A Chinese billionaire has taken 6,400 of his staff on a four day holiday to France which finished with a world-record breaking human chain in the Cote D'Azur.
Tiens Group Company Chairman Li Jinyuan booked up 140 hotels in Paris where the group visited the Louvre and various cultural sites in one of the world's most famous and revered cities.
The huge group of tourists then made their way to the glamorous Cote D'Azur, where Li Jinyuan booked 4,760 rooms in 79 four-and five-star hotels in Cannes and Monaco.
Li Jinyuan, 57, is listed as a
billionaire on the Forbes rich list and took more than half of his staff
to the region to celebrate the 20-year anniversary of the founding of
the company
The Louvre, pictured, is arguably the
most famous art gallery in the world and France is the most visited
country in the world, according to UN figures. Figures show that
1.7million people visited from China in 2013
It took 147 buses to take the
tourists from their hotels to the Promenade des Anglais in Nice, where
Guinness World Record officials where on hand to validate the world's
biggest ever human chain
It
took 147 buses to take the tourists from their hotels to the Promenade
des Anglais in Nice, where Guinness World Record officials where on hand
to validate the world's biggest ever human chain.
The
6,400 employees arranged themselves to spell out the phrase 'Tiens'
dream is Nice in the Cote d'Azur', to celebrate 20 years of partnership
between the Chinese company and the French region.
France is expected to be 33million Euros better off thanks to the all-expenses-paid staff trip.
The group were expected to spend 13million in Paris, home of the Eiffel Tower, the Arc De Triomph and The Louvre.
Nice
was expected to be 20million better off thanks to the visit - and many
of the guests stayed in hotels Cannes, where the famous film festival is
to be held next week, and Monaco, long known for being a playground of
the rich and famous.
Li
Jinyuan, 57, is listed as a billionaire on the Forbes rich list and
took more than half of his staff to the region to celebrate the 20-year
anniversary of the founding of the company.
The Tiens Group Company Chairman Li
Jinyuan booked up 140 hotels in Paris where the group visited the Louvre
and various cultural sites in the capital
The 6,400 employees arranged
themselves to spell out the phrase 'Tiens' dream is Nice in the Cote
d'Azur', to celebrate 20 years of partnership between the Chinese
company and the French region
The huge group then made their way to
the glamorous Cote D'Azur, where Li Jinyuan booked 4,760 rooms in 79
four-and five-star hotels in Cannes and Monaco
According
to the company, he founded the company in 1995 international
conglomerate with businesses in biotechnology, health management,
e-commerce, hotel and tourism among others.
Source indicates that France,
which is struggling to revive its economy, is the most visited country
in the world, according to the latest UN figures, and is seeing an
increasing number of tourists from China.
Almost
85 million foreigners a year support a 150billion Euro industry that
delivers seven per cent of the nation's GDP, according to government
figures.
In
2013, the vast majority of visitors to France were from other European
countries, but about 3.1 million came from the United States and 1.7
million from China.
France is expected to be 33million
Euros better off thanks to the all-expenses-paid staff trip. They're
estimated to have spent 20million in Nice alone
In 2013, the vast majority of visitors
to France were from other European countries, but about 3.1 million
came from the United States and 1.7 million from China
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