The partnership will provide Trip.com Group with access to Hotelbeds’ Beyond The Bed portfolio of more than 18,000 activities in 690 destinations.
The Trump administration is banning Chinese passenger airlines from flying to the US; Global online travel agencies will drop rate parity terms on Korean regulatory demand.
Smaller hotels are particularly vulnerable to the coronavirus impact and that may present an opportunity for the online giants to help while growing their own influence.
Vacasa appears to be betting on its professionally managed services to lure back future travelers for the time being.
In the corrective measures presented to the FTC, they offered to delete the "lowest guarantee" clauses in their contracts with lodging companies.
EU chamber urged China to cut subsidies to inefficient airlines; Marriott hotels' occupancy rate in China rose to 40%.
Developing Hyperloop technology transports people in pods in tubes that are almost perfect vacuums and can potentially cut the journey time from Paris to Berlin to under an hour.
Profitability is not the only challenge that Pinduoduo will have to face, as China’s online travel market is already very crowded.