[TravelNews] Amadeus gears up for a bigger chunk of China’s travel pie Date：2016-06-15 01:03:09 Click：67 Times
Amadeus has made significant headway in China, both with its distribution and IT solutions. The group has diligently aligned itself to experience the benefits of further deregulation steps....
[TravelNews] Travelperk raises $7 million in Series A, looks to global growth Date：2016-06-13 04:25:34 Click：101 Times
Barcelona-based business travel startup Travelperk has raised $7m in Series A funding led by Spark Capital....
[TravelNews] How hotels can localise their website to compete with Airbnb Date：2016-06-13 04:25:34 Click：31 Times
This whole idea of experiencing destinations like a local has become a major travel trend in recent years. As Airbnb pushes this idea, hotels need to consider how they can promote unique, local experiences of their own....
[TravelNews] Chinese tighten Virgin Australia grip, nipping Singapore Air Date：2016-06-13 04:25:34 Click：48 Times
Deal of Nanshan paying 18% premium for 20% stake in Virgin Australia subject to regulatory approval by Chinese authorities....
[TravelNews] Disney faces a noisy competitor as Shanghai park prepares to open Date：2016-06-13 04:25:34 Click：46 Times
Competition between China’s Wanda Group and Global theme park Disney is heating up....
[TravelNews] Eight carriers to replace commission and overrides by temporary agent-fee policy Date：2016-06-13 04:25:34 Click：84 Times
Eight airline companies including Air China, China Southern, China Eastern, Hainan Airlines, Shenzhen Airlines, Sichuan Airlines, Xiamen Air and Shandong Airlines, have decided to replace commission and rebate for domestic flights with a temporary agent-fee policy....
[TravelNews] China inbound visits grow 4.5% in first half of 2016 Date：2016-06-13 04:25:34 Click：55 Times
China’s inbound and outbound visitor volume grew 9.8% YoY to 127 million in the first half of 2016, and inbound tourist arrivals were 65.1 million, up by 4.5% YoY....
[TravelNews] Wasserstein Partners acquires Northstar Travel Group Date：2016-06-12 03:49:24 Click：48 Times
The media company moves from one PE firm—the Wicks Group—to another. Northstar’s management team stays in place....
[TravelNews] Looking beyond just planes, more Americans try multi-modal travel search Date：2016-06-12 03:49:24 Click：104 Times
Lately there’s been a global uptick in companies offering multi-modal search, meaning, multiple-transport options, such as car rentals, trains, coach buses, ferries, and even car-sharing....
[TravelNews] Priceline.com CEO departs part way through turnaround plan Date：2016-06-08 13:47:09 Click：13 Times
Priceline.com is shaking things up at the top as the Priceline Group subsidiary announced that CEO Paul Hennessy will depart for an ecommerce position outside of the travel industry, and current COO and CMO Brett Keller will become interim CEO....