Alibaba opens the Marriott hotels for the Chinese travelers

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group on Monday unveiled a joint venture with Marriott International to allow Chinese travelers to book Marriott hotels through Alibaba’s travel service website and app.

According to an announcement on the joint venture, Chinese tourists will be able to reserve Marriott’s over 6,200 properties in 125 countries on Fliggy, the Chinese group’s online platform, as well as the hotel chain’s Chinese-language digital channels.

The hotel company said it will also accept Alipay, the online payment platform owned by Alibaba affiliate company Ant Financial. (MTI)