Join your fellow dealers in China as you tour Konica Minolta and Sharp factories in the Shanghai area. During the eight-day, seven-night trip, not only will you and your fellow dealers tour these two factories, but you will also visit several tourist destinations in Shanghai and Beijing, including: * Tiananmen Square * The Forbidden City * The Great Wall of China * Shopping at Silk Alley * Choice of tours to: Summer Palace, Temple of Heaven and Hutong

Factory tours will include: * Konica Minolta Business Technologies (Wuxi) Co. Ltd., Wuxi, China * SOCC/Sharp Office Equipments (Changshu) Co. Ltd., Changshu, China

Tuesday, Sept. 4 • Arrive in Los Angeles to board plane to Shanghai for arrival on Sept. 5

Wednesday, Sept. 5 • Arrive at Pudong International Airport, Shanghai, China • Evening welcome reception at the hotel — includes hors d’oeuvres, beer and wine bar, and entertainment

Thursday, Sept. 6 • Daily breakfast buffet • Visit to Konica Minolta Business Technologies (Wuxi) Co. Ltd., Wuxi, China • Lunch with Konica Minolta factory representatives • Dine-around in Xintiandi, a Shanghai entertainment district

Friday, Sept. 7 • Daily breakfast buffet • Visit to SOCC/Sharp Office Equipments (Changshu) Co. Ltd., Changshu, China • Lunch with Sharp factory representatives • Yunanese dinner at Lost Heaven on the Bund — includes an eight-course Yunanese dinner, beer and wine Saturday, Sept. 8 • Daily breakfast buffet • Transfer to Shanghai airport • Flight from Shanghai to Beijing • Lunch on your own with cash allowance • Afternoon tour of Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City • Buffet dinner at the Regent — includes a beer and wine bar

Sunday, Sept. 9 • Daily breakfast buffet • Full-day Great Wall of China excursion • Chinese lunch at Commune by the Great Wall — includes an eight-course lunch and beverages • Dinner at Quanjude — includes a 10-course dinner and a beer and wine bar

Monday, Sept. 10 • Daily breakfast buffet • Choice of optional tours: Half-day visit to the Summer Palace, Temple of Heaven or a Hutong tour • Vietnamese lunch at Nauge — includes an eight-course lunch, water, soft drinks and beer • Afternoon shopping at Silk Alley • Gala dinner at China Club — includes passed canapes and beverages during a cocktail reception, eight- course dinner menu, open bar, Chinese calligraphy presentation, Chinese fortune teller, Chinese paper-cutting demonstration, four-piece traditional quartet, and a face-changing performance

Tuesday, Sept. 11 • Daily breakfast buffet • Depart Beijing for Los Angeles

Konica Minolta Business Technologies (Wuxi) Co. Ltd., Wuxi, China This factory produces the bizhub PRESS C8000, bizhub C754/C654, bizhub C552/C452/C552DS, bizhub 652/552, bizhub C554/C454/C364/C284/C224 series and related accessories, consumables and parts.

SOCC/Sharp Office Equipments (Changshu) Co. Ltd., Changshu, China This factory produces more than 30 different MFP models, related parts and accessories, including monochrome models MX-M850/950/1100, MX- M623/753, MX-M283/363/453/503, MX-M264/314/354 and MX-M260/310, and color models MX-6201N/7001N, MX-4110N/4111N/5110N/5111N, MX- 2610N/3110N/3610N and MX-3111U/2310U. Tiananmen Square Summer Palace Lost Heaven

Forbidden City Temple of Heaven Quanjude

Great Wall of China Hutong Nuage

Silk Alley Xintiandi China Club Hyatt on the Bund 199 Huang Pu Road Shanghai, China 200080 Phone: + 86 21 6393 1234 Website: http://shanghai.bund.hyatt.com/hyatt/hotels-shanghai-bund/index.jsp?null

Regent Beijing 99 Jinbao St. Dongcheng District, Beijing, China 100005 Phone: + 86 10 8522 1888 Website: http://www.regenthotels.com/EN/Beijing

The cost of the trip, managed for BTA by USMotivation, is $4,500*. This includes:

• Airfare from Los Angeles to Shanghai (price does not include airfare from the traveler’s home city to Los Angeles) • Airfare from Shanghai to Beijing • Airfare from Beijing to Los Angeles • Transportation to and from the airport and all destinations within China, including gratuities • Hotel accommodations at Hyatt on the Bund and the Regent Beijing • Daily breakfast buffets, lunches and dinners • Professional travel staff and tour guides • Customized program of events and document wallet • Customized baggage tags • Engraved name badges • All gratuities

*Full refund offered if a minimum of travelers (approximately 20) do not register. Price subject to change until airline tickets are purchased.

Spouses of member dealers are welcome as registrants.

A $500 deposit per person is required at the time of registration. The balance will be due on Aug. 1.

All travelers to China must have both a passport and a visa. If you do not have a passport or you need to re- new your current passport, go to www.travel.state.gov or contact the U.S. State Department: U.S. Department of State 2201 C Street NW Washington, D.C. 20520 Phone: (202) 647-4000

Receiving a new passport can take 6-8 weeks. Given the Sept. 4-11 trip dates, if you do not have a passport or need to renew your current passport, you should pay the additional fee to expedite the process (around two weeks). Remember, your passport expiration date must not occur within six months of your departure date. If you require assistance with the passport process, contact the Web-based service company Passports and Visas at (800) 741-7874 or www.passportsandvisas.com. The total fee to expedite the process for a passport, including the fee paid to this expediting company, is $255.

The visa application process can take 6-8 weeks. Due to the BTA requirement that approximately 20 travelers attend the trip, we suggest you wait to apply for a visa until you have been notified by BTA that the trip will take place. At that time, the process will need to be expedited. The total charge to expedite a visa using the com- pany listed above will be $255. The expediting process for visas can take 5-7 business days.

For more information regarding visa applications and the process, visit www.china-embassy.org/eng/ywzn/ lsyw/vpna or www.passportsandvisas.com.

Questions? Contact BTA Executive Director Brent Hoskins at [email protected].