{"id":2636,"date":"2018-02-06T15:25:07","date_gmt":"2018-02-06T14:25:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/twissen.com\/?p=2636\/"},"modified":"2022-01-21T11:30:01","modified_gmt":"2022-01-21T10:30:01","slug":"western-players-cooperate-with-chinese-companies-to-satisfy-travellers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/twissen.com\/en\/trends-en\/ota-travel-agencies-to-en\/western-players-cooperate-with-chinese-companies-to-satisfy-travellers\/","title":{"rendered":"Western players cooperate with Chinese companies to satisfy travellers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Acquisitions and mergers were main characters between the second half of 2016 and 2017. In September 2016, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marriott.com\/default.mi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Marriott<\/a> acquired <a href=\"http:\/\/www.starwoodhotels.com\/index.html?language=it_IT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Starwood Hotels and Resorts<\/a> for 14bn euros, creating the biggest hotel chain worldwide. Meanwhile, also OTAs and travel marketplaces were becoming familiar with this consolidation trend: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pricelinegroup.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Priceline Group<\/a> completed the purchase of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.momondo.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Momondo<\/a> for about 442mn euros (550mn US dollars) to support <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kayak.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kayak<\/a>, while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airbnb.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Airbnb<\/a> acquired <a href=\"https:\/\/www.luxuryretreats.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Luxury Retreats<\/a> for 200-300mn dollars (160-240mn euros).<\/p>\n<p>As we have already reported, in this consolidation phase <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amadeus.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Amadeus<\/a> published \u201cOnline Travel 2020. Evolve, Expand or Expire\u201d, foreseeing a <a href=\"https:\/\/twissen.com\/en\/trends-en\/ota-travel-agencies-to-en\/ctrip-17bn-skyscanner-acquisition-consolidation-and-new-scenarios\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u201cTravel Marketplace\u201d scenario, described as a collaboration among different players of the Travel &amp; Tourism industry<\/a> (OTAs, airlines, hotels and others).<\/p>\n<p>In particular, <strong>Chinese players started a phase of intense collaboration with the Western players of the Travel &amp; Tourism industry.<\/strong> One of the biggest deals was the Chinese colossus <a href=\"http:\/\/english.ctrip.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ctrip<\/a> acquiring the British metasearch engine <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skyscanner.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Skyscanner<\/a> for 1.64bn euros (1.7bn dollars).<\/p>\n<p>Last August, Marriott International Inc announced a joint venture with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alibabagroup.com\/en\/global\/home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alibaba Group Holding Ltd<\/a>, the Chinese multinational ecommerce, retail, Internet, AI and technology conglomerate, in order to enhance the travel experience of millions of Chinese tourists travelling worldwide. In fact, as reported by Marriott International, Chinese travellers are expected to take about 700 million trips over the next five years. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.4hoteliers.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">4Hoteliers<\/a> reports that this joint venture will manage Marriott\u2019s storefront on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alitrip.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fliggy<\/a>, namely Alibaba\u2019s travel service platform. It will also market directly to Alibaba\u2019s customer base, provide a link between Marriott\u2019s and Alibaba\u2019s loyalty program and support Marriott hotels globally with content, programmes and promotions customised for Chinese travellers.<br \/>\nAs we have already reported, <a href=\"https:\/\/twissen.com\/?post_type=wpcf7_contact_form&#038;p=1477\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chinese travellers are increasingly demanding for high-quality and luxury experiences<\/a>. In fact, <strong>the joint venture aims to provide personalised experiences easy to organise, wallet free payments and new member benefits to enhance loyalty<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>At <strong>Twissen<\/strong> we observed that Chinese companies are increasingly investing in western players of the Travel &amp; Tourism industry. Meanwhile, western companies can benefit from collaborations with Chinese players, attracting more customers by personalising travel experiences.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The number of Chinese travellers is growing yoy, now demanding for high-quality experiences easy to organise.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":7075,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[105],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Western players cooperate with Chinese companies to satisfy travellers | Twissen<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/twissen.com\/en\/trends-en\/ota-travel-agencies-to-en\/western-players-cooperate-with-chinese-companies-to-satisfy-travellers\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Western players cooperate with Chinese companies to satisfy travellers | Twissen\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The number of Chinese travellers is growing yoy, now demanding for high-quality experiences easy to organise.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/twissen.com\/en\/trends-en\/ota-travel-agencies-to-en\/western-players-cooperate-with-chinese-companies-to-satisfy-travellers\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Twissen\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TwissenIT\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-02-06T14:25:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-01-21T10:30:01+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/twissen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/mid-autumn-2755622_1920.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"518\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Martina Baldo\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Martina Baldo\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/twissen.com\/en\/trends-en\/ota-travel-agencies-to-en\/western-players-cooperate-with-chinese-companies-to-satisfy-travellers\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/twissen.com\/en\/trends-en\/ota-travel-agencies-to-en\/western-players-cooperate-with-chinese-companies-to-satisfy-travellers\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Martina Baldo\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/twissen.com\/#\/schema\/person\/982869477dd8af49ddd6bc1a534be990\"},\"headline\":\"Western players cooperate with Chinese companies to satisfy travellers\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-02-06T14:25:07+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-01-21T10:30:01+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/twissen.com\/en\/trends-en\/ota-travel-agencies-to-en\/western-players-cooperate-with-chinese-companies-to-satisfy-travellers\/\"},\"wordCount\":348,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/twissen.com\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"OTA, Travel Agencies &amp; 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