Chance for university students to attend Economist conference

31 agosto 2012

University students are being offered a chance to attend a major conference staged by The Economist in Asia this year - with travel included, courtesy of the oneworld® alliance.

For a chance to win the tickets, they need to submit an essay here, by expressing their viewpoints on whether China's economy will overtake the USA's within a decade.

Entries, of no more than 500 words, must be in English or Simplified Chinese, and submitted by 08 ottobre 2012.

Submissions will be judged by a member of The Economist's editorial team.

The prize will include a complimentary pass to attend an Economist Conference of the winner's preference held in 2012-2013, with return flights in Economy Class on oneworld member airlines.

For full details, see to http://chinasummitessay.economistconferences.asia/

oneworld is the official airline partner of The Economist's 10 business conferences taking place throughout Asia in the year to March 2013.  For details, see www.economistconferences.asia/

About oneworld

oneworld aims to be the first choice airline alliance for the world's frequent international travellers.   It brings together some of the best and biggest names in the airline business - airberlin, American Airlines, British Airways, Cathay Pacific, Finnair, Iberia, Japan Airlines, LAN, Qantas, Royal Jordanian and S7 Airlines, and around 20 affiliates including Austria's NIKI, American Eagle, Dragonair, LAN Argentina, LAN Ecuador and LAN Peru.  Malaysia Airlines is on track to join at around the turn of the year, with SriLankan to follow in 2013.  India's Kingfisher Airlines is also a member elect.  Mexicana is an inactive member of the alliance. 

oneworld enables its members to offer their customers more services and benefits than any airline can provide on its own.  These include a broader route network, opportunities to earn and redeem frequent flyer miles and points across the combined oneworld network and more airport lounges.   oneworld also offers one of the most extensive ranges of alliance fares. 

oneworld is current holder of three leading international awards for airline alliances  - named the Best Airline Alliance by Global Traveler in its GT Tested Reader Survey 2011 Awards for the second year running, the World's Leading Airline Alliance in the 2011 World Travel Awards, for the ninth consecutive year, and the Best Airline Alliance 2011 in Australian Business Traveller's debut awards.