Melissa Yang, co-founder and CTO, Tujia says the China market is in “early stages” when compared with Europe and the U. S.
Despite the rate parity, in recent years there have been plenty of pricing disparities, irregularities, and promotions to make comparison shopping worthwhile.
A/B testing still dominates the optimization space, particularly for travel brands.
Gillian Tans, the COO of Priceline's giant Booking.com unit (based out of Amsterdam), has been promoted to president.
Travel industry capital management company Par Capital Management has acquired 2.56 million of Qunar’s shares.
Wanda Group’s tourism subsidiaries reported RMB1.71 billion revenues, equivalent to 24% of this year's annual revenue goal of RMB 7.125 billion.
Sabre has managed to offload its European online travel agency Lastminute.com to the Bravofly Rumbo Group.
Instant Booking is experiencing slow adoption by hotels and it will be many years before it can begin to become a threat to the leading OTAs.