Expedia has begun to put in motion an initial public offering of its Trivago hotel-metasearch unit and the IPO could be valued for more than $1 billion.
ReviewPro says there is a growing importance placed on reviews in the Chinese market, not least by observing the unseating of Facebook in third spot by Ctrip and eLong in particular.
Tourism industry in Singapore has shown signs of a recovery during the first half of 2016, thanks to an influx of visitors from mainland China.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission says, following an investigation, both online travel agencies have agreed to amend their price and availability parity clauses in their terms with hoteliers in the country.
Ctrip asserts the one-stop travel shopping model is suave, and the scale that can be achieved will be significant going forward.
More than 50% travelers get to know and use Airbnb through word-of-mouth and nearly 90% of travelers are satisfied with Airbnb.
Ctrip wants to get more global so it can serve travelers outside of China while domestically it is taking profits from high-end hotel-room sales.
As airline catering Gategroup moves closer to becoming a fully-owned subsidiary of the HNA Group, it reported a 13.1% increase in revenues for the first half of 2016.