Amid the current outbreak of coronavirus (COVID-19), STR analyzed historical data for China and found that the country’s hotel performance recovered quickly following the containment of SARS in 2003. Recovery around the current outbreak situation of 2020 could follow a similar timeline. “Significant market, economic and social changes over the past two decades render a […]
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A new strain of coronavirus discovered in China claimed 15 more lives since Saturday, bringing the total death count to 56. Figures reflecting developments in the past 24 hours revealed 688 new cases, bringing the total of number of infections in China to 1,975, in what Chinese President Xi Jinping has classified as a “grave situation.” […]
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Scoot launched sales to four new cities in China – Wuhan, Changsha, Kunming and Fuzhou – with a limited period promotion to 5 May 2019 on FlyScoot.com. With the addition of the four new cities, Scoot, one of the largest foreign low-cost carriers operating in China, will cover 23 mainland Chinese cities, with more than […]
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China, South-East Asia and the Tours & Activities sector are strategic growth markets for the TUI Group. TUI and Ctrip, the leading Chinese online provider, have agreed on a strategic partnership. Ctrip’s 200 million monthly users will have direct access to the tours and activities offered by TUI’s subsidiary Musement. TUI recently acquired the Milan-based […]
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Luxury travel is booming: high-price trips grew nearly twice as much as global travel did in general over the past years – most luxury travelers come from the USA and China – Germany and France are the most popular luxury travel destinations in Europe – ITB Berlin and IPK International analyze global luxury travel. More […]
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In 2016, China registered a 13 per cent increase in outbound trips – city trips and Sun&Beach holidays are becoming more and more important – trips to Europe declined – ITB Berlin and IPK International analyse outbound travel behaviour of the Chinese. In 2016, while international travel grew by about four per cent, China registered […]
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Accelerating overseas investments by China’s tourism companies is helping fuel China’s outbound growth, an industry expert pointed out as China National Tourism Administration (CNTA) revealed that the outbound travel boom continued during the May Day holiday, andSeoul, Bangkok and Tokyo were named the most popular destinations. A tourism green paper published by the Chinese Academy of Social […]
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China’s business travel market has overtaken the United States as the number one business travel market in the world. This is one of the key findings from the GBTA BTI Outlook – China 2016 H1, a report by the GBTA Foundation, the education and research arm of the Global Business Travel Association (GBTA), sponsored by […]
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