China: $100,000 around-the-world tour sells out in 13 seconds

by CNNGo staffWe wrote more than a dozen posts on China?s growing appetite for luxury last year.
Few things surprise us anymore. Then we saw this: a 66-day around-the-world tour that sold out in China 13 seconds after the reservation hotline opened -- roughly the time it takes Olympic-champion hurdler Liu Xiang (??) to cover 110 meters.
Did we mention the price? The cost of the whole trip is a whopping RMB 660,000 (US$104,654), about eight to 10 times the annual salary of an average Chinese.
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The tour -- which takes in more than a dozen countries and both poles -- is organized by Ctrip.com, one of China?s biggest online travel agencies. News of the fast sellout was confirmed to us by Jack You (???), general manager of Ctrip?s high-end package tour department.
You said the eye-catching package was sold last June through Ctrip?s hotline. After a half-year visa application process, the group took off from Shanghai on January 29.read more

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