Beijing avoids draconian COVID restrictions ahead of festival; Trip.com Group appoints executive president of market.
UK COVID-19 variant found in Hong Kong; China invests $656 million in culture, tourism.
Lumous has established partnerships with 70% of China’s top ten hotel brands including Jinjiang Hotels and BTG Homeinns.
Club Med of Fosun Tourism speeds up recovery in Asia Pacific; ForwardKeys predicts China outbound travel to rise over 80% in 2022.
Other than the capital investment, the two companies vowed to strengthen their cooperation in product, technology, membership, central reservation and platform construction.
China is much closer to recovering hotel ADR than Europe, US; China Eastern works with Juneyao Airlines, China Telecom to offer in-flight Wi-Fi.
Hilton CEO said China is second-largest market, key part of growth strategy; Alibaba-invested mobility platform Hellobike applies for hotel-related trademark.
Cathay Pacific reports 98.6% drop in passenger number; Top 20 China Travel Groups for 2020 announced.
