Directors of GoConnect Ltd ("GCN") are pleased to advise that shareholder statements of Priority One Network Group Ltd ("Priority One") have been despatched to all shareholders of Priority One by its share registry, Security Transfer Registrars Pty Ltd. Management of GCN and Priority One have just completed a trip to Shanghai and Hong Kong meeting with the local shareholders of Shanghai Reliance Information Technology Co Ltd and Priority One GoConnect China Group Ltd, and together with them, held discussions with a number of Chinese companies that both Shanghai Reliance and Priority One GoConnect China have introduced to the Priority One/GCN partnership. The development of Priority One/GCN's China business has been accelerated and further defined as a result of these discussions which are expected to lead to a number of agreements and Memorandum of Understandings with a number of major Chinese e-commerce companies in coming weeks. The timing is ideal for Priority One/GCN's entry into the China market in securing partnerships with outward looking Chinese companies. Outbound travel from China is booming and is rapidly changing the international tourism landscape. Major tourist destinations across the world have seen surging numbers of Chinese visitors in recent years. In 2010 alone, 57.39 million Chinese travelled abroad, spending US$48 billion overseas, according to figures from the China Tourism Academy. The World Tourism Organisation has estimated that the total number of outbound tourists from China would reach 100 million by 2020. This exponential growth trend in China outbound tourism provides unique opportunities for the Priority One/GCN partnership to be positioned between Chinese and Western merchants of goods and services. Further details of the China development will be provided to the ASX when available.
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