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Articles tagged “alibaba”

Hotels

China’s Alibaba Is Shaping the Future of the Machine-Driven Hotel

Chinese e-commerce players are racing among themselves to provide technology solutions to hotels. Alibaba fires the latest salvo with a prototype of the future hotel, FlyZoo.

Raini Hamdi, Skift | 5 years ago

China’s Alibaba Is Shaping the Future of the Machine-Driven Hotel

Hotels

What Marriott’s CEO Had to Say About Airbnb, Amazon and Google

Unlike some of its hotel peers, Marriott isn't giving up on its hopes of being the world's favorite travel company.

Deanna Ting, Skift | 5 years ago

What Marriott’s CEO Had to Say About Airbnb, Amazon and Google

Online Travel

Meituan Dianping Claims Leadership as Largest Domestic Hotel Site in China

Meituan has an advantage in travel over some of its competitors because it is a platform company, offering an extensive array of retail services, although food delivery is its core business. The Chinese hotel market is clearly in flux with Meituan and, to a lesser extent, Alibaba, nipping at Ctrip's heels.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 5 years ago

Meituan Dianping Claims Leadership as Largest Domestic Hotel Site in China

Online Travel

Alibaba Helps U.S. Cities With Mobile Payments for Chinese Tourism Wave

The trick to getting more U.S. businesses to invest in mobile payments will be to convince them that more demand will also soon come from U.S. travelers, who are still largely cash and card-carrying consumers for now.

Dan Peltier, Skift | 6 years ago

Alibaba Helps U.S. Cities With Mobile Payments for Chinese Tourism Wave

Online Travel

Video: Mistakes U.S. Companies Make Selling to China

China is a huge market for retailers and one that plenty of travel companies want to crack. However, not everyone has been successful.

Patrick Whyte, Skift | 6 years ago

Video: Mistakes U.S. Companies Make Selling to China

Online Travel

What’s Behind Alibaba’s $486 Million Investment in Hotel Tech Giant Shiji

Shiji is a Beijing-based company that provides hotels and restaurants with operational software and hardware. It was already on an overseas acquisition spree before this new funding. Global leader Oracle Hospitality should be on guard.

Sean O'Neill, Skift | 6 years ago

What’s Behind Alibaba’s $486 Million Investment in Hotel Tech Giant Shiji

Business Travel

What Travel Brands Can Learn From Alibaba’s New Luxury Marketplace

Despite the popularity and discussion surrounding the Chinese consumer in recent years, it is still a developing market worth watching and studying for nuanced changes and opportunities.

Samantha Shankman, Skift | 7 years ago

Hotels

Marriott Partners With Alibaba to Court the Chinese Travel Market Even More

Smart move, Marriott. Given the growth of the middle class worldwide will be led by China, it's incredibly insightful on Marriott's part to be doing all it can to establish loyalty and brand recognition with this crucial market sooner than later.

Deanna Ting, Skift | 7 years ago

Marriott Partners With Alibaba to Court the Chinese Travel Market Even More

Business Travel

Alibaba’s Travel Chief on How Mobile Booking and Billing Is Redefining Chinese Travel

More Chinese travelers than ever before are traveling to the U.S. and Alitrip is looking to provide custom, mobile-booked itineraries through its relationship with North American hotels, airlines and tour operators. It helps that its parent company is the preeminent Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba, giving them near-unlimited resources to compete in a crowded Chinese travel market.

Andrew Sheivachman, Skift | 8 years ago

Alibaba’s Travel Chief on How Mobile Booking and Billing Is Redefining Chinese Travel

Online Travel

Qunar CEO Interview: We Can Out-Execute Alibaba and Everyone Else

It's all about the numbers and execution so we'll be able to view Qunar's quarterly reports over the next few years to see if CEO Chenchao “CC” Zhuang can make good on his boast that the company will out-execute Ctrip, Alibaba and everyone else. Let's see if all the confidence adds up.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 9 years ago

Qunar CEO Interview: We Can Out-Execute Alibaba and Everyone Else