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SINGAPORE, May 19, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Visa, a world leader in digital payments today announced a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Trip.com Group, marking a strategic collaboration to power richer travel experiences for Asia Pacific consumers. The MoU will harness Visa's global payments network and Trip.com Group's extensive ecosystem, enabling travellers to discover personalised recommendations, access offers for dream destinations and transact seamlessly on their journeys.
Trip.com Group will also become a global Anchor Partner for Visa Destinations, a global experience-led program that connects cardholders to curated travel experiences shaped by culture and local insights, allowing travellers to plan journeys around what matters most.
As Anchor Partner, Trip.com Group will integrate Visa Destinations into its ecosystem to create enhanced travel value propositions and provide personalised offers and benefits to a wide spectrum of consumer segments. Visa and Trip.com Group will also collaborate on joint marketing and promotional initiatives in selected markets, enabling more people to discover dream destinations and experiences around the world.
In addition, Visa and Trip.com Group will explore deeper collaborations catered to rapidly growing segments across Asia Pacific, including new ways for Trip.com Group users to access Visa's affluent offerings such as its global portfolio of sports, music, and lifestyle partnerships, while giving Visa Infinite cardholders access to exclusive Trip.com Group offers. Visa and Trip.com Group will also work closely to accelerate travel between Mainland China and the rest of the region.
The collaboration between Visa and Trip.com Group coincides with Asia Pacific's evolving travel landscape, defined by resilient travel appetites and an increasingly digital-first population. According to Visa's Global Travel Intentions (GTI) 2026 study:
- Almost three in four (72%) survey respondents plan to travel within Asia in the coming months, with one in four intending to travel to Japan
- Digital payments are second nature to Asia Pacific travellers, with 73% of respondents bringing along credit cards or mobile wallets for their trips.
- 92% of respondents went online to plan and research travel recommendations for recent trips, with 49% using AI tools to find travel destinations or ideas
Danielle Jin, Chief Marketing Officer, Asia Pacific at Visa, said: "Travel is a major engine shaping Asia Pacific's cultures and economies. At Visa, we believe everyone can be the traveller they want to be. Our collaboration with Trip.com Group is built for what travellers want today, combining trusted global payments with unmatched travel discovery through our platforms. We look forward to a successful collaboration with Trip.com Group, working closely to deliver more curated, rewarding, and seamless travel experiences that connect people to what they are most passionate about."
Bo Sun, Chief Marketing Officer at Trip.com Group, said: "At Trip.com Group, our mission is to inspire discovery and deliver seamless journeys — constantly innovating to create the perfect trip every time. Through this strategic collaboration with Visa, we are advancing this mission in the Asia Pacific and beyond by integrating trusted payments capabilities, curated travel experiences, and expanded premium offerings across our one-stop travel ecosystem. Together, we are creating more than just convenience for the world's travellers — we are delivering a high-value travel proposition that transforms every spark of inspiration into an unforgettable experience."
About Visa
Visa (NYSE: V) is a world leader in digital payments, facilitating transactions between consumers, merchants, financial institutions and government entities across more than 200 countries and territories. Our mission is to connect the world through the most innovative, convenient, reliable and secure payments network, enabling individuals, businesses and economies to thrive. We believe that economies that include everyone everywhere, uplift everyone everywhere and see access as foundational to the future of money movement. Learn more at Visa.com.
About Trip.com Group
Trip.com Group is a global travel service provider comprising of Trip.com, Ctrip, Skyscanner, and Qunar. Across its platforms, Trip.com Group helps travellers around the world make informed and cost-effective bookings for travel products and services and enables partners to connect their offerings with users through the aggregation of travel-related content and resources, and an advanced transaction platform consisting of apps, websites and 24/7 customer service centres. Founded in 1999 and listed on NASDAQ in 2003 and HKEX in 2021, Trip.com Group is on the mission "to pursue the perfect trip for a better world". Find out more about Trip.com Group here: group.trip.com.
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SINGAPORE, May 19, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Visa, a world leader in digital payments today announced a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Trip.com Group, marking a strategic collaboration to power richer travel experiences for Asia Pacific consumers. The MoU will harness Visa's global payments network and Trip.com Group's extensive ecosystem, enabling travellers to discover personalised recommendations, access offers for dream destinations and transact seamlessly on their journeys.
Trip.com Group will also become a global Anchor Partner for Visa Destinations, a global experience-led program that connects cardholders to curated travel experiences shaped by culture and local insights, allowing travellers to plan journeys around what matters most.
As Anchor Partner, Trip.com Group will integrate Visa Destinations into its ecosystem to create enhanced travel value propositions and provide personalised offers and benefits to a wide spectrum of consumer segments. Visa and Trip.com Group will also collaborate on joint marketing and promotional initiatives in selected markets, enabling more people to discover dream destinations and experiences around the world.
In addition, Visa and Trip.com Group will explore deeper collaborations catered to rapidly growing segments across Asia Pacific, including new ways for Trip.com Group users to access Visa's affluent offerings such as its global portfolio of sports, music, and lifestyle partnerships, while giving Visa Infinite cardholders access to exclusive Trip.com Group offers. Visa and Trip.com Group will also work closely to accelerate travel between Mainland China and the rest of the region.
