How Airbnb fights for outbound Chinese travelers While Airbnb has around 80,000 listings in China, it is still far behind local businesses like Xiaozhu, which has about 140,000 listings, and Tujia, with more than 430,000 listings. Source: Hotel Marketing How Airbnb fights for outbound Chinese travelers
Booking.com seeks Southeast Asian hotel portfolio expansion Booking.com is seeking to increase the number of its hotel and accommodation partners across Southeast Asia by 50% to serve growing demand from international tourists. Source: Hotel Marketing Booking.com seeks Southeast Asian hotel portfolio expansion
How Hilton pioneers friction-free experiences for the handheld age Hilton CMO Geraldine Calpin describes how the brand is innovating to meet the fast-rising expectations of digitally savvy customers. Source: Hotel Marketing How Hilton pioneers friction-free experiences for the handheld age
New online booking platform claims to ‘turn people into travel agents’ A new booking platform called TRVL, which claims to “turn people into travel agents”, has raised $2.7 million in funding from angel investors. Source: Hotel Marketing New online booking platform claims to ‘turn people into travel agents’