In order to make the most of available real-time data, hotels need to dig deeper to set up a cohesive data strategy and requisite infrastructure.
Spring Airlines will invest over 20 billion yen in a joint venture with Sun Frontier to develop a network of the “Spring Sunny Hotels” in popular Japanese destinations.
Softbank has set up an inbound tourism OTA that will be launched on Alitrip, Chinese ecommerce giant Alibaba’s travel platform, on November 11.
TravelDaily China led a delegation of Ctrip, Alitrip, Yiqifei and JointWisdom to spak at the ITB Asia conference.
Great Britain’s efforts to attract more Chinese visitors paid off with visitor numbers between April and June this year up 33% y-o-y, according to official statistics.
Priceline purchased from 5,600 to 129,200 of Ctrip’s ADS which brings Priceline’s holdings stake in Ctrip up to 12.63% in total.
Hainan Airlines is boldly attempting to achieve its dream of globalization through a series of acquisitions which have increased in intesity since 2010.
HNA Group has made a firm offer to acquire the FRAM Group at a reported fixed price of 40 million euros.
