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As China's travellers opt for customized trips, AccorHotels looks to personalise for millions of Ctrip users

By Linda Fox | April 20, 2018

Ctrip 300 million registered users will have access to personalised experiences from AccorHotels' brands following the signing of a memorandum of understanding between the two companies. A statemen Read More

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Lufthansa on the importance of working with Fliggy and other channels in China

By Sponsored Content | November 27, 2017

This is a viewpoint from China Travel Daily.This article appears as part of the tnooz sponsored content initiative. What does it mean to run a flagship store on Alibaba’s Fliggy.com? If we asses Read More

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Denmark forges tourism ties with China via Dianping partnership

By Marisa Garcia | March 14, 2017

Denmark has signed a historic agreement with Chinese travel site Dianping, becoming the first European nation to appear on the Chinese product reviews and group-buying platform. Dianping is China's Read More

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ReviewPro boss talks strategy after Shiji tie-up

By Viewpoints | February 10, 2017

Ctrip's purchase of Skyscanner is by far the biggest travel tech deal to come out of China this year, but it's not the only one. This January, Chinese hotel IT specialist Shiji bought an 80% stake Read More

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ATPCO incoming CEO pledges important role in future of airline distribution

By Kevin May | November 15, 2016

In an industry full of insidery type organsations and protocols, ATPCO is one of the most important but rarely discussed elements in the food chain. The Airline Tariff Publishing Company has its ro Read More

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Out of nowhere, Alibaba renames Alitrip travel brand to Fliggy

By Kevin May | November 2, 2016

Alibaba seems content to play around with the branding of its fledgling travel service - renaming Alitrip to Fliggy over the course of the past week. The Chinese web giant has plenty of muscle in t Read More

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Chat is where it's at for KLM as it finds customers on new platforms

By Linda Fox | October 28, 2016

KLM is betting big on chat services as part of its quest to go where its customers are. The company began a trial of a rebooking service on WhatsApp at the beginning of the year following on from i Read More

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Asia-Pacific online travel sales tipped to overtake North America

By Kevin May | July 15, 2016

Next year could be a landmark one in the evolution of online travel as sales in Asia-Pacific surpass those in North America for the first time. Research house eMarketer has forecast that online tra Read More

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Booking.com affiliate VNTrip scores $3 million funding round

By Kevin May | July 11, 2016

VNTrip, just a month after its official launch, has scored a Series A funding round of $3 million from an ex-Alibaba exec's investment vehicle. John Wu's FengHe Fund Management was joined by Hancoc Read More

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Going into bat - China's digital ad market explained

By Viewpoints | June 1, 2016

BAT is an acronym any travel firm with global aspirations needs to be aware of - it is the shorthand of choice for China's internet giants - Baidu, Alibaba and Tencent. Each of these businesses has Read More

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Some digital tips for destination marketers on wooing Chinese outbound travelers

By Martin Cowen | March 10, 2016

Mobile is increasingly important for the Chinese outbound market and local experiences are starting to replace the bucket list. Or so says a panel of pundits and executives from the industry in Chi Read More

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Alitrip reveals benefits of Alibaba data

By Viewpoints | March 1, 2016

Some 400 million people in China transact with Alibaba every year, and every byte of data generated is analysed, acted upon and shared across the group's many sites, including its travel marketplace A Read More

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Ctrip prepares for bumper Chinese New Year demand

By Martin Cowen | February 4, 2016

Ctrip is expecting the upcoming Chinese New Year to be its busiest ever period for outbound travel, with some six million people travelling overseas during the week-long national holiday. The Chine Read More

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Alitrip shifts focus to outbound with US agency partnerships

By Martin Cowen | January 13, 2016

Alibaba's travel brand Alitrip is building partnerships in countries where it anticipates demand from "young, affluent and mobile" Chinese travellers. The US is one of its priorities, and earlier t Read More

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Qyer picks up $60 million

By Martin Cowen | January 6, 2016

Chinese outbound specialist and travel community Qyer.com has secured $60 million in funding, with Alibaba's investment arm contributing to the Series D round. Alibaba led Qyer's $10 million Series Read More

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