Ctrip, China's largest online travel agent and the second largest in the world today announced a new partnership with Tennis Australia, the governing body for tennis in Australia.
Airbnb has recently released its predictions for what the next 12 months will bring, including its most popular destinations and the cities that are likely to see the most visitors.
Today's younger generation in China tends to choose online channels when it comes to shopping, even for luxury brands with relatively high prices.
Chinese home-sharing company Xiaozhu will partner with Alipay, China's largest mobile payment platform, to launch face-recognition-enabled smart locks by the end of this year.
After Ctrip's plan to create a full-service travel platform with its recently acquired Trip.com under Skyscanner, the Priceline Group may also be tapping into the same idea.
Chinese tourists’ spending on local food in Japan accounted for more than 55% of their overall expenditure excluding hotels and air tickets, according to Meituan Travel’s data collected overseas.
Airbnb charges guests a service fee of 5-15% of the cost of a reservation, and charges hosts another 3%; but CryptoBnB's founder says they will charge a total of 2% or 3% at most.
Growth of listings is slowing in some of Airbnb’s biggest cities, pushing the company to look for revenue from traditional hospitality ventures.