China’s leading social media and commerce developer Tencent is expanding its reach to Chinese-speakers in the U.S. as it seeks to challenge Google and Facebook on matching advertisers and consumers on a more global basis.
Tencent will make its official U.S. marketing debut during the Advertising Week New York next week. The company, which runs the popular WeChat messaging app, will showcase of a new suite of advertising solutions and resources that enable U.S. marketers to directly engage Chinese consumers on Tencent platforms both in China and while they travel abroad.
These new offerings and the establishment of a dedicated U.S.-based support team provide U.S. brands and agencies with unique and powerful ways to capture attention, drive brand preference and increase sales among Chinese consumers.
As Tencent points out, Chinese tourists visiting the U.S. spent roughly USD 35 billion in 2016 alone.
According to the U.S. Travel Association, the average spending per trip of a Chinese traveler in the U.S. is higher than any other international traveler, and shopping is a key activity for Chinese outbound tourists.
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