The cooperation will see enhanced integration of OYO hotels on Meituan’s platform, with the latter also providing user traffic, data, and brand promotion support to OYO.
Two weeks ago, Iberia’s iBot messaging service sold its first plane tickets, marking a new phase in its use of artificial intelligence.
Kiwi.com aims at allowing a traveler to move from one point to another anywhere in the world via one transaction. And unless China figures in it, the goal wouldn’t be complete.
Analysts believe that Travelport should maintain their higher leverage relative to peers to allow them to continue investment behind their platform to maintain share.
Alipay is currently in talks with relevant Thai government agencies, including the TAT, to enhance Chinese tourists’ overall experience in Thailand.
The U.S. government forecasts Chinese tourism will grow 2 percent this year to 3.3 million visitors, and will reach 4.1 million visitors in 2023.
The trade size of home-sharing listings in China reached about 16.5 billion yuan ($2.4 billion) in 2018, a 37.5 percent increase over 2017.
Airblack claims that it has already helped more than 1000 travellers create travel itineraries through the community-led approach.