Whose Birthday

Hi, guess whose birthday today? See nice pictures you will know it. The manager of ChinaHighlights, Victor's birthday! Let's say Thank You to Victor for creating such a harmonial and peaceful office for us!

The Suppliers Conference 2008 of China Highlights Held on January 6

China Highlights 2008 Suppliers Quality Control Conference was held on January 6th, 2009. Over 50 suppliers from all over China were invited to attend the annual conference.

 

China Highlights held the conference over the internet via video link this year. The General Manager of China Highlights, Victor Shu, said thank you to all attendees for their efforts over the past year. The conference included the conclusion of 2008 report, explanation of the new service standard and a discussion forum. Customer satisfaction and customer care were looked at by the attendees and high goals were set.

 

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