Whether a realistic business proposition or not, many Western businesses will look to China at one point or another with a view of entering and making vast sums of money.
While the global flash deals market wobbles, Asia reveals a different side
February 28, 2013 By Leave a Comment
The flash deals market is under pressure – share price of market leader Groupon dropped by 70% compared to the value at the time of its IPO.
Qunar overtakes Ctrip as China’s biggest travel site, booming on mobile sales
February 5, 2013 By 1 Comment
Yesterday, Baidu, China’s largest search engine, trumpeted the astonishing growth of its travel site Qunar, which in the fourth quarter became China’s largest internet retailer of airline tickets — overtaking Ctrip, the dominant OTA.
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Skyscanner invades China, inks flight search deal with web giant Baidu
August 23, 2012 By 3 Comments
After setting up operations in Singapore and Russia, UK-based travel search engine Skyscanner has an evenbigger target now: China.
Mobile Travel Technologies secures $5M investment push
June 7, 2012 By 2 Comments
Happy days at Mobile Travel Technologies as it welcomes a $5 million injection of funding from DFJ Esprit, one of the largest venture capital companies in Europe.
eLong in huge China online shift with echoes of Expedia-Google problem
May 21, 2012 By 2 Comments
eLong, Expedia’s online travel agency subsidiary in China, has carried out a very substantial shift to online hotel bookings in the past year.
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Top tips for marketing to affluent Chinese travellers
November 28, 2011 By 8 Comments
The rise of Chinese tourism has gotten the attention of a lot of travel, tourism, and hotel companies – not least because the bounty to be had is enormous.
China giant Baidu uses Qunar investment to launch hotel search
July 28, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Chinese search engine Baidu is wasting no time making the most of its $306 million investment in metasearch site Qunar, promising to soon incorporate hotel search.
Unhappy Fourth of July – Why summer 2011 is a big moment in Chinese online travel
July 4, 2011 By 11 Comments
The investment by Chinese search leader Baidu into local metasearch company Qunar can be proclaimed a data point on China becoming the largest economy in the world.
China search giant Baidu takes travel seriously with $306M punt on Qunar
July 4, 2011 By Leave a Comment
While some industry folk in the western hemisphere gasp at levels of money being thrown into the likes of Wimdu and Airbnb, over in China there are even bigger sums in play.
