Jumio, which specialises in identity verification services for travel companies, has announced funding of $15 million.
Alipay launched its Overseas Transportation Card, a service that allows Chinese tourists to buy transportation cards from their Alipay App in mobile phones.
The leisure travel wholesale arm of Asiatravel.com, TAcentre.com, has made its first foray into China. The Chinese platformTAcenter.cn carries over 500 airlines, 200,000 hotels and a multitude of packages.
Ocean Link, the first private equity firm focused on the fast-growing tourism sector in China, today announced its strategic partnership with Ctrip and General Atlantic.
Sustaining growth rate has remained Tuniu’s major forte, but can cost control, association with HNA and the GMV of travel products uplift the overall margin going forward?
Over the past couple of months, TripAdvisor has been participating in Google’s hotel metasearch program.
TripAdvisor has acquired Citymaps, a New York City-based, social-mapping startup.
A Tempus Global-led group planned to inject RMB 170 million into Octopus. Tempus Global will acquire a 4.17% stake in Octopus for RMB 50 million.