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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.
DidaTravel reveals Chinese New Year Insights
DidaTravel – a tech-driven global travel distribution company – today releases data reflecting the growing trend for Chinese outbound travel during the Chinese New Year holidays. In 2024, the Lunar New Year eight-day holiday starts on Saturday 10 February and ends on Saturday 17 February.
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