Ctrip

Founded in 2014, Vntrip originally served end customers but later pivoted to tackle Vietnam’s US$2 billion corporate travel market.

This enables Trip.com users to book reservations in 3,000 restaurants across Singapore, Bangkok, Phuket, Jakarta, and Bali.

OceanBase began as an internal solution for Alipay, but it has since evolved to serve other businesses’ database management needs too.

Here’s what you missed from last week’s headlines.

Indonesia’s unicorns are jumping on the gold investing trend and Traveloka raises US$25 million as it recovers from Covid-19.

The development comes amid escalating US-China tensions and Covid-19.

The travel industry is again at the epicenter of a deadly virus from China’s Wuhan province, reminiscent of the effects of the SARS epidemic in 2003.

The Chinese tech giants could raise up to US$15 billion, according to sources, following Alibaba’s successful Hong Kong market debut.

Meituan entered the travel industry in 2014, while Ctrip has been in the scene for two decades.

The KrisConnect program allows the airline’s partners to access its APIs