Collinson Kinds Strategic Joint Enterprise with Joyful Journey Group in Mainland China

• The three way partnership, named ‘Joyful Journey Precedence Go’, will deliver a number of value-added advantages together with market-specific agile expertise, an expanded stock of airport lounges, and an enhanced traveller expertise
• The three way partnership marks each corporations’ shared optimism within the accelerating international journey rebound and China’s leisure and company journey sectors, in addition to continued assist of, and funding in, this necessary progress market

BEIJING, April 3, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Collinson, a worldwide chief within the provision of airport experiences, loyalty and buyer engagement options, and proprietor and operator of Priority Pass, as we speak declares a three way partnership with Joyful Journey Group, a number one air and rail digital journey experiences associate, to type ‘Joyful Journey Precedence Go’ in mainland China. This strategic alliance will see Collinson and Joyful Journey Group mix their strengths and experience to supply its purchasers, companions, and direct prospects with enhanced journey experiences, the place each journey is elevated into one thing particular.

In keeping with the World Tourism Organisation (UN Tourism), worldwide tourism is on monitor to return to pre-pandemic ranges by the tip of 2024, underpinned by the unleashing of remaining pent-up demand, elevated air connectivity, and a stronger restoration of Asian markets and locations. The restoration of Chinese language outbound and inbound tourism is predicted to speed up in 2024, because of visa facilitation and improved air capability.^[1]

This three way partnership will additional strengthen Collinson’s presence in mainland China, the place the corporate first established its presence in 2004, and underlines Collinson’s dedication to a continued give attention to and funding available in the market. Recognized for its international experience in delivering market-leading airport and journey experiences, in addition to buyer engagement options, Collinson’s three way partnership with Joyful Journey Group will deliver a number of value-added advantages for his or her purchasers and travellers, together with:

• Market-specific, agile expertise: together with seamless API integration to shopper apps.
• Enhanced buyer expertise: offering 24/7 Mandarin-speaking customer support.
• Expanded stock and unique content material: including virtually 90 new airport lounges in mainland China for home travellers (a sub-set of which will likely be made out there to worldwide travellers)

“We’re delighted to unveil our partnership with Joyful Journey Group and eagerly anticipate the immense potential supplied by this vital market collaboration,” mentioned Christopher Evans, CEO of Collinson Worldwide. “With China’s rising prominence as a key journey hub, this three way partnership underscores our international ambition, our dedication to each purchasers and companions and our ardour for delivering an elevated traveller expertise.”

“It is nice to have the ability to share the information of this strategic three way partnership with our companions at Joyful Journey Group, a collaboration designed to allow our purchasers to drive elevated buyer engagement and worth, by means of our joint experience and expanded breadth of options,” mentioned Todd Handcock, International Chief Industrial Officer and Asia Pacific President at Collinson. “Because the journey market in mainland China is forecasted to get well at tempo this 12 months, it presents an unimaginable alternative for progress and innovation; and as such, this alliance is solid at an opportune time for all events. Innovation has all the time been a part of our DNA and we proceed to evolve our options to empower our purchasers and companions to stay market-leading on this agile and aggressive market. We strongly imagine this partnership brings a number of advantages and we’re wanting ahead to working hand-in-hand with Joyful Journey Group to assist elevate each journey into one thing particular.”

Joyful Journey Group Co-founder and CEO, Wang Jun, mentioned, “After the pandemic, China’s journey and tourism business has surpassed the general financial progress, with home journey and tourism persevering with to develop, and outbound journey additionally on the rise. As a pacesetter in China’s journey business, Joyful Journey Group sees large significance to our strategic partnership with Collinson, which is able to allow us to supply prospects with a collection of wonderful providers to deliver comfort and enhance their journey experiences, and allow higher interplay and understanding throughout international travellers, and additional optimistic enterprise alternatives for all sectors within the course of.”

Joyful Journey Group Co-founder and Chief Working Officer, Wang Feng, mentioned, “The three way partnership with Collinson is a sign of our mutual understanding and alignment on how we collaborate and innovate for our international travellers. Journey and tourism are industries with extremely segmented prospects, that span throughout high-value prospects and mass travellers. We are going to roll out providers and operations that align with our respective strengths, to supply our company prospects with superior, efficient and viable options on this extremely aggressive sector. We’re very assured that our partnership will thrive in these technologically-focused instances, and with the assist of shareholders and strategic companions corresponding to Alipay, this could lead the transformation of the journey service business to raised combine with finance and tele-communication improvements.”

Collinson continues to evolve the selection and breadth of its stock and repair supply functionality in Asia Pacific and globally, to ship seamless journey experiences and buyer engagement programmes that meet the evolving wants of its purchasers and their prospects.

About Collinson

Collinson is the worldwide, privately-owned firm devoted to serving to the world to journey with ease and confidence.

We work with the world’s main cost networks, over 1,400 banks, 90 airways and 20 lodge teams worldwide. We ship market-leading airport experiences, loyalty and buyer engagement, and insurance coverage options for over 400 million finish shoppers.

Collinson is the operator of Priority Pass, the world’s unique and main airport experiences programme. Travellers can entry a community of over 1,500 lounges and journey experiences, together with eating, retail, sleep and spa, in over 700 airports in 145 international locations, serving to to raise the journey into one thing particular.

About Precedence Go

Priority Pass is the world’s unique and market-leading airport experiences programme. We offer travellers with entry to over 1,500 airport lounges and journey experiences in over 700 airports in 145 international locations. Members can entry an ever-growing vary of premium experiences – from spas to sleeping pods to eating – that assist elevate each journey into one thing particular. By constructing partnerships with different main manufacturers, we assist to deliver a greater journey expertise to the world.

Precedence Go is operated by Collinson, the worldwide, privately-owned firm devoted to serving to the world to journey with ease and confidence.

About Joyful Journey Group

Established in 2012, Joyful Journey Group (full identify: Beijing Joyful Journey Know-how (Group) Co., Ltd), is a number one air and rail digital journey experiences supplier who is devoted to creating journey simpler and every journey higher.

Headquartered in mainland China, Joyful Journey Group operates three wholly-owned subsidiaries, Shanghai Joyful Journey Business, Beijing Joyful Journey Journey and Shenzhen Joyful Journey Know-how. Serving almost 10 million passengers yearly, they’ve a large community of journey experiences current in over 1,500 airports and 200 high-speed rail stations worldwide. Joyful Journey Group additionally works with purchasers and companions throughout varied industries together with journey, transportation, monetary providers, tourism, hospitality and media.

Joyful Journey Group is on the forefront of digital innovation and as such, the Group has spearheaded a number of innovation tasks aimed toward enhancing the journey expertise for passengers and bettering the standard and effectivity of the transportation sector.

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