Sean O'Neill, Skift
Ctrip's revenue growth has remained in line with forecasts, but its costs are rising. More interestingly, the online travel giant has branched out into hotel management by providing data services and marketing support to franchisees for a new brand, Rezen.
6 days ago
Dennis Schaal, Skift
It's becoming increasingly clear that online travel players will try to leverage the heck out of connections between food delivery, ridehailing, and booking hotels. Uber and Lyft will undoubtedly become a bigger part of the action, as well.
2 weeks ago
Sean O'Neill, Skift
China's travel market is fast-growing enough that it could support a competitor to current leader Ctrip. That day may arrive soon, too, given that Meituan-Dianping is showing surprising traction in hotel booking.
2 months ago
Dennis Schaal, Skift
Online travel's two most influential female executives, Ctrip's Jane Jie Sun and Booking.com's Gillian Tans, will now deliberate around the table together at Ctrip board meetings. Ctrip felt the need to announce that the two companies are strengthening their ties after Booking's 2017 investment in Ctrip rival and IPO-bound Meituan-Dianping.
5 months ago
Shelly Banjo and Olivia Zaleski, Bloomberg
If we were Booking or HomeAway, we'd probably read this and see a big opportunity here.
6 months ago
Lulu Yilun Chen, Bloomberg
Among the many things on Uber's list of things to worry about, Meituan Dianping should be at or close to the top of that very long list.
8 months ago