Investors in Uber Technologies Inc. are betting the five-year-old car-booking app is more valuable than microblog platform Twitter Inc. and car rental giant Hertz Global Holdings Inc. The San Francisc ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-27
Hangzhou Kuaidi Technology Co., a taxi-booking service backed by Alibaba Group (BABA.US), plans to launch a luxury car service in Hong Kong next year after spreading its wings in the mainland. "We are ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-26
... to online booking from traditional offline travel agencies," Kathleen Tan, chief executive of AirAsia Expedia, told reporters in Hong Kong Monday. AirAsia Expedia is a joint venture between Malaysia- ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-24
... ing their booking or postponing room bookings because of the civil disobedience campaign. Lau also said the National Tourism Administration’s order to stop tour groups from coming to Hong Kong has lit ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-03
... nd travel booking (115.8 percent) all experiencing triple-digit increases, according to Rand Han, founder of Shanghai-based social media firm Resonance China. People's Daily tweeted pictures on Saturd ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-16
The Palace Museum in Beijing is offering half-price admission after 2 p.m. to ease overcrowding during peak times. The offer is available only for online booking but people can buy as many as five con ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-12
A taxi ride will be HK$20 (US$2.85) cheaper if passengers make a booking through Alibaba-backed Kuaidi Dache. For one week starting from Wednesday, customers who use the taxi-booking app can get the d ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-03
... tion when booking an air-ticket, different rules with regard to social security contribution or buying a home. Without a hukou you are deprived of the eligibility for public welfare like public school ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-29
... ess, from booking to follow-up checks, just cost him HK$1,200 (US$155). He said all patients are triaged into urgent and non-urgent cases and appointments are easy to make. There are no touts selling ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-19
Beijing on Wednesday issued new rules to regulate the booking of taxis by mobile apps, a move that could hurt some service providers, Beijing News reported Thursday. Operators providing car services a ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-14
Planning a wedding is a headache from booking a banquet to choosing the bridal gown and arranging seating plans, not to mention countless minor details. Not wanting to miss a chance to expand its busi ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-14
... emented a booking system for mainland holidays, restricting access to Hong Kong identity card holders only. Now, the next target of mainlanders, as some locals fear, may be the city’s public barbecue ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-14
... to make a booking decision. Unique information such as this boosts customer loyalty and stickiness on the website. Mafengwo is also designing travel products by analyzing user preferences on its sites ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-11
Ctrip.com International, China's leading travel-booking website, looks to boost its global reach in an expanded partnership with Priceline Group, the world's largest online travel firm, the Wall Stree ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-08
... the taxi-booking app has also entered Hong Kong, Beijing, Singapore and Bangalore, according to the newspaper. Users of the mobile app attest to the convenience it offers, but taxi drivers say it is ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-22
Mobile cab-booking service Uber is unlikely to create an upheaval in the Hong Kong taxi market in the short run due to its high pricing, the Hong Kong Economic Journal said Friday. The taxi app has se ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-18
OK, so maybe she was wrong then but that doesn't make him right now. Agence France-Presse reports that a mainland man identified only as Wang has spent the equivalent of US$40,000 booking out four IM ...More
EJ Insight2014-06-27
Chinese car booking services provider Yongche.com is spreading its footprint to the United States, the home turf of rival Uber, by offering something new -- Putonghua-speaking drivers. Starting with S ...More
EJ Insight2014-06-17
... di's taxi-booking hotline for senior citizens who felt disenfranchised by their lack of knowledge about the apps. Also, expectant mothers may redeem points to get a free ride. Taxi app users are expec ...More
EJ Insight2014-05-26
... matter of booking and inventory. The airline uses a homegrown system more suited to the needs of Chinese passengers. Most carriers use foreign-made software. This allows XiamenAir to offer a combinati ...More
EJ Insight2014-03-18
