Trip.com Group

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OTAs' marketing spend exceeded $20B in 2025

By Linda Fox | February 27, 2026

Marketing investment from the largest online travel players rose again last year. Read More

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Trip.com Group sees growth from inbound travel to China

By Linda Fox | February 26, 2026

The company increased net revenue in Q4 2025 by 21% to $2.2 billion, attributed to travel demand. For the full year, net revenue increased to almost $9 billion. Read More

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China opens antitrust probe into Trip.com

By Abby Crotty | January 15, 2026

The company's Hong Kong-listed shares tumbled nearly 20% the day after the probe was announced. Read More

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PhocusWire's weekly travel tech news briefs: Trip.com Group, SITA, NextTrip and more...

By PhocusWire | December 26, 2025

Here's our roundup of the people, product and partner news from the global travel industry this week. Read More

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Trip.com Group reports international OTA bookings growth in Q3

By Linda Fox | November 17, 2025

The OTA said inbound travel bookings increased 100% in Q3 compared with the same period in 2024. Read More

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A snapshot of AI developments in travel in 2025

By Linda Fox | November 17, 2025

AI-focused launches and partnerships have been a weekly, sometimes daily, feature of travel tech news in 2025—and the pace is unlikely to let up. Read More

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Hotels and OTAs shift focus from channels to guests

By Yeoh Siew Hoon - WiT | November 11, 2025

At WiT Singapore, hotels and OTAs found common ground in a new battleground: trust, experience and emotion. Read More

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3 innovators on reinvention, AI and metasearch's second act

By Yeoh Siew Hoon - WiT | October 30, 2025

Skyscanner's Gareth Williams, Wego's Ross Veitch and Travel.jp's Kei Shibata looked back on the early days of disruption and forward to what comes after metasearch. Read More

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Trip.com Group's COO Xing Xiong reflects on the AI age

By Yeoh Siew Hoon - WiT | October 24, 2025

At WiT’s 20th anniversary conference, Trip.com Group's COO Xing Xiong spoke about navigating disruption, the limits of AI and why human passion remains the most irreplaceable asset in travel. Read More

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Senior travel trends - adapting to technology and finding community

By Marisa Garcia | September 30, 2025

Trip.com Group has devised special programs for senior travelers and sees a potential $1 trillion market from the cohort in the next three to five years. Read More

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Travel tech flashback: What made headlines in 2024?

By Morgan Hines | September 10, 2025

The travel industry was enamored with artificial intelligence (AI) in 2024, with the topic repeatedly making waves. Read More

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OTAs' high hopes for social, AI channels as Q2 marketing spend hits $5B

By Linda Fox | September 8, 2025

OTAs are looking to drive efficiency as they diversify from performance marketing to other channels, including social and AI-powered search. Read More

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Trip.com Group unveils AI trip planner

By Linda Fox | August 28, 2025

During the company's Q2 2025 earnings call, chairman James Liang said AI remains central to strategy, adding that OTAs are "uniquely positioned" to lead the development of travel-focused AI. Read More