The joint lab will focus on five programs, including Artificial Intelligence, Flight Business, Hotel Business, International Business, and Cloud Technology.
Women made up 59.8% of outbound Chinese travelers.
More than 80% of surveyed netizens plan to travel during the holidays.
Chinese mainland hotel bookings by international travelers also followed the same trend, rising by a third (32%) compared to pre-pandemic levels.
Meituan said its bookings for the upcoming May Day holiday from April 29-May 3 had reached a five-year high by the start of this week.
China has resumed outbound group tours to 60 countries, and most of them have canceled the requirements of providing negative nucleic acid test results.
In total, about 23.77 million domestic trips were made nationwide on Wednesday, an increase of 22.7% from last year's trips.
Car rental bookings on Trip.com had increased more than 10 times, representing a week-on-week increase of over 150%.