Tiens Global, the Chinese direct selling giant made headlines earlier this month for taking some 6,400 distributors worldwide on what turned out to be a luxurious vacation in France.
Abdulkadir Abdulahi, operations staff member of Tiens Ethiopia Business PLC, a branch of Tiens Global and registered as a local importer and distributor firm, told The Reporter in Ethiopia that the number of Ethiopians who were eligible to attend events in France are about 300. However, 17 of them were unable to make it to France for failing to meet requirements set by the French Embassy. However, according to Abdulkadir, the head office of Tiens in China is arranging compensatory trips to take the remaining distributors to China.
The vacation to France according to Abdulkadir is related to the upcoming 20th anniversary celebration of Tiens
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Chinese Direct Selling giant Tiens Group is treating more than half of its 12,000 employees to a four-day holiday in France and has booked up 140 hotels in the capital Paris as part of the package.
Tiens Chairman Li Jinyuan is leading the 6,400 strong group which includes a mass visit to the Louvre museum and they are expected to spend 13 million euros (US$15 million) in total. The 57-year-old Li Jinyuan is listed on Forbes’ billionaires list.
In China, Tiens sells its products through some 100 branch offices and chain stores of affiliate Tianshi Engineering. Outside of China, it sells products through independent distributors through subsidiary Tianshi International and majority-owned Tiens Biotech Group USA Inc.
Tiens was ranked No.15 on the DSN Global 100 list with revenues of 1.16 billion in 2014.