Putting old clichés to rest, Chinese tourists now are embracing independent travel – with 62% saying they’d sooner leave tour groups behind. But how is Qunar, China’s most popular travel site, helping these more adventurous travellers work out where they’d like to visit?

Chinese tourists are expected to make over 200 million trips by 2020; three times more than tourists from the US. But how are Chinese tastes affecting the world’s most expensive hotel rooms? What can hotels do to make these tourists feel welcome on their first trips abroad?

Chinese holidaymakers are more app-savvy in their travel planning than Europeans or Americans. Yet while these mobile-based services have become hugely popular in the country, a lingering mistrust of online payments may hold back app domination in the vacation market.

Chinese Gen Yers who value cultural sophistication and high-end shopping are flocking to France and Japan, according to a new report on luxury travel. With $64,000 a year to splurge on holidays, they’re eating, drinking and shopping their way through the high life.