Travel

Chinese outbound travelers – opportunities for travel agencies, retailers, and hotels

Outbound travel is becoming a major factor affecting the development of travel agencies and high-end tourism markets. For travel agencies, there are two types of

67% of China tourism accommodations are budget hotels

There were a total of 457,834 accommodation companies in China with 16,770,394 rooms as of 2017. Among that, 317,476 were hotels (each with 15 or

China Golden Week tourism grew by 9% in 2018

China’s domestic tourism received a total of 726 million person-trips, an increase of 9.43% year-on-year during the National Day Holiday 2018 (hereinafter referred to as

Alipay to Connect Online and Offline more Closely

Alipay saw Golden Week overseas in-store transactions more than doubled in 2018

Alipay announced the overseas transaction summary for this year’s Golden Week (October 1-7). It processed 2.2 times as many overseas in-store transactions during this year’s holiday compared to

Chinese outbound tourism insights in H1 2018

Chinese outbound tourists went on 71.31 million person-trips in the first half of 2018 (H1 2018), up by 15% over last year. This market is

Top travel & transportation mobile apps in China in Q2 2018

Within the online travel market, Ctrip and Qunar were the two biggest players while Fliggy was a distant third. In June 2018, Ctrip had 10.94

China short-term rental market 2018; 70% of Airbnb and Xiaozhu users are female

The short-term rental has been gradually gaining popularity in China since 2010. There are 80 million short-term rental users in 2017, a high jump of

China online hotel booking in Q2 2018, led by Meituan and Ctrip

China’s online hotel booking market had 91.09 million monthly active users (MAU) in Q2 2018, an increase of 20.1% quarter-on-quarter, setting a record high since

China domestic tourism saw over 2.8 billion person-trips in H1 2018

China’s domestic tourism saw 2.826 billion person-trips in the first half of 2018, an increase of 11.4% year-on-year. Among them, urban residents went on 1.997

Singapore Airlines partners with Alibaba to enhance the travelers experience

Singapore Airlines (SIA) and Alibaba Group this week announced a comprehensive strategic collaboration aimed at enhancing the customer experience for travelers. The collaboration encompasses several

China online travel market overview 2018; better performance seen on mobile

Total revenues of China’s online travel market reached 738.41 billion yuan (US$107.99 bn) in 2017, up by 25.1% over 2016. The high growth has started

Alipay partners with GTF to simplify tax refund for Chinese tourists

Alipay announced its partnership with Global Tax Free (“GTF”), a tax refund agency, to launch the world’s first paperless mobile tax refund function in South