[TravelNews] Apple Pay takes on China's internet kings in mobile payments Date:2016-02-18 20:25:49 Click:93 Times
Apple Inc launched its mobile payment system in China on Thursday in a bid to change the strategic landscape of mobile payment market amid the popularity of alternative mobile systems associated with Alibaba and Tencent....
[TravelNews] Priceline reports financial results for Q4 and FY2015 Date:2016-02-18 20:25:49 Click:71 Times
Priceline Group today reported its 4th quarter and full-year 2015 financial results with fourth quarter gross travel bookings increasing by 13% YoY to $12.0 billion and gross profit increasing by 12% YoY to $1.9 billion for Q4....
[TravelNews] Did Airbnb purge potentially illegal NYC listings ahead of its own data dump? Date:2016-02-18 20:25:48 Click:20 Times
After tracking Airbnb listing data for almost all of 2015, Murray Cox and Tom Slee, independent researchers, found that in an early December Airbnb disclosure of NYC listing information, Airbnb removed about 1,000 listings of “entire unit” rentals from its platform....
[TravelNews] Honeywell partnering with China's Comac on jet certification Date:2016-02-18 20:25:48 Click:30 Times
Honeywell International is working with China’s state-owned aircraft maker Comac to certify its planes, including the country’s first homegrown single-aisle jet that aims to challenge Boeing Co. and Airbus Group SE’s control of the market....
[TravelNews] Hilton campaigns to bring clicks direct Date:2016-02-18 20:25:48 Click:16 Times
Recently, Hilton Worldwide begun to carry out ‘Stop Click Around’ campaign to get loyal guests to book direct. Those booking directly could receive personalized service including points, free wifi and use of the brand’s Digital Key....
[TravelNews] Veltra buys tours and activities service City Discovery Date:2016-02-18 20:25:48 Click:38 Times
Japanese provider Veltra snapping up European player City Discovery this week, with Veltra combining its technology with City Discovery’s existing global operations and customer service expertise, therefore, Veltra reinforce its leading position in the B2C and B2B wings of the tours and activitie...
[TravelNews] Uber is losing more than $1 billion a year in China Date:2016-02-18 20:25:48 Click:23 Times
Uber is profitable in the U.S., but in China its losing over a billion dollars a year....
[TravelNews] China's HNA Group to buy Ingram Micro for $6 billion Date:2016-02-18 20:25:48 Click:28 Times
Chinese conglomerate HNA Group is buying electronics distributor Ingram Micro Inc for about $6 billion, the latest in a string of overseas deals by Chinese companies....
[TravelNews] A tipping point for travel, as apps overtake mobile web Date:2016-02-18 20:25:48 Click:20 Times
Criteo‘s latest mobile commerce report claims that for travel purchases made from a mobile device, 58% were via an app — the first time apps have outperformed mobile web and that cross-device shopping is now the norm....
[TravelNews] Yahoo Travel shuttered as part of company-wide reorganization Date:2016-02-18 20:25:48 Click:21 Times
Yahoo shuttered its Yahoo Travel product which was launched by former New York Post editor Paula Froelich less than two years ago and won the North American Travel Journalists Association’s award for best online travel magazine....