Massive hotel pipeline for APAC as development nears peak
In its fifth year of continuous growth, Asia-Pacific’s total construction pipeline, excluding China, is at an all-time high of 1,749 projects, or 369,045 rooms,...
APAC takes lion’s share of world’s fastest growing cities: WTTC
Four of the five fastest-growing cities by travel and tourism GDP contribution over the past decade are located in China, WTTC found in its...
Demand for digital travel tools on the up: Travelport
Mobile devices remain vital while demand for new technologies such as voice search, e-payment and digital room keys grows, according to Travelport's 2018 Digital...
Quanzhou, Angeles City, Kuantan heating up for Singaporean travellers
Smaller cities are fast rising as hot picks among Singaporean travellers, based on Expedia's flight data.
Singaporeans are revving to explore the roads less travelled,...
China bookings for longhaul outpace APAC in 1Q2019
Forward bookings from China to Asia-Pacific destinations are down 2.6% for 1Q2019, while longhaul destinations are seeing significant growth, according to a Forwardkeys analysis.
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Chinese travel spending, mobile transactions on the up: Alipay
Last year, the average budget and actual spending of 2,806 Chinese outbound travellers surveyed in a study by Nielsen and Alipay increased to US$6,026...
Nearly 900 million visitor arrivals projected for APAC in 2023
Asia-Pacific destinations could see foreign visitor arrivals grow an average of 5.5% per annum between 2018 and 2023 to close to 900 million foreign...
Chinese FIT surging despite trade tensions
ForwardKeys’ analysis of Chinese outbound travel in the first four months of this year revealed a 12.7% growth in FIT.
“The growth was extraordinary, given...
Air passenger demand slows with global trade slump, trade tensions
International traffic demand is showing signs of slowing growth amid slumping global trade and rising trade tensions, with US-China trade tensions weighing on the...
APAC travel bookers moving from mobile first to mobile only
Travellers are moving beyond using their mobile devices for trip planning and inspiration, to now also making bookings on the go, according to Expedia.
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