Just received an email from David Temple who along with Ian McAnerin have been planning the upcoming China Search Marketing Tour that will take place during Search Engine Strategies in China conference. While the conference only runs two days (May 25th-26th) the tour runs from May 19th thru the 28th - 10 glorious days in China. The reason for David's email was to announce that they are offering an early bird discount of $500 until March 5, at 5pm EST.

The China Search Marketing Tour can be customized to fit your schedule. Participants will be exposed to a variety of business, cultural and social events as well as learn about the search engine marketing landscape in China, the world's fastest growing Internet market. They will be visiting the fascinating cities of Beijing, Shanghai, Xiamen and Hong Kong meeting with search engine marketing business executives from around the world. More on the actual itinerary can be found here.

Cost is $2,750 per person and includes the following:

• 4 & 5 Star Hotels (In room high speed access at all hotels)
• Additional guides/translators
• Networking events
• Business meetings
• Transportation to and from airport
• Transportation to and from all events
• Flight Beijing to Shanghai, Xiamen, Hong Kong
• All Meals except lunch and dinner at SES
• SES Platinum Pass included ($600)
• Entrance fees at all tourist sites

The tour is limited to only 35 participants total with only 17 spots left at the writing of this post. So if you are planning to attend SES China and want to make the trip a much more interesting and memorable experience, better hurry and sign up before all spots are filled. If you weren't planning on attending SES China, the China Search Marketing Tour might be a good reason to change your mind.

Sounds like a great deal to me. Wish I could go but just can't this year. Possibly next year.


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