Chinese airlines have responded to OTAs by focusing on direct sales and axing agency commission fees. At the heart of their argument was that the move was for consumers.
Hotel companies Homeinns and Jin Jiang remodeled some of their existing economy hotels to midscale hotels to overcome problems in finding properties and increase RevPAR.
Auto dealer’s car-hailing platform Dingding raised RMB 5 billion in a strategic tie-up with Everbright Bank’s financial leasing unit to enter the chauffeur market in China.
More than 1,000 partner enterprises have signed up for the corporate travel service powered by Alibaba’s instant message unit DingTalk.
Hilton Hotels recently introduced its concept of apartment-style hotel to China for the first time in a bid to expand into the country’s mid-scale market.
CTS Group, a new company formed of the HKCTS-CITS merger, announced in a recent commitment letter that it plans to avoid horizontal competition with its fully-own subsidiary CITS.
Chinese carriers are seeking to launch more non-stop services between Australia and lower-tier Chinese cities, as demand is booming while air rights in top-tier cities are tight.
Ctrip has rolled out in-App booking of its airport parking service which costs only a fifth of airport charge. The company plans to launch railway parking later.
