{"id":767,"date":"2019-08-30T16:15:54","date_gmt":"2019-08-30T06:15:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asiaadvisory.co\/?p=767"},"modified":"2019-08-30T16:15:54","modified_gmt":"2019-08-30T06:15:54","slug":"the-equation-that-sold-the-qld-tourism-industry-on-mobile-payments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiaadvisory.co\/the-equation-that-sold-the-qld-tourism-industry-on-mobile-payments\/","title":{"rendered":"The equation that sold the QLD Tourism Industry on Mobile Payments"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"post-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-attachment-id=\"768\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/asiaadvisory.co\/teq-alipay\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/asiaadvisory.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/teq-alipay.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"3861,1680\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone X&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1567176297&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;40&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0083333333333333&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"teq-alipay\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/asiaadvisory.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/teq-alipay.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/asiaadvisory.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/teq-alipay.jpg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"3861\" height=\"1680\" src=\"https:\/\/asiaadvisory.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/teq-alipay.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-768\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Forward-thinking from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/ACoAAAGHd5wBaWT3sMhC5OrJ-72J8LPYdWm9w9k\/\">Katie Mills<\/a> and the team at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/23580\/\">Tourism and Events Queensland<\/a> sharing the equation of how they sold the tourism industry on preparing for Digital payments from Chinese travellers.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A $407m opportunity, addressing the spending gap by making transactions easier for visitors.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The pilot program between <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/23580\/\">Tourism and Events Queensland<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/167072\/\">Alipay<\/a> delivering 84% increase in transaction volume and 202% increase in transaction value in $AUD! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/posts\/asia-advisory_d23602acbfd64c66b25c2a626b2b4befashx-activity-6573084117527822336-AaEm\">https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/posts\/asia-advisory_d23602acbfd64c66b25c2a626b2b4befashx-activity-6573084117527822336-AaEm<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Forward-thinking from Katie Mills and the team at Tourism and Events Queensland sharing the equation of how they sold the<a href=\"https:\/\/asiaadvisory.co\/the-equation-that-sold-the-qld-tourism-industry-on-mobile-payments\/\">Read More<i class=\"fa fa-long-arrow-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":142704466,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","ub_ctt_via":"","spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[1073403,75621,41400172],"tags":[2365173,1470,175,6301426,9826,685753687,25014,200],"rise-blocks_total_comments":0,"rise-blocks_categories":[{"term_id":1073403,"name":"mobile payment","slug":"mobile-payment","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":200,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":3,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":1073403,"category_count":3,"category_description":"","cat_name":"mobile payment","category_nicename":"mobile-payment","category_parent":0},{"term_id":75621,"name":"Mobile Payments","slug":"mobile-payments","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":255,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":2,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":75621,"category_count":2,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Mobile Payments","category_nicename":"mobile-payments","category_parent":0},{"term_id":41400172,"name":"Tourism","slug":"tourism-china","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":206,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":1470,"count":13,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":41400172,"category_count":13,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Tourism","category_nicename":"tourism-china","category_parent":1470}],"rise-blocks_excerpt":"Forward-thinking from Katie Mills and the team at Tourism and Events Queensland sharing the equation of how they sold the tourism industry on preparing for Digital payments from Chinese travellers. 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