On 18th, June 2016, All in CARAVANING 2016 (AIC 2016) unveiled at Beijing Exhibition Center. The exhibition was jointly hosted by Messe Düsseldorf (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., YASN International Exhibition Co., Ltd., China National Travel Service (HK) Group Corporation, The Recreational Vehicle Industry Committee of China Association of Automotive Manufacturers (CAAM) and China Self-Driving Tour and Camping & Caravaning Association (STCCA)of CTACA. At 9AM on 18th June, the 5th AIC started its annual 3-day caravan event formally, along with the ribbon-cutting ceremony. More than 50 journalists and numerous early visitors have witnessed this grand event together.
Established in 2012 and based in Beijing, AIC has expanded into the whole country and even the Asia market. Along with the development of China’s camping & caravaning industry in the past 5 years, AIC has been growing in size on an annual basis. This year, AIC increases two in-door exhibition halls, and the total number of indoor exhibition halls reaches 8. With a total exhibition area of 30,000 m2, it attracted 526 exhibitors. Industry famous brands covering the whole caravan, caravan accessories, campsites, outdoor recreation and tourism will be shown at the exhibition. Both old and new exhibitors will compete on the same stage, which adds much more color to the exhibition. In addition, it will enable visitors to look through popular caravans both home and abroad at one go and experience the new lifestyle of caravan tours themselves. Many caravan enterprises manufacturers including SAIC MAXUS, I4WD, Daloo, Daide Longtree, Shunlv, COSMOS and Tourist will also launch new caravans to celebrate the 5th anniversary of AIC, which can not be missed by caravan fans.
l Focusing on Innovation with Forward-looking Orientation, Aiming to Create Innumerous Business Opportunities
Innovation is AIC’s driving force for continuous improvement. To lead the golden era in which demand on caravans and camping services explodes, the host has launched a series of new projects this year. Whether you are professionals working in the caravan industry, or in the camping industry or just ordinary caravan lovers, you can always find activities you are interested in.
Mr. Christian Theis, Minister of German Ministry of Transport, Mr. Hermann Pfaff, president of Caravanning Industry Association of Germany and Mr. Stefan Koschke, project director of Caravan Salon Düsseldorf will deliver a seminar to introduce the development experience of Germany in terms of caravan policies, standards and marketing profiles. Famous accessory brands including Domestic, Truma, Iveco and Thule will launch their respective products and analyze the caravan accessory market. Loncen Caravan will introduce its cooperation experience with H&H R. V and share cases of introducing European caravan technologies to domestic caravan manufactures. RV Rental and RV Travel Routes Special Forum organized by campave.com will invite more than 50 caravan clubs and 100 camp sites to match resources one to one.
For Campsite activities, there is the China RV Campsite Resource and Capital Match-making Meeting. Organized by China Tourism Automobile & Cruise Association (CTACA), the meeting will invite representatives from more than 40 tourism administration sections at both the provincial and municipal level. At the RV international booth 2A11, Showcase of RV Campsites and Camping Routes will be hosted and eight enterprises including Sichuan 318 Auto Camp Motel, Yunnan Outdoor Travel Service Co., Ltd, and Xiangfa Investment Holdings Limited will introduce their new campsites or new routes. The 2016 China Campground Experience Program Brochure and China Campground Map 2016 will also be launched during the event. This year’s Camping Brochure for Caravan Lovers collects more than 370 high-quality campsites. For visitors who love camping, please do come to AIC 2016 and win the opportunity to get the Camping Brochure for Caravan Lovers and China Campground Map 2016, both of which have great practical values.
For those who intend to purchase caravans, you can participate in the Live Discussion at the FBLIFE booth W301. FBLIFE has invited influential players in the caravan industry to introduce caravan knowledge on site to caravan purchasers in a comprehensive way and work with 10 caravan vendors present to offer big discounts for caravan buyers.
Caravan lovers should not miss the speech by Mr. Kostya Abert, the senior caravan traveler in Germany. This time, he comes afar and shares through multi-media his stories of organizing caravan self-drive groups to travel from Europe to China.
Most of the major industry meetings and forums mentioned above are hosted at Hall 12. As for detailed agenda, please see the arrangement on-site.
l Cultural activities for attracting the general public and promoting caravan culture in depth
What attracts visitors most should be the caravan cultural activities which can be attended by a whole family. As the second day of the event (19th, June) coincides with Father’s Day, AIC will launch Father’s Day·Gratitude Season at Hall 11 caravan culture zone by cooperating with Dreamaker Theatre. With this activity, children will be able to give gifts to their fathers with their own hands. Of course, thrilling Carrera Racing Game is also a funny activity that can not be missed by little children. AIC has prepared lovely Special Passes for AIC Caravan and Camping Boy [girl] Scouts. Please remember to ask working personnel for such passes upon entrance of the exhibition.
At the caravan culture zone, there are also other activities including the rollout of CTS China RV Travel Life Guidebook, RV Photo and Works Demonstration by LiveZone RV Fans and China Campground Experience Program and RV Travel Routes Sharing Session. In addition, the old friend of AIC, the senior caravan traveler Mr. Zhang Laoye will issue his second book "Travel to Europe" by Self-drive on site. For those who are interested in caravan travel, they can also communicate with Mr. Zhang Laoye face to face at the caravan culture zone.
In addition, AIC will continue to host the activity for selecting “My Favorite Caravan Brand”. This is based on the votes of visitors. Therefore, please take the AIC’ Logo when left the show and stick the Logo on the caravan brands you like! We will conduct lucky draws and 10 visitors taking part in the activity will win gifts each day.
AIC 2016 will be hosted at Beijing Exhibition Center from 18th to 20th June, lasting for 3 days. For more information, please visit www.aicshow.com.
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