Global branding exercises and large-scale power grabs are one thing, but it’s ultimately the individual guest experience that counts.
This update should push users deeper into the funnel, which will possibly result in a minor uptick in mobile conversion rates.
China is not a homogenous market, and people from the big cities travel differently from people in the smaller cities, just like in most major outbound markets.
Hopper says customers save an average of $50 per ticket and claims its airfare forecasts are 95% accurate up to a year in advance.
Booking.com comes second at 45% and Trivago third at 28%.
Hotel reviews left by families with children increased at the fastest rate in 2017, and hotel facilities were still most the most reviewed area by hotel guests.
TravelPerk claims to have built the "world's largest bookable inventory" for businesses, using inventory from Booking.com, Expedia, Airbnb and the global distribution systems.
TravelTriangle currently gets a monthly traffic of 2.5 million and has close to 700 active travel agents. It says there are travel agents who get close to 90% of their revenue through its platform.