The collaboration between Visa and Trip.com Group coincides with Asia Pacific's evolving travel landscape, defined by resilient travel appetites and an increasingly digital-first population. According to Visa's Global Travel Intentions (GTI) 2026 study:
- Almost three in four (72%) survey respondents plan to travel within Asia in the coming months, with one in four intending to travel to Japan
- Digital payments are second nature to Asia Pacific travellers, with 73% of respondents bringing along credit cards or mobile wallets for their trips.
- 92% of respondents went online to plan and research travel recommendations for recent trips, with 49% using AI tools to find travel destinations or ideas
Danielle Jin, Chief Marketing Officer, Asia Pacific at Visa, said: "Travel is a major engine shaping Asia Pacific's cultures and economies. At Visa, we believe everyone can be the traveller they want to be. Our collaboration with Trip.com Group is built for what travellers want today, combining trusted global payments with unmatched travel discovery through our platforms. We look forward to a successful collaboration with Trip.com Group, working closely to deliver more curated, rewarding, and seamless travel experiences that connect people to what they are most passionate about."
Bo Sun, Chief Marketing Officer at Trip.com Group, said: "At Trip.com Group, our mission is to inspire discovery and deliver seamless journeys — constantly innovating to create the perfect trip every time. Through this strategic collaboration with Visa, we are advancing this mission in the Asia Pacific and beyond by integrating trusted payments capabilities, curated travel experiences, and expanded premium offerings across our one-stop travel ecosystem. Together, we are creating more than just convenience for the world's travellers — we are delivering a high-value travel proposition that transforms every spark of inspiration into an unforgettable experience."
About Visa
Visa (NYSE: V) is a world leader in digital payments, facilitating transactions between consumers, merchants, financial institutions and government entities across more than 200 countries and territories. Our mission is to connect the world through the most innovative, convenient, reliable and secure payments network, enabling individuals, businesses and economies to thrive. We believe that economies that include everyone everywhere, uplift everyone everywhere and see access as foundational to the future of money movement. Learn more at Visa.com.
About Trip.com Group
Trip.com Group is a global travel service provider comprising of Trip.com, Ctrip, Skyscanner, and Qunar. Across its platforms, Trip.com Group helps travellers around the world make informed and cost-effective bookings for travel products and services and enables partners to connect their offerings with users through the aggregation of travel-related content and resources, and an advanced transaction platform consisting of apps, websites and 24/7 customer service centres. Founded in 1999 and listed on NASDAQ in 2003 and HKEX in 2021, Trip.com Group is on the mission "to pursue the perfect trip for a better world". Find out more about Trip.com Group here: group.trip.com.
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Visa and Trip.com Group Ink Strategic Collaboration, Enabling Consumers to Chase Their Passions Through Travel
HAIKOU, China, May 19, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- A news report from chinadaily.com.cn:
A tourism promotion event for China's southernmost Hainan province was held in Los Angeles on May 11 — jointly organized by the Hainan Provincial Department of Tourism, Culture, Radio, Film and Sports and the China National Tourism Office in the city.
The Hainan Tourism Los Angeles Promotion Office was officially inaugurated at the event, marking a big step toward establishing a permanent and professional overseas promotional presence for Hainan in the lucrative North American market.
Since the Hainan Free Trade Port (FTP) launched its island-wide special customs operations, inbound tourism to Hainan has soared, driven by an expanded visa-free policy, a growing network of international air routes and improved tourism branding.
In the first quarter of 2026, Hainan received more than 489,800 inbound tourists, up more than 53.1 percent year-on-year.
Chen Fenghua, consul at the Chinese Consulate General in Los Angeles, said the city is a key cultural, tourism and aviation hub on the US West Coast, and is complementary in its resources to Hainan.
The event and the opening of the new office represented an important outcome of cultural and tourism exchanges between the two places and the consulate general would continue to support deeper cooperation between Hainan and California in promoting people-to-people exchanges, cultural understanding and trade connectivity.
Wu Dawei, director of the China National Tourism Office in Los Angeles, said that as the FTP developed, Hainan is fast becoming one of China's most internationally connected and dynamic tourism destinations.
China's 144-hour transit visa-free policy continued to be optimized, offering international visitors more flexible travel options. He expressed the hope that through industry and media promotion, more American tourists would visit Hainan and see it as both a window into China and a premier leisure destination.
The new Hainan Tourism Los Angeles Promotion Office, officially established at Wenjing Holidays travel agency, will carry out such core functions as market promotions, organizing visitors, outreach channels, brand communications, events coordination and business partnership developments.
It will conduct regular promotions of Hainan's tourism offerings, channel cooperation of partners, media outreaches and themed events to bring Hainan and the North American market closer.
A provincial tourism official said that establishing overseas tourism promotion offices was an important step in extending the development of Hainan as an international tourism and consumption center and expanding its global visitor base.
Los Angeles, as a North American hub for culture and tourism, is seen as a key strategic foothold for Hainan's expansion into the North American market. Moving forward, the office will serve as a bridge to advance sustained and structured cooperation between Hainan and Los Angeles in areas including route development, visitor exchange, joint product development and co-branding.
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Hainan opens tourism promotion office in Los Angeles
