“Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. BABA +3.14% said it would team up with U.S. hotel company Marriott International Inc. MAR +1.12% to expand its online-travel footprint as more Chinese venture abroad.
Chinese consumers will be able to use Alibaba’s travel-service website and app to book rooms in the more than 6,200 hotel properties world-wide that Marriott operates under such names as Marriott, Courtyard, Ritz-Carlton and Sheraton, Alibaba said Monday. They also will be able to use the same Alipay smartphone payment platform they use at home when they stay in Marriott properties abroad.”
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