[TravelNews] Transport Minister: Car-hailing rules draft completed Date:2016-03-07 13:57:07 Click:15 Times
Chinas transport minister announced that the provisional rules on car-hailing service had been drafted while reiterating this does not necessarily mean legitimization of the business....
[TravelNews] Chinese OTA Qunar to launch airline Date:2016-03-04 14:12:49 Click:44 Times
Shenzhen-based Shenhui Airlines plans to launch in 2017...
[TravelNews] Yidao eyes IPO to take on Didi Kuaidi, Uber Date:2016-03-04 14:12:49 Click:37 Times
The car-hailing company has been losing ground to Didi Kuaidi as sector gets locked into price war....
[TravelNews] China Southern names Vice Transport Minister as new chairman Date:2016-03-04 14:12:49 Click:15 Times
China Southern Airlines has appointed Wang Changshun, Vice Minister of Ministry of Transport to replace Si Xianmin as chairman....
[TravelNews] Air China issues RMB 2 billion short-term bonds Date:2016-03-04 14:12:49 Click:19 Times
Air China launched a RMB 2 billion worth of short-term bond issue which is the airlines first deal of 2016....
[TravelNews] Accor and HNA both consider Carlson Rezidor acquisition Date:2016-03-04 14:12:49 Click:83 Times
Europes biggest hotel operator Accor SA, and Chinese conglomerate HNA Group are among companies in bids for Carlson’s hotel group, which includes the Radisson and Park Plaza brands....
[TravelNews] Spring Airlines gets to go ahead for buying 60 Airbus jets Date:2016-03-04 14:12:49 Click:49 Times
Chinas first and largest low-cost carrier Spring Airlines has won shareholders’ approval to buy 60 Airbus aircraft for further expansion in low-cost aviation and to issue RMB 2.3 billion bonds....
[TravelNews] Tuniu forays into unchartered areas in addition to its tour packages offering Date:2016-03-04 14:12:49 Click:43 Times
How is the current crop of online travel companies in China trying to unlock additional profitability? How can the huge volume of traffic be better monetized by OTAs? Are all transactions 100% digital?...
[TravelNews] Hotel sector is in turmoil, but not due to the sharing economy Date:2016-03-04 14:12:48 Click:14 Times
Currently, the hotel industry is in turmoil, with both technology and consumer expectations evolving extremely rapidly; however, hoteliers tend to pay no attention to SEO and domination of online travel agencies....
[TravelNews] What Trivago taking 52.3% of Base7Booking implies for hotel tech Date:2016-03-04 14:12:48 Click:13 Times
Trivago, the Expedia Inc-affiliated metasearch brand, officially said today that it has taken a majority investment in a Swiss startup, Base7Booking, which offers a cloud-based property management system (PMS) for hotels.With the fresh funding, it is hiring for development, sales, and multi-lingual c...