Uber Technologies is seeking to raise up to US$2.1 billion in a financing round that will value the car-booking company at US$62.5 billion, Bloomberg News reported, citing people familiar with the mat ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-04
E-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. will compete with China’s leading online provider of movie ticketing, restaurant bookings and other on-demand services after selling its stake in the compan ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-23
Is there a fate worse than death? Yes, not being able to book a cremation. Bad joke. But the local funeral industry will go on a slow drive next week to protest the online booking system for cremation ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-16
... shopping, booking cabs, ordering air tickets, trading stocks, paying bills, etc. The list of things we can do on the go just keeps expanding by the day. According to Internet Stats Asia, 81 percent of ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-06
... ne ticket booking system is currently very busy, please try again later." The Nov. 17 game forms a vital part of Round Two of the Asia Division’s Group C for the 2018 FIFA World Cup tournament that wi ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-04
Didi Kuaidi, China's leading taxi-booking app which is jointly backed by Tencent and Alibaba, has decided to call a halt to its aggressive expansion in Hong Kong until the government becomes more rece ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-28
... nese trip-booking sites have benefited from a boom in overseas travel, profits have been squeezed as the industry becomes increasingly competitive. Under the terms of a share swap deal announced on Mo ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-27
Although the legality of Airbnb remains in dispute in Hong Kong, some operators have been making the most of the online lodging booking site and deciding to deal with compliance issues later. “Sixty p ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-19
... n brokers booking reduced investment gains for the second half. The rescue measures, including contributions by brokers to a bailout fund and pledges to buy their own shares and those of other compani ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-06
... ty on the booking arrangement for football matches. If the "first come first serve" model is adopted, it can be said that the rugby matches should be given priority as they will be held before the foo ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-24
... ar, their booking rate is only 55 percent on average, he said. To attract tourists, some three-star hotels are offering free breakfast or prepaid SIM cards for their mobile phones, the newspaper said. ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-24
... ly do the booking via the smartphone. Sanfo-outdoor, Shuilu and Tianxing Outdoors are some of the agents actively using WeChat to promote their tours. Tencent boasted close to 550 million monthly acti ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-22
... g expects booking rates at 80-90 percent for the group which is planning to partner with theme park operators to lure tourists. Meanwhile, a hostel operator has fallen victim to the tough market condi ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-21
... op travel booking sites and 25 top retail sites in 14 countries. Researchers also surveyed 250 online travel shoppers and 250 online retail shoppers in these countries across North America, South Amer ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-19
Unlike most travel websites that only facilitate hotel or flight ticket bookings, mobile app Klook helps people choose from an array of exciting adventures and activities around the world. Co-founder ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-01
... and hotel booking is something the segment needs. -- Contact the writer at [email protected] RC ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-29
... Chai for booking formalities. Chow said the trial is an opportunity to reiterate the values of the Umbrella Movement. But simply pleading guilty will cut short the civil disobedience campaign, he sa ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-28
... ll be the booking of the divestment of its electronic parts unit and robust sales in new-energy cars. BYD's net profit for the first three quarters of the year is likely to grow 3.89-4.35 times from ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-28
Facebook Inc. is testing a personal digital assistant called "M" within its Messenger service that can answer questions with live human help and perform tasks such as buying gifts online and booking r ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-27
