Starwood Hotels plans to open 20 hotels in greater China in 2015, including two luxury hotels, 12 high-end hotels, and six select boutique hotels.
eHi will leverage its resources to try to take the lead in the domestic car sharing market with its newly launched online P2P car sharing platform called “hi”.
Singapore-based Temasek Holdings has confirmed its US$10 million investment in the Jiqing high-speed rail line that connects Taiyuan with Qingdao.
Wanda Hotels 2014 revenue dropped HK$1.162 billion and the value of its property investments in Fujian Province decreased HK$147 million.
Utour achieved 40.32% y-o-y growth in revenue, recording RMB4.217 billion turnover and 24.32% y-o-y growth in shareholder profits totaling RMB109 million.
Website performance, particularly site speed, is an area of opportunity for foreign operators to consider. ChinaTravelNews assesses how foreign entities can improve upon their respective websites.
The CNTA published Q4 tourism statistics for 2014 with data on domestic,inbound and outbound tourism markets from 26,005 travel companies.
Five Hong Kong and Macau sole-proprietorship tour operators will begin directly soliciting mainland customers for outbound tours in a pilot scheme starting March 1.