Ctrip has teamed up with Japan’s Osaka Convention & Tourism Bureau to work together on product development and promotion, big data, marketing innovation and others.
Homestay reservation platform OneHome claimed to have so far completed three rounds of financing, aiming at the homestay booking market for Chinese travelers abroad.
Vacation-sharing platform VaShare received millions of dollars in its Pre-A round financing. The company has completed two rounds of financing in less than six months, receiving around ten million dollars.
China Tourist Hotels Association has ranked Jinjiang Hotels, BTG HomeInns and China Lodging as the country’s top three hotel groups in its Top 60 China Hotel Groups ranking for the past year.
The blend of Bluetooth beacon technology, hyper local marketing, and GPS geo-fencing can help hotels to convey what they have to offer and in turn, improve the overall stay experience.
Chinese tourist arrivals to Europe grew 65% in the first half of 2017. More than half of these tourists were over 50 years old.
China’s airlines carried 263 million passengers in the first half of 2017, up by 13.4%. Total turnover rose 12.5% to 51.34 billion ton-kilometers during the time.
Thailand’s tourism authority projected that Chinese tourists will make 9 million trips to the country this year, remaining its biggest source of foreign visitors.