The China Study Tour plans are well under way. Updates will be posted below:

Visa Information

When completing the form for the Chinese Consulate in Vancouver, please remember the following:

• in Section 2, the purpose of your visit is "Tourism"
• in Section 4, please use the address of the Crowne Plaza Shanghai for your contact details.

Crowne Plaza Hotel SHANGHAI
400 PAN YU ROAD
SHANGHAI, 200052 CHINA
Hotel Front Desk: 86-21-61458888 | Hotel Fax: 86-21-62803353

Update August 12, 2009

Anyone up for a stop over in Tokyo??
 
Please see below for an offer with Japan Airlines. It looks like there will be about a 5hr stop over at Narita on the way to HK, enough for a quick tour of Tokyo.
 
Also, it looks like we need 15 people for the group deal. If anyone is interested in this please email china@mbasociety.ca, and also let us know how you rank the Cathay option and the Japan Airlines options, #1 and #2. If enough people would prefer the JAL option, we will see if they can extend the offer to a smaller group of 10 maybe.
 
We only have 6 people so far interested in the group rate with Cathay, so we do have to caution that neither group deal may be a go. We will leave it open until August 25th for the group deals.  If we don't have a large enough group by that date committed, we'll forget the group options.
 
Ahhh, the joy of having so many choices!

Update August 10, 2009:

Just a quick update on flights. There is still the possibility of the Cathay group deal, it is $1290 incl taxes (also includes the HK - Shanghai flight), but we need 10+ people committed, so far I only have 4.  If you are interested let me know, as soon as we have 10 people I will confirm that the rate is still valid, but I can't guarantee whether we will have enough people interested and whether the price will not change. 
 
The second option is booking your own flights, either through Air Canada or Cathay.  With the AC flight, you fly bak to YVR from Shanghai, but with Cathay you fly back to HK and then to Vancouver, so a longer trip back.  Some people have got good deals on AC, under $900, but remember that you also have to purchase a separate flight fr HK - Shanghai, which is around $300.
 
Any questions, let us know at: china@mbasociety.ca

The dates for the trip are Oct 17th - 25th, with company visits and events in Hong Kong on Oct 19th and 20th, and Oct events in Shanghai on the 21-23rd.

The companies we are working to set up visits with cover a broad range of industries and include:

• McKinsey
• Merrill Lynch
• HSBC
• Cheung Kong (Holdings) Ltd.
• Cathay Pacific
• 3M
• Bao Steel
• Louis Vuitton
• Hang Lung Properties
• Deloitte

Consulate and Alumni events in both cities are planned as well!
 
Next steps:

- a meeting for participants will be held during the first week of classes where a $150 deposit will be payable to confirm spots on the trip, details of the meeting will be emailed out at the end of August.
 
- spots are currently on a first come first served basis, if interested and not signed up yet, please send an email to china@mbasociety.ca
 
Travel Visa Requirements: students travelling on a Canadian passport can enter Hong Kong (SAR) with their passport, but need a tourist VISA to enter Shanghai (China). Please note that your passport must be valid for 6 months after the departure from China. Please check the specific requirements of the country whose passport you will be travelling on. The VISA office is located at:
288-1338 West Broadway, Vancouver BC (Broadway and Birch)
Chinese visa applications can be found here.