Dida Travel News
DidaTravel announces remarkable sales growth from European source markets ahead of WTM
DidaTravel – a tech-driven global travel distribution company, continues to expand its footprint across Europe, announcing remarkable growth rates of +100% from both an inbound and outbound perspective. A leader in China and Asia Pacific source markets and destinations, Dida embarked on its global expansion strategy in 2018, and the results since then have been exceptional with year-to-date, 2024 sales significantly outperforming the same period 2023. This growth highlights Europe’s increasing significance in the companies’ business which now represents over 22% of its total revenue. The top five best performing European outbound source markets for the company include the UK, Germany, Spain, Italy and France.
Chinese travellers fuel global hotel bookings: DidaTravel reveals 2024 golden week trends
DidaTravel – a tech-driven global travel distribution company – has shared key hotel booking trends from China’s Golden Week holiday period. China’s outbound travel continues its rapid recovery, with hotel bookings for trips abroad showing impressive growth. According to DidaTravel’s latest data, during the Golden Week holiday, when many Chinese travelers take a seven-day break from October 1 to October 7, hotel bookings surged across various regions compared to last year: up by 190% in the Americas, 78% in Europe, 77% in Asia-Pacific, and 106% in the Middle East.
DidaTravel supports partners amidst soaring booking demand for Thailand and Malaysia
DidaTravel – a tech-driven global travel wholesaler – has revealed substantial growth in booking demand for Thailand and Malaysia, fueled by a surge from the Chinese source market. In the first half of 2024, hotel bookings from Chinese travellers visiting Thailand rose by an impressive 340% compared to the same period the previous year. Likewise, hotel bookings from Chinese source market travellers visiting Malaysia surged by 780% during the first six months 2024. These numbers underscore the rising interest and confidence among Chinese travellers in these Southeast Asian destinations.
Many Western hoteliers “completely unaware” of major Chinese outbound travel period
As we approach the longest holiday season in China, DidaTravel – China’s largest outbound wholesaler of accommodation and flights – is helping hotelier partners around the world to prepare by highlighting the Golden Week (also known as National Day) festival in October. The company is firstly drawing attention to the fact that the national holiday calendar this year is different from last year’s, which saw a combined Mid-Autumn Festival and Golden Week period to create one of the longest ever holiday periods suitable for extended travels.
DidaTravel: Launch of new direct Shenzhen to Mexico City route
The first-ever direct flight from Shenzhen (China) to Mexico City connects Mexican hoteliers with over 20 million Shenzhen residents, including many high-income tech professionals. DidaTravel reports 219% year-to-date TTV* growth in Chinese travellers outbound to Mexico, highlighting the significant potential for Mexican hoteliers.
DidaTravel announces strong sales growth across GCC markets and destinations ahead of ATM
DidaTravel – a tech-driven global travel wholesaler – today announced, strong year-to-date sales growth from across GCC source markets and destinations ahead of the ATM show.
DidaTravel signs strategic agreement with Visit Oman to drive demand from China to Oman
DidaTravel – a tech-driven global travel distribution company – is pleased to announce that during the ITB tradeshow in Berlin it signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to enter into a strategic partnership with Visit Oman - the National Travel Operator - to promote the country to DidaTravel’s network of 25,000+ travel trade partners in China.
Uncertain US outbound travel outlook: how should the industry respond?
Throughout the summer of 2023 there were many reports that a surge of international travel bookings were coming from the US, in part helped by a continued strong dollar. Although that meant US domestic travel demand was waning, the industry was generally excited that 2023 international travel volume could finally catch up on that of 2019.
DidaTravel achieves extraordinary sales growth across European source markets ahead of WTM
DidaTravel – a tech-driven global travel distribution company, is pleased to announce remarkable sales growth across key European source markets as part of its highly effective global expansion strategy first launched in 2018.
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Failure to reactivate Chinese sales & marketing channels could cost western hotels
Western hotels have missed a big sales and marketing opportunity by not actively promoting themselves for the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival this year, typically one of the biggest outbound tourism periods as it includes two national days of holiday.
DidaTravel outperforms Chinese hotel market recovery
In the run-up to ITB China, DidaTravel shares impressive year-to-date China growth data, both inbound and outbound