Tujia rides tech, underlines rules to up the ante in vacation rental segment

Tujia, a Chinese online platform for vacation rentals, will continue efforts to bring its short-term lodging services under the purview of local regulations, improve the quality of its listings, and enhance its customers' experience, in a bid to meet diversified demand in the booming sector.

Concentrating on the needs of users and taking technological innovation as the core driving force, Tujia has witnessed its revenue increase 15 times in the past two years, with 1.4 million online home listings around the world.

Li Zhenni, chief business officer of Tujia, said the company's trading volume accounted for more than half of the industry's total turnover last year.