Swissport parent company PAI Partners is considering an IPO or sale to a buyer like HNA Group. If listed,Swissport could trade for up to US$3.5 billion.
Lixing.Biz received an investment of RMB10 million from Buttonwood Capital to accelerate the creation of a outbound leisure travel platform.
Ctrip is joining hands with Huiyu Asset Management and Singapore-based F&H Group to form a fund management platform, Xieling Investment.
New Century Hotels and Resorts and NJ Robotics have signed a strategic partnership to jointly explore the applications of smart robots in the hotel industry.
An Starwood acquisition would mean China will have the largest global hotel group in the world pioneered by the upcoming Jin Jiang-Plateno merger.
Meituan has confirmed it will acquire full ownership of online travel platform Kuxun from Tripadvisor to step up its hotel coverage and complete its business range.
Mingyan Software, developer of Diaotian Cloud Hotel PMS,signed an agreement to receive an angel investment from Plateno Group.
Juneyao Air plans to raise RMB3.565 billion (approx: US$574 million) to expand its fleet and enter the online travel industry to open new sources of revenue.