[TravelNews] Avuxi secures investment as web travel maps evolve Date：2017-01-04 00:28:24 Click：13 Times
A former-senior executive at Wotif has invested in mapping tech provider Avuxi, as the startup looks to take its TopPlace platform “to the next level”....
[TravelNews] Travellers ready for Messenger-type communications Date：2017-01-04 00:28:24 Click：10 Times
A study found 53% of regular users of Facebook Messenger and sister service WhatsApp claim to have interacted with a brand within the messaging environment....
[TravelNews] Group calls for boycott of Qatar Airways for human rights violations Date：2017-01-04 00:28:24 Click：8 Times
A human rights group is hoping to persuade travelers from Boston and other cities to avoid flying on Qatar’ Airways when going to the Middle East as international attention focuses on the tiny country leading up to its hosting of the 2022 World Cup....
[TravelNews] Airline classes turn into segments with greater variety of prices Date：2017-01-04 00:28:24 Click：10 Times
Delta Air Lines is plunging deep into segmentation, industry parlance for dividing an aircraft into multiple fare levels that offer different perks and restrictions....
[TravelNews] China Southern injects RMB 500 million in finance arm Date：2017-01-04 00:28:24 Click：9 Times
China Southern Airlines and its controlling shareholder China Southern Air Holding have agreed to invest a total of RMB 500 million into their finance arm....
[TravelNews] China to be world's largest aviation market: Honeywell president Date：2017-01-04 00:28:24 Click：8 Times
China is expected to become the worlds largest aviation market in the next 20 years, said Steven Lien, president of Honeywell Aerospace Asia-Pacific, in an interview with China Daily....
[TravelNews] Huazhu, Accorhotels expand in China's midscale, upscale market Date：2017-01-04 00:28:24 Click：20 Times
Huazhu Hotels (China Lodging Group) unit Yagao Meihua signed agreements for nearly 40 new projects in more than ten months. The majority are located in Chinas first- and second-tier cities....
[TravelNews] HNA’s E-Life Financial receives RMB 1.9 billion in B+ round Date：2017-01-04 00:28:24 Click：103 Times
HNA subsidiary E-Life Financial raised RMB 1.9 billion in its B+ round after it closed its 4-billion-yuan B round last October. The deals boost the company‘s value to above the earlier projected RMB 8 billion....
[TravelNews] Virgin Australia chief executive: China will play a vital role in our future growth Date：2017-01-04 00:28:24 Click：110 Times
Virgin Australia chief executive John Borghetti showed great confidence in China, and believed China will be a key driver of the Australia-based airline’s development and profitability in the next one or two decades....
[TravelNews] UnionPay tailors discounts to boost Chinese spending in Japan Date：2017-01-04 00:28:24 Click：83 Times
China UnionPay plans to partner Japans Sumitomo Mitsui Banking to offer Chinese tourists personalized discount coupons in Japan starting in January 2017, reported Nikkei....