[TravelNews] Marriott unveils hotel-based innovation lab Date：2016-10-18 14:57:34 Click：16 Times
Marriott Hotels has established its Charlotte city-centre property as a live testing ground for new products and services....
[TravelNews] Pay By Group receives USD 3.4 million in seed investment Date：2016-10-18 14:57:34 Click：16 Times
Pay By Group, which strives to remove the friction consumers encounter when splitting payments with friends and family, has received a seed funding round of $3.4 million, led by SparkLabs Global Ventures....
[TravelNews] Lastminute buys WAYN for Just $1.2m Date：2016-10-18 14:57:34 Click：13 Times
Social travel network WAYN was rescued from insolvency by Lastminute after the Swiss-based company agreed to acquire its assets for a mere USD 1.2 million in a controversial “pre-pack” deal....
[TravelNews] In-room technology – what guests and managers think is important Date：2016-10-18 14:57:34 Click：15 Times
Hotel tech provider ADB recently found that perceptions of what in-room technology should be and how far it should cater to the needs of the guest are different between the guest and the hoteliers....
[TravelNews] Customers who book through OTAs – facts and trends Date：2016-10-18 14:57:34 Click：15 Times
According to a recently released Phocuswright White Paper, just under three quarters of Australian hotel shoppers booked their travel online via OTAs, compared with just 21% who went direct to the hotel....
[TravelNews] Expedia lets hotels offer freebies as an alternative to rate cutting Date：2016-10-18 14:57:34 Click：22 Times
Expedia has been rolling out a tool that lets hoteliers selectively add spiffs, such as free parking or free wifi, as an additional lever to convert customers....
[TravelNews] Oki sells 10 golf courses to China's HNA Date：2016-10-18 14:57:34 Click：45 Times
Buyer HNA Holdings, parent of Hainan Airlines and hotel companies, said that it was enticed by the number of rich Chinese tourists playing golf in North America....
[TravelNews] China will top global cruise market with 10 million passengers in 2030 Date：2016-10-18 14:57:34 Click：45 Times
Shanghai handling 69.8% of China’s total cruise passengers and 55.42% of cruise berthing nationwide claims the largest share of the market....
[TravelNews] Auto dealer, cab companies enter car-hailing sector in China Date：2016-10-18 14:57:34 Click：52 Times
Auto dealer’s car-hailing platform Dingding raised RMB 5 billion in a strategic tie-up with Everbright Bank’s financial leasing unit to enter the chauffeur market in China....
[TravelNews] Tencent takes part in bike-sharing Mobike’s C+ round Date：2016-10-18 14:57:34 Click：48 Times
Bicycle rental startup Mobike announced on October 13 that it has completed another round of financing which had Chinese social network giant Tencent as one of the investors....