50+ is the new 30 in Chinese outbound tourism

Posted by Newsdesk
On 20th February 2019
alipay, China's outbound tourism grows, chinese market, chinese outbound tourism, cotri, COTRI Analytics, COTRI Analytics Radar, COTRI statistics, COTRI Weekly, forecast, mobile payment

Dear Readers, Alipay published a few days ago insights from the Chinese New Year travel period this year. Not surprisingly they found that based on the result from Greater China and more than 40 countries where Alipay is accepted, the amounts of outbound travellers spending from third-and-fourth-tier cities grew faster than that by those from […]

The 25th Edition of the ENTER conference: The future of tech in tourism is increasingly Asian

Posted by Newsdesk
On 31st January 2018
Alibaba, alipay, Chinese Tourism, enter conference, enter2018, mobile payment, wechat, wechat pay

The following article appeared as the lead story in the January 30, 2018 edition of the COTRI Weekly: Dear readers, Last week saw the 25th ENTER conference, this time organised by IFITT in the far north in the Swedish city of Jönköping. IFITT stands for International Federation for Information Technologies and Travel & Tourism, the leading […]

Alipay Payment for Vending Machines in Thailand

Posted by Newsdesk
On 26th July 2017
alipay, Thailand, Vending Machines

Kasikornbank, Alipay and Sun 108, Thailand’s leading vending machine operator, have installed 24 vending machines around the country that allow Chinese customers to pay via the app Alipay. This follows the widespread introduction of the payment service in convenience stores and major shopping malls in 2016. These first 24 vending machines have been placed in […]

Alipay Introduced in the Czech Republic and Slovakia

Posted by Christopher Ledsham
On 15th December 2016
Alibaba, alipay, czech republic, Slovakia

As of December 2016, China’s largest mobile payment service Alipay will be available in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. This introduction is being made possible through collaboration with Dutch marketing company V2Future, as well as Czech consulting firm Sims MANAGEMENT, who will be representing the Chinese web giant in the Czech and Slovakian markets and […]

Alipay to be Introduced in Europe by the End of 2016

Posted by Christopher Ledsham
On 2nd September 2016
Alibaba, alipay, europe, shopping

Alibaba’s partnership with the global leader in seamless payments, Ingenico Group, will see China’s biggest mobile payment service Alipay wallet being available to Chinese users travelling in Europe before the end of 2016. As part of the deal, Chinese Alipay customers will be able to use the mobile payment service in European locations already offering […]

Mergers continue in China’s tourism industry as Ctrip and Qunar enter strategic partnership

Posted by Daniel Meesak
On 29th October 2015
alipay, china, ctrip, market, merger, qunar, tourism

China’s leading travel websites, Ctrip.com and Qunar announced on Monday that they will enter a strategic partnership, thus together forming China’s biggest online travel agent (OTA). In more technical terms, they will conduct a share swap that results in Ctrip owning a 45% stake in Qunar, and Qunar parent Baidu will own a 25% stake […]