China’s online accommodation booking market grew by 18.5% to US$7.01 bn in Q4 2018. The top 3 players combined accounted for 73.2% of the total. Ctrip placed first with a share of 46.4%. Meituan Dianping (14.3%) overtook Qunar (12.5%) to be the first runner-up. The online accommodation booking market totaled 47.11 billion yuan (US$7.01bn) in […]
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Meituan’s annual transacting users grew by 29% to 400M in 2018
Meituan reported total gross transaction volume (GTV) growth of 44.3% year-on-year to 515.6 billion yuan (US$76.65bn) in 2018. Annual transacting users increased by 29.3% year-on-year to 400.4 million. On average, the annual number of transactions each transacting user made increased to 23.8 transactions in 2018 from 18.8 transactions in 2017. Annual active merchants grew by […]
65% China urban families purchased FMCG online in 2018
The annual growth rate of FMCG is the same as in 2017. Q4 performance is weaker than the previous quarter. The top players in the modern trade sector combined accounted for 37% of sales in 2018. Sun Art group maintained its leading position with 8.4% of share. Yonghui remained the fastest growing top players in 2018. 65% of China urban families […]
China online travel agency (OTA) market shares in Q3 2018
The online travel market in China grew by 9.3% to US$39.25 billion in Q3 2018, driven by the summer vacation and the mid-autumn festival holiday. 68.6% of transactions are generated from online transportation booking. Ctrip (37.6%), Qunar (19.78%), and Fliggy (16.46%) combined accounted for 73.84% of air ticket booking transactions. Ctrip led online accommodation with a share […]
WeChat testing Nearby Restaurants feature with top level entry path
WeChat is testing a new feature allowing users to find nearby restaurants according to Yiou News. This feature locates on the top level menu, in parallel with WeChat Moments, People Nearby, Mini-Programs, etc.
Each Meituan user made 22.7 e-commerce transactions in Q3 2018
Meituan Dianping (Meituan), China’s leading e-commerce platform for local lifestyle services that went public in Hong Kong on September 20, 2018, announced its total revenue surged by 97.2% year-on-year to 19.1 billion yuan (US$2.75 bn) in Q3 2018. Annual Transacting Users increased by 30.3% to 382.3 million as of September 2018. On average, the annual […]
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 2016. There are around 20 million newly added users, 70% of them came from tier-3 cities and below. Of the total, over 50% of them were from tier-3 cities and below. […]
Meet Meituan, another China’s everyday app
Meituan Dianping (Meituan), China’s leading e-commerce platform for local lifestyle services updated its IPO prospectus previously filed with Hong Kong Exchanges this month. It plans to issue 480 million shares each priced between HK$60 and HK$72 with a value of at best 34.6 billion yuan (US$5.06 bn) and set to go public on September 20, […]
China’s Movie Market Consumption 2018
China’s movie box office revenue hit 55.911 billion yuan in 2017, soaring to a greater height. The number of movie screens reached 50.8 thousand, more than that in North America for the first time. For Chinese moviegoers, female accounts for 55% and male 45%. The young under 30-year-old accounts for 49%; users with Bachelor’s degree […]
China online food delivery market in Q4 2017, led by Ele.me & Baidu Waimai
China online food delivery market totaled 67.73 billion yuan in Q4 2017 with an increase of 16.2% QoQ or 81.8% YoY according to data from Analysis.
China online accommodation market Q2 2017
China online accommodation market totaled 39.38 billion yuan (US$5.97 billion) with an increase of 27.1% YoY according to data from Analysis.
China online tourism market analysis 2017
During 2016, the online tourism market in China maintained steady growth over the year prior, growing much more quickly than GDP growth while increasing its overall penetration into the tourism industry as a whole. Overall, online booking of hotels and plane tickets maintained leading positions within online tourism sales, and individual travel bookings dominated the […]