“Flash” Friendship: The New Way To Build Relationships For Chinese Youth

If we are to believe all that is written about China and Chinese youth then we assume them to be a lost and lonely generation, at the mercy of their own increasing consumer desires and societal pressure. If this is the case, the ways Chinese youth choose to form relationship can’t be assumed to conform...

November 16th, 2009 | Relationships and Dating, Travel, Trends and Insights | Read More

Expert Interview: How Greennovate is leading the Chinese youth to a greener future

Having worked closely in the past, we here at enoVate are familiar with the ideals and practices of Greennovate. For those unfamiliar, Greennovate is made up of a group of creative thinkers from around the world. Their goal is to promote greater environmental awareness in China through both social and...

August 20th, 2009 | China Design, Creativity and Design, Eco-Products in China, Miscellaneous, Travel, Trends and Insights | Read More

A Personal Chinese Travel Experience

enoVate’s Joey D gives us a glimpse into his own experiences of travel in China, and how this has helped him better understand the ways young Chinese choose to travel. I had just moved to China and ran into a ridiculous and obstinate problem: my bankcard sat behind a glass window in the hands of...

August 16th, 2009 | Miscellaneous, Travel, Trends and Insights | Read More

How To Better Leverage The Power of Chinese Online Travel Communities

At enoVate we focus on outcomes. How products can best target the unmet needs of the Chinese youth. We’ve noted than sites such as Ctrip and Mango city host large online travel communities, but are they hosting BBS or just plain BS? Here are a few tips from the enoVate team on maximising the potential...

August 13th, 2009 | Miscellaneous, Travel, Trends and Insights | Read More

Hello Mangocity…Hello Kitty…Hello Korea…

Mangocity are China’s third biggest online travel service. Despite only having set up in 2006, they already claim as much as 10% of the the Chinese travel market. Mangocity makes use of a broad base call centre operation to ensure high standards of customer service. While their main site caters...

August 12th, 2009 | Travel | Read More

Charity Travel Makes A Better World

1KG MORE is a Chinese charity travel website which advocates an innovative concept of travel. They believe every traveller should help local the rural communityand have set up a website whereby they encourage travelers to carry a 1kg more of books or stationery to rural schools. Upon completion, information...

August 11th, 2009 | Events, Travel, Trends and Insights | Read More

Inmusic & Travel

Year upon year the Chinese music scene grows. More bands, more labels and more festivals. Much like the expanding diversity of music, festivals themselves broaden in their variety and also in their location. China’s most well established music festival, Midi, was conjunctively held in both Beijing...

August 11th, 2009 | Events, Music, Travel, Trends and Insights | Read More

Budget Travel in China

As we mentioned yesterday, enoVate wants to investigate travel trends in Chinese youth. One trend that the enoVate team has been watching and, for a certain team member, even participating in, is couchsurfing (沙发客）! Want a cheap way to see a new city? Tired of the recycled location information...

August 11th, 2009 | Miscellaneous, Travel | Read More

Red Bull gives wings to China’s extreme travellers

Broadcast on China’s travel Channel “Red Bull’s Bravely Charging [from south] to the north pole” is an extreme travel competition show. Twelve contestants travel from Beijing, along the way they traverse the Swiss glacial region, the Sami region in Norway, with two contestants eventually reaching...

August 10th, 2009 | Travel, Trends and Insights | Read More

The Development of Chinese Outdoor Sports

China’s outdoor sports have developed rapidly in the past 20 years. Twenty years ago, the first group of chinese outdoor sports people were sewing sleeping bags, using plastic sheets to make tents, and using military bags as their travel equipment. With the increase in living standards, more and more...

August 10th, 2009 | China Design, Creativity and Design, Travel | Read More

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