China’s beleaguered hotels use live-streaming, steep discounts to tempt Labour Day holiday travellers wary of coronavirus

From live streaming to offering steep discounts, hotels in China are pulling out all the stops to attract travellers for the upcoming Labour Day public holiday, which will be a key indicator of the extent of the recovery in consumer confidence.But they may have their work cut out.So-called revenge spending – a new Chinese term coined to describe the potential spending sprees of cooped-up consumers coming out of quarantine – is unlikely to happen, some analysts say, as government disease…

from South China Morning Post https://bit.ly/2ybOXiq