Uroaming, an overseas WiFi service rental platform, announces today that it has raised over $10 million Series A+ funding from Steamboat Ventures and existing investor New Enterprise Associates.
Shanghai-based Yuyuan Tourist Mart announced that it will wholly acquire Hokkaido ski resort Hoshino Resorts Tomamu for 18.358 billion yen.
Australia is preparing to launch a 10-year multiple-entry tourism visa for Chinese nationals in an effort to attract an even more visitors.
Last year we had over 20% growth y-o-y in arrivals and we’re expecting that kind of compounded growth for the next three to five years.
Walt Disney’s CEO Robert Iger said China’s new “two-child policy” would be a boon to the tourism industry as more children going to its theme parks.
Switzerland Tourism said that Swiss hotels had clocked up a total of 1.060 million nights from Chinese tourists in the first eight months of this year, up 33.9% y-o-y.
The Malaysian government has decided to implement a visa-free policy for groups of two or more Chinese visitors to attract more Chinese tourists.
Softbank has set up an inbound tourism OTA that will be launched on Alitrip, Chinese ecommerce giant Alibaba’s travel platform, on November 11.