The new joint venture will operate under the Travelport Axess brand in Japan.
Following this launch, Ctrip plans to make Renfe’s offer available on mobile, through the new Ctrip application TrainPal.
Japan is the fastest growing tourist destination for Chinese travellers and is already one of the largest destinations of Thomas Cook China’s outbound business.
Currently a total of 180,000 unique hotels are available on the Hotelbeds system and a majority of the hotels are directly contracted under exclusive terms and conditions.
Up to 10 entries will be shortlisted and coached to present at the WiT Japan & North Asia 2019 on 5 July in Tokyo.
GIATA will present their Room Type Mapping solution at the 53rd ITB Berlin, Germany from 6th to 10th March 2019.
Travelport’s six-month long campaign will reach more than 100,000 travel agents in over 30 countries.
Through the acquisition of Hisense ICS, Shiji will be able to provide its hotel, catering, retail, and other industry customers with hardware that is closely integrated with Shiji’s products.