Articles tagged “alibaba”

Hotels

Marriott Says Loyalty Program Driving New Wave of Growth in Asia

Even as uncertainty continues to weigh on travel plans, Marriott is offering personalized experiences through its loyalty program in Asia. The hotel chain currently has more than 55 million Marriott Bonvoy members in Asia Pacific.

Peden Doma Bhutia | 1 month ago
Marriott Says Loyalty Program Driving New Wave of Growth in Asia

Hotels

Marriott Leans Into Superapps to Build Up Loyalty

The likes of Alibaba, Grab, and Rakuten have billions of members. If hotels can tap into a just fraction of their users, and convert them to their own loyalty schemes, they'll be mighty happy.

Matthew Parsons, Skift | 1 year ago
Marriott Leans Into Superapps to Build Up Loyalty

Online Travel

Marriott’s Arne Sorenson Upended Travel Distribution

Arne Sorenson was a maverick in his own way. He quietly visited Airbnb headquarters in 2014 to get a better understanding of short-term rentals, which culminated in Marriott's Homes & Villas. And he found a way to have a mutually beneficial relationship with those "evil" online travel agencies.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 1 year ago
Marriott’s Arne Sorenson Upended Travel Distribution

Online Travel

Online Travel Innovation May Emerge From Big Tech Crackdown on 3 Continents

Regulators in China, Europe, and the U.S. can certainly screw up on execution of their goals with over-regulation, under-regulation, or initiatives that are off-target. But there's something happening around the globe that points to a new and potentially hopeful era for competition and innovation.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 2 years ago
Online Travel Innovation May Emerge From Big Tech Crackdown on 3 Continents

Online Travel

The Largest IPO in History Just Happened and It Has a Huge Travel Angle

Booking.com, Airbnb, Marriott, and every high-end retail shop on the Champs-Élysées want to see the proliferation of Alipay and other digital payment services to capture the spending of Chinese travelers. But Alipay's key cross-border payments strategy, despite a record-setting IPO, has run into major snags.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 2 years ago
The Largest IPO in History Just Happened and It Has a Huge Travel Angle

Online Travel

Travel Companies Adapt to a Livestreaming Trend That May Outlast the Pandemic

The pandemic rapidly sped up a trend in livestreams. But the early success of Trip.com Group's and Alibaba Group's Fliggy webcasts marketing travel suggests that the phenomenon is here to stay.

Sean O'Neill, Skift | 2 years ago
Travel Companies Adapt to a Livestreaming Trend That May Outlast the Pandemic

Coronavirus

Chinese Online Platforms View the Great Travel Recovery as a Drawn-Out Process

An unfortunate first-mover in the pandemic, China, in turn, got an early start on its travel recovery. But officials at major travel companies there view a robust bounce back as taking a year or longer — and much of that pace depends on how quickly coronavirus gets neutralized in the rest of the world.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 2 years ago
Chinese Online Platforms View the Great Travel Recovery as a Drawn-Out Process

Coronavirus

Local Travel to Benefit Most in China’s First Major Holiday Since Coronavirus

The Chinese travel industry has its first chance at a rebound during the upcoming Labor Day holiday, but there is still a long way to go before a return to 2019 demand levels.

Sophie Yu and Brenda Goh, Reuters | 2 years ago
Local Travel to Benefit Most in China’s First Major Holiday Since Coronavirus

Tourism

A Drop in European Visitors to Thailand Is a Wake-Up Call

While it focuses on arresting a drop in Chinese arrivals, Thailand should spend equal or more time assessing why European arrivals are declining. It's the higher spending market. The reasons are different, and it's time for Thailand to look internally rather than blame external factors like Brexit, the baht, and a trade war for Europe's shrinkage.

Raini Hamdi, Skift | 3 years ago
A Drop in European Visitors to Thailand Is a Wake-Up Call

Hotels

Accor and Alibaba Form Partnership to Attract Chinese Travelers

Accor has formed a partnership with online marketplace Alibaba to make it easier for Chinese travelers to book rooms and other services. It's a smart move to appeal to Alibaba's 700 million high-spending consumers who are eager to travel around the world.

Nancy Trejos, Skift | 3 years ago
Accor and Alibaba Form Partnership to Attract Chinese Travelers