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.
Net income at China Southern fell 10% in the first six months while Hainan Airline reported a 4.4% gain and net income of Spring Airlines climbed to RMB 740 million.
Marriott-Starwood merger is taking longer to close, thanks to Chinese authorities extending their review, and is turning out to be less enticing than Marriott had envisioned.
Juneyao Airlines carried 6.2613 million passengers in the first half of 2016, an increase of 27.56% over the previous year. It’s passenger load factor reached 86.09%.
Since the two in-house Disney hotels in Shanghai can hardly meet the demand for accommodation, real estate developers are investing heavily in hospitality projects.
Dalian Wanda Group aims to challenge Walt Disney Co. and become the world's largest entertainment giant by creating a USD 9.5 billion tourism complex in eastern China.
Qantas Group’s low-fares airline, the Jetstar Group, recently reported record underlying EBIT of USD 452 million, up 97% for fiscal year 2016.