Chinese airlines and travel agents get set for Golden Week getaways

Worldpay has seen online sales for airlines and travel agents soar in the run-up to this year’s autumn Golden Week festival. Compared with 2015, Worldpay has recorded a 21% surge in spend across the region in the weeks leading up to the October holiday. The annual boost for online travel businesses continues to grow, as Chinese consumers take advantage of the week-long public holiday to travel internationally and domestically to visit friends and family. Airlines in particular have seen their sales take off ahead of this year’s National Day, with the total volume of transactions increasing by nearly a third