SHANGHAI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AmericanTours International (ATI) Chair/CEO Noel Irwin Hentschel announced the latest addition in the ATI–TTA Trust Tours series, “Gone With The Wind” at the U.S. Embassy Tues. (January 19), to members of the U.S. Commercial Services, 38 alumni of ATI’s “Hollywood to Broadway” Trust Tour, U.S. State representatives from Florida, New York, Pennsylvania and Nevada, representatives of airlines and TTA tour operators and 13 media outlets.

Hentschel developed the Trust Tours series to provide unique tours of America for the Trust Travel Alliance (TTA). “Visitors from China deserve to travel with companies they can trust to deliver on promises made. This is the purpose of TTA operated exclusively by ATI,” Hentschel stated.

In early 2009 Hentschel founded TTA, an agreement between ATI and 6 China tour operators to include; China Travel Service (CTS) , China International Travel Service (CITS), China Youth Travel Service (CYTS), China Comfort Travel (CCT), CITIC and Shanghai Airlines Travel in a cooperative effort to ensure safety, quality, service and value for tourists coming to America from China.

During his official welcoming remarks U.S. Department of Commerce Principal Commercial Officer, David Gossack, commented that ATI's concept of TTA and Trust Tours is pioneering new creative products and tours for the Chinese. Gossack also commented that ATI is the most experienced tour operator in the U.S. and that ATI’s TTA and Trust Tours brands promote better service, safety and customer satisfaction from China to America, which is vital to the growth of tourism from China.

Shanghai TTA members Mr. Zhou Ying Feng, CYTS and Mr. Yu Wei Hua, CTS remarked respectively; “The founding of TTA by ATI in the Chinese market is important to provide good quality product such as ‘Hollywood to Broadway,’ ‘Gone With The Wind’ and other Trust Tours.” “I’m excited about ATI developing and founding the TTA concept in China. I can see the happy feelings of the passengers in their faces. ATI really understands the Chinese mentality.”

Alumni Mr. Zhou Jun Yan remarked, “I have traveled the world since 1999. ATI’s ‘Hollywood to Broadway’ Trust Tour is the best I have ever experienced. I received great value beyond my expectations.”

ATI owns the TTA and Trust Tours brands and is the exclusive developer and operator of Trust Tours for TTA members. “Gone with the Wind,” “Hollywood to Broadway” and other Trust Tours may be booked through ATI appointed and authorized TTA tour operators.

Co-founded in 1977, ATI is the largest American-owned privately held inbound/outbound tourism organization annually serving one-million visitors and generating $3 billion into the U.S. economy. Headquartered in Los Angeles; ATI has offices in New York, San Francisco, Washington, D.C., Orlando, Honolulu and Beijing.

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