[TravelNews] Marriott has buyer’s remorse over Starwood merger Date：2016-08-31 12:57:32 Click：22 Times
Marriott-Starwood merger is taking longer to close, thanks to Chinese authorities extending their review, and is turning out to be less enticing than Marriott had envisioned....
[TravelNews] Asiatravel.com brings travel wholesale business into China Date：2016-08-31 12:57:32 Click：16 Times
The leisure travel wholesale arm of Asiatravel.com, TAcentre.com, has made its first foray into China. The Chinese platformTAcenter.cn carries over 500 airlines, 200,000 hotels and a multitude of packages....
[TravelNews] Alipay leverages on Chinese tourism to expand regionally Date：2016-08-31 12:57:32 Click：21 Times
Alipay launched its Overseas Transportation Card, a service that allows Chinese tourists to buy transportation cards from their Alipay App in mobile phones....
[TravelNews] LN Holdings to splash out RMB 3.4 billion in hotel tourism investment Date：2016-08-31 12:57:32 Click：27 Times
LN Holdings planned to splurge RMB 3.437 billion to acquire 90.45% shares of GuangZhiLv, 100% stake in both Garden Hotel and China Hotel....
[TravelNews] Highlights of China Travel Innovation Challenge Date：2016-08-31 12:57:32 Click：16 Times
As part of 2016 TravelDaily Conference which will be held from Aug. 31 to Sept. 1 in Shanghai, China Travel Innovation challenge will be held in the afternoon of Sept. 1....
[TravelNews] Air China says H1 net profit falls 12.5% on weaker yuan Date：2016-08-31 12:57:32 Click：21 Times
Air China Ltd. said its first-half net profit dropped by 12.5%, hurt by foreign exchange losses that outweighed lower fuel costs and cost control measures....
[TravelNews] Jin Jiang Hotels reports AOR of 74.09% in H1 2016 Date：2016-08-31 12:57:31 Click：7 Times
Jin Jiang Hotels reported average room rate (ARR) of RMB 183.80 and average occupancy rate (AOR) of 74.09% in the first half of the year, according to the financial results released on August 29....
[TravelNews] Hello, hotel guest, your voice is my command Date：2016-08-31 12:57:31 Click：9 Times
The Aloft Hotels brand is trying another tech-heavy initiative to position itself as a forward-thinking chain: voice-activated room services....
[TravelNews] IHG puts digital, direct bookings and loyalty first Date：2016-08-31 12:57:31 Click：5 Times
Enrolments are significantly up as are points redemptions since the launch of Your Rate and direct booking grew by two points....
[TravelNews] TripAdvisor lists hotels on Google, Kayak, and Trivago, edging closer to meta metasearch Date：2016-08-31 12:57:31 Click：32 Times
Over the past couple of months, TripAdvisor has been participating in Google’s hotel metasearch program....