E-commerce platform Pinduoduo added flight booking service; Fliggy, Meituan and Trip.com build membership programs for independent hotels.
US plans to revise previously-announced ban on Chinese passenger flights; Chengdu airport became the world’s busiest last month.
China and Singapore agreed to create a fast lane to facilitate essential travel without 14-day quarantine from June 8; Trip.com Group set up a new unit to invest in startups.
Mr. Jay Shen, vice president of the Trip.com Group, serves as legal representative of the new company.
The partnership will provide Trip.com Group with access to Hotelbeds’ Beyond The Bed portfolio of more than 18,000 activities in 690 destinations.
The Trump administration is banning Chinese passenger airlines from flying to the US; Global online travel agencies will drop rate parity terms on Korean regulatory demand.
Smaller hotels are particularly vulnerable to the coronavirus impact and that may present an opportunity for the online giants to help while growing their own influence.
EU chamber urged China to cut subsidies to inefficient airlines; Marriott hotels' occupancy rate in China rose to 40%.