According to Facebook, over 10 billion messages are sent each month globally, making conversational commerce one of the biggest emerging trends in 2019.
Shops, cafes, and other businesses sign up to participate with bag-storage sites, and then when travellers need a place to drop their bags, they pull up the site, find a nearby shop, and pay a fee to leave their luggage there.
The short term rental category in China is “burning” a lot of money at this stage. But, as Tujia’s CFO Warren Wang points out, things are expected to change considerably for the company over a period of next two years.
Ctrip’s version of Trip.com is a very different proposition to the site that hit the scenes and raised $39 million in funding.
Business travel spending is expected to rise over the next year as China’s secondary cities become more accessible due to new airports and increased high-speed rail connectivity.
The biggest mistake the hotel metasearch players are making is their inherently flawed business model that promised hotel shoppers to find the best price for the property they have chosen.
Airbnb for Work provides listings to TMC through the current tools of the travel management system, accelerating its integration into the business travel region.
More than one-third of travelers planning trips in December for a duration of 12 days or more, and the majority are planning to stay within their region.