Shanghai Disney Resort General Manager: Shanghai - a win-win land where dreams come true

Take ski resorts for example. As a skier, Philippe said,“You have amazing spots in China today to visit. This is a country that has fantastic opportunities to develop the right infrastructure and focus on building the level of expertise and service, understanding what the consumers want, and going with that. And China is very dedicated, and it’s going very fast in that direction.”

When it comes to foreign investment, Philippe thinks the situation was tentative two decades ago. People clearly understood the potential of China, but it wasn’t obvious that they could come and perform, or develop the business that they wanted or thought appropriate. As a result, people were trying to identify local partners and do some very entrepreneurial activities in China.“Today you have a lot of major international, multi-national companies who are coming, or have come, and have huge operations, so I think the level of bullishness has changed entirely in terms of the ability to go and develop the economy in China,” said Philippe.