Just like carriers in the U. S. and Europe, China’s Spring Airlines, too, is positioning itself for being a platform of choice for all travel needs.
Four Seasons will open a host of properties in China and popular travel destinations to pick up its pace of development in China in the coming year.
Domestic travel in China grew 10.47% to 2.236 billion trips in the first half of 2016, and tourism revenues rose 12.4% to RMB 2.25 trillion.
Ms Jane Sun, Co-President and COO of Ctrip will be the keynote speaker at the official opening of the first ITB China, which will take place in May 2017 in Shanghai.
AccorHotels has boosted its hotel portfolio in China to 195 following its acquisition of FRHI and its three upscale hotel brands, and plans to open four Sofitel hotels, four Pullman hotels, one Fairmont hotel and two Swissotels by the end of next year.
Ride-hailing platforms including Didi, Uber, UCAR and Yidao have cut subsidies and raised prices in several cities since last month.
Tourism-related entrepreneurship and innovation created around 3.3945 million jobs in China in 2015, accounting for 12.13% of direct employment in the industry.
CITS has merged with HKCTS and come under the full control of the Hong Kong-based state-owned travel enterprise.