To assist the international markets build prediction models on the economic recovery post COVID-19 confinements, lockdowns and crisis we are publishing frequent updates from all the industries of Shiji's Chinese operations.

Across the Shiji Group product lines we are sharing data on how the COVID-19 crisis is recovering for other markets to use in their analysis and planning. We have looked at the transaction volumes across all our payment integrations to help give some comparable information.

Since the early 1990s, consolidation of credit card acceptance has been a highly discussed, and often controversial topic, mainly due to the high transaction fees hotels had to pay. Eventually, hotels realized that the key to reducing exorbitant transaction fees was to promote widespread credit-card acceptance.

Active COVID-19 cases in China peaked on 17 February. Since then the number of active cases has been reducing rapidly. To assist hotels around the world in forecasts during the crisis we are publishing information of how the Chinese market is rebounding reservations since the peak of the epidemic.

Streamlining the logistics of travel in a world of mobile, contactless payments. How the payment processing industry has evolved from a transaction business to influencing the guest experience and satisfaction.

Global Hotel Alliance ("GHA"), a network of independent hotel brands worldwide, has entered into a partnership with Shiji Group, a leading global hospitality technology solutions provider, to provide their member brands with a suite of advanced hospitality technology products and services.

Shiji Group, a leading global hospitality technology provider, and the Greater Fort Lauderdale Alliance (GFLA), Broward County's official partnership for economic development, announced the company is contributing to tech-focused job growth in the South Florida region with the addition of 70 new high-value tech jobs.

Mike Medsker, from Focal Revenue Solutions, Scott McGraw, from Shiji Professional Services and Daniel Melnyk, from iVvy, sit down ahead of Hotel Revenue Conference Seattle (Feb 19-21, 2020) to discuss key challenges, trends and actionable opportunities in the emerging hospitality technology landscape.

MyCheck, a Shiji Group Brand and the hospitality industry's leading mobile payment provider, has launched PayBy, a seamless solution for requesting payments from guests in a digital, secure and user-friendly way.

StayNTouch, a Shiji Group Brand and leading mobile property management and guest engagement solution provider for the hospitality industry, has partnered with ARