Chinese billionaire pays for 2,500 staff to go on holiday to Spain

Tiens Group is celebrating its 21st anniversary by taking 2,500 of its employees to Madrid, Barcelona and Toledo

A boss of a Chinese company has treated 2,500 employees to a holiday in Spain.

The billionaire boss of Tiens Group, who took 6,400 staff members to France and Monaco on vacation last year, is treating his employees on a £5.5 million worth trip to Spain this year.



The 2,500 people staff will be spending five days in Spain, visiting Madrid, Toledo and Barcelona to celebrate the company’s 21st anniversary, according to People's Daily Online.

The group were met at the airport by journalists as well as a man and woman in dressed as flamenco dancers. PHOTO: BARCROFT MEDIA

The group arrived at their first stop, Madrid, on May 5 through 20 separate chartered flights from China. Their next stop was a day trip to the historic municipality of Toledo after which the group boarded four high-speed trains to Barcelona on May 8. They will be flying back to China on May 10.

The employees are said to be taking part in a host of different cultural activities during their visit. A total of 1,650 hotel rooms have been booked for their stay while 70 tour buses were hired to transport them to different attractions.



This is not the first time that Jinyuan has taken his employees on a trip to celebrate the anniversary of his company. Last year, Li Jinyuan flew out 6,400 of his employees to Paris and Cote d'Azur. He booked 140 hotels in Paris and another 79 in Cannes and Monaco for the trip. During their trip, the employees formed the world's longest human chain.

Other companies in China have also recently organised trips for their employees.

Two flamenco dancers were at the airport with flowers to greet the group. PHOTO: BARCROFT MEDIA

Earlier this week, MailOnline Travel reported that 8,000 employees of Chinese healthcare company Zhongmai were being taken to South Korea this weekend for a ginseng chicken soup party.

In March, MailOnline also reported that a beauty company, Aurance Group had taken 6,000 of its employees to South Korea for a beer and fried chicken party.

This article originally appeared on Daily Mail.