Beijing, Dec. 29, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Recently, the 10th "China Outbound Travel Awards" hosted by "Travel Ranking List" was officially held, and various annual awards were comprehensively selected. The "Travel Ranking List" magazine uses this annual event to authoritatively evaluate and award various businesses and commercial services in China's travel industry, exerting strong influence in the domestic tourism sector.
Global Roaming Wins Best Global WiFi Provider of the Year
Among them, this year’s newly added award — the "2014 Best Global WiFi Provider" award — is particularly eye-catching. In 2014, major travel agencies and OTAs put considerable effort into the field of outbound travel WiFi.Whether it was the "free WiFi service" launched by a certain giant OTA, the wireless activities introduced by a certain website, or the various promotional offers from local travel agencies targeting outbound travel WiFi, this small thing called WiFi has touched the nerves of the entire outbound travel business service.
What surprised and even stunned many industry travel service providers was that the winner of the "2014 Best WiFi Provider" award was neither a domestically renowned large travel agency or OTA, nor a rising industry newcomer that has been constantly innovating in recent years, but rather the little-knownGlobal Roaming.
Global Roaminghas been in operation for nearly 12years, consistently dedicated to providing "entry and exit communication services." Currently,Global Roaminghas nearly 20 branches nationwide, spread across cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Tianjin, Xiamen, Fuzhou, Chengdu, Chongqing, Wuhan, Changsha, Qingdao, Jinan, Nanjing, Hangzhou, Shenyang, Dalian, and Xi'an. These major and secondary cities have enabledGlobal Roamingto secure a significant marketshare.Global Roamingcurrently serves nearly 150,000 outbound travelers every month with its widely distributed outlets in major and medium-sized cities, providing them with outbound travel WiFi internet services.
According toGlobal RoamingPresident Sun Dehuo,Global Roamingcurrently holds over 50% of the domestic market share in the outbound travel WiFi sector and is the largest partner of major domestic travel agencies and key OTAs.
Global Roamingpossesses the strongest cross-regional and cross-border integrated operational service capability in China. Currently,Global Roaminghas set up airport counters in 18 major and medium-sized cities across the country, greatly facilitating outbound travelers. This includes having also established international branches in Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Thailand, and Hong Kong to helpGlobal Roamingusers access more local services at their travel destinations.
In terms of products, President Sun mentioned thatGlobal Roamingwhen procuring products, always selects the most powerful telecommunications operators in various countries. Therefore, althoughGlobal Roaminghas always been very low-profile, major domestic travel agencies and OTAs are well aware thatGlobal Roamingoffers the highest quality products among domestic suppliers, with the most stable signals, the most comprehensive service network, and the strongest overall cost-performance ratio.
The China Tourism Academy predicts that the number of outbound tourists in 2014 will reach 114 million, making outbound travel WiFi an undeniable choice for travelers going abroad.
According to surveys, the “small in size but big in charm” outbound travel WiFi devices have such magic:
1. Indispensable:Over 90% of travelers believe that an outbound WiFi device is essential for traveling.
2. Highly convenient:72% of travelers think that WiFi increases the frequency and convenience of mobile internet access by more than two times.
3. Booking services:26% of survey participants used WiFi during their outbound trips to book travel products via mobile internet.
Global RoamingPresident Sun Dehuo introduced:“Global RoamingThrough years of market development, has become the largest outbound travel WiFi supplier in China. It not only serves customers through its own service outlets but also provides WiFi products to numerous domestic OTAs and travel agencies. Leveraging its scale and market share advantages,Global Roamingcan also offer overseas internet access interface services for outbound travelers..
Through the use of WiFi, domestic users can access information from various tourist spots, shopping malls, and supermarkets abroad, as well as comprehensive services such as hotels, car rentals, and dining.Global RoamingWith its user advantage at the entry point of internet WiFi, will engage in deeper collaboration with many domestic travel agencies and OTAs to provide enhanced overseas travel value-added services.
To conclude with a popular saying among domestic travel agencies:“He who has WiFi gets the tourists—tour groups lacking this service may be phased out by users.