Robots as a proposition for hotels are exciting and can charm guests. But can they go beyond this and understand what guests want? Probably yes, they can in the future.
Meeting venue booking platform Huixiaoer announces the completion of its B-round funding with tens of millions of US dollars. The round was led by DCM Ventures and joined by IDG Capital Partners.
In China, travel companies are still predominantly working on static rates. In fact, some of the Chinese OTAs work on this model too.
The newly incorporated hotel alliance plans to recruit within three years more than 50 mid-range or high-end hotel groups that have more than 1,500 hotels in the country.
The Chinese hotel company intends to focus on 3 aspects – differentiating its flagship brand HanTing, sustaining its rapid expansion and strengthening its direct sales capability.
There is no magic bullet to succeed in China. An insight into how Thailand-based ONYX Hospitality Group is looking at apt mix of brand building and performance advertising.
Chinese multi-brand hotel group Huazhu plans to open 750-800 new hotels in 2016, with 80% for economy hotels and 20% for midscale and upscale ones, and manachised and franchised hotels continue to be the vast majority in the run.
Leveraging capital operation, state-owned hotel giant Jin Jiang is poised to capture a lion share of the mid-range hotels market by taking equity in Huazhu.
