To meet the demand of fostering branding, industry communication and talent training, Evergrande Hotels & Resorts had many rounds of discussions with APacCHRIE and finally decided to join the council.
Chinese hotel group China Lodging (Huazhu) appointed Ctrip CFO Ms. Xiaofan Wang as its board director, and accepted the resignation from Ctrip co-founder Mr. Min Fan as its director.
Power packed program includes sessions by Ctrip, Google, Tencent, VisitFinland, Wyndham Hotels and three new areas of focus: Unique Travel, Business Travel and Education & Job Day.
The integration of the “Rail & Flights” option and the “Hotels” option in the WeChat “Wallet” is a significant step forward for the merger in sharing resources.
In 2018 the number of world tourist arrivals will increase to 12.67 billion, which will be 1.7 times the world population, according to World Tourism Cities Federation (WTCF).
China Civil Aviation probably handled 549 million person-times in 2017, with a year-on-year growth of 12.6 percent, and is expected to reach 612 million person-times in 2018.
This year, Locals will add two additional businesses, namely homeware retail and urban travel, to further tap into consumption deriving from B&B customers.
Some 10,065 star-rated hotels in China reported totaled operating incomes of 53.808 billion yuan in the third quarter of 2017, of which 26.242 billion yuan, or 48.77%, was room revenues.
