Manchester Airport courts Chinese tourists on Weibo and WeChat

Manchester Airport is turning to social media in a bid to lure high flying Chinese tourists to the north west of England by signing up to the far east equivalents of Twitter and Whatsapp.
The social media push dovetails with the launch of direct flights between Beijing and Manchester by Chinese carrier Hainan Airlines in June, a connection which has already drawn 40,000 passengers to the red brick metropolis.
HNA Group, parent of Hainan Airlines, has been aggressively courting expansion, joining