The greeting ceremony should be brief to make the visitors aware that they will be taken to their hotel as soon as possible. If the visitors arrive in the morning, it is certainly acceptable to extend a dinner invitation. However, remember that the visitors will be jet-lagged when they arrive. Don’t plan anything big for their first day, just let them get some rest and adapt themselves to a new time zone that may be four, six, or more hours different from their own. It is better for the visitors to decide the first day’s schedule. Don’t conduct actual business untilthe visitors are well rested.