The number of mainland residents leaving China jumped by 14.1% to 77.941 million, and the number of foreigners entering the country climbed by 11.2% to 23.11 million.
Any qualified hotel is able to directly apply for “YiQiZhuang” loan from Ctrip.
SBE is to collaborate with US clothing retailer Abercrombie & Fitch to run co-branded events and pop-up shops in hotels.
Booking Holdings' brands will offer on-demand car service powered by DiDi through their apps, and DiDi customers can book hotels through Booking.com or Agoda.
In the first half of 2018, China’s civil aviation industry registered a 12.4% increase in the number of air passengers, a 16.5% increase in operation incomes and a total profit of RMB 30.61 billion.
This marks a stepping up of Ctrip’s global efforts in destination activities and travel pass products after it launched the industry’s first global things-to-do platform in May.
The battle to target a bigger pie of the outbound business featuring travelers from lower-tier cities in China is getting intense.
Tao Peng, a local serial entrepreneur who built companies like Breadtrip, CityHunter and co-founded CityHome, announced personally that he would join Airbnb in September as President of Airbnb China.
