August 20, 2014:TravelDaily , China’s leading online publisher and event organizer with emphasis on distribution, marketing and technology in the travel and tourism industries, welcomes HotelsCombined, the world’s leading hotel price comparison site, as a sponsor for the TravelDaily Conference 2014 in Shanghai on September3-4.
HotelsCombined, with its official Chinese site Biyi.cn, is a global hotel metasearch site featuring a database of over 800,000 hotels worldwide. Attracting over 300 million users every year, the site is available in over 40 different languages.
While most global industry leaders are charting their courses cautiously, some are looking at creating exciting new opportunities or entering new markets in the midst of the crisis. China remains the hotspot of the world's travel market by achieving a 13.6% growth rate in the number of domestic travelers 2013. China's air traffic also exceeded an 11.7% growth rate on a year-to-year basis.
Just how different are current entry strategies, and what tactics offer the best chance at making a real breakthrough in the China market and navigating through this challenging time? How are travel and tourism organizations collaborating to enhance market share and to revitalize the tourism and travel economy?
Over 750 C-level executives and senior management leaders from travel industry will take center stage at the TravelDaily Conference from September3 to 4, 2014 to address the core issues affecting the heart of travel industry. Be part of this distinguished gathering and be instrumental in facilitating new ideas and driving improvements for the hotel industry.
HotelsCombined will be present throughout the duration of the conference. The global metasearch company will be participating in various forms; Chief Operating Officer, Hichame Assi, will contribute to the Executive Roundtable on 3 September on Global Player’s China strategy, while Eva Fouquet, International Partnerships Manager at HotelsCombined, will host a workshop on how international brands can harness the power of metasearch on 4 September.
Charlie Li, CEO of TravelDaily, says that HotelsCombined’s presence at the event highlights the growing importance of metasearch and what opportunitiesit can offer forinternational travel and tourism brands entering China.
“We are delighted to welcome HotelsCombined as our sponsor. Hotel metasearch has emerged in recent years as a significant distribution channel for property operators and international players in the travel industry,”Mr Li said.
“The China Edge TravelDaily 2014 Conference will address some of the hottest topics in China's travel industry. With global contributors like HotelsCombined providing education and learning opportunities for industry professionals, it is an event not to be missed.”
More information about this summit is available at:
http://summit.traveldaily.cn/23/index_en.aspx.
