Islands is applying the Uber model to provide branding support for independent hotels in the areas of operation and management, channel sales, membership system, information system and supply chain.
This summer, Ctrip saw bookings for overseas luxury hotels surge nearly 50 % year-on-year, according to its Ctrip Hotel College Data Research Center.
Both sides will work on the travel resources of Tongcheng Tourism and the parking services of Xiaoqiang Park to better serve business travelers.
WayBlazer was launched in 2014, founded by Travelocity founder and Kayak founding chairman Terry Jones and Manoj Saxena, former general manager of IBM Watson.
Today, China is the largest travel market globally and by 2020 two in every five travelers will be Asian.
About 500 million trips will be made to escape hot weather in July and August, accounting for about 10 percent of overall domestic trips in 2018.
Operating income and Adjusted EBITDA for Core OTA grew 19% and 16%, respectively. Total stayed lodging room nights grew 12% YoY, while stayed property nights for HomeAway increased 33% YoY.
Recent feedback from Booking.com customers revealed that one in five don’t complete a reservation due to unavailability of their payment method of choice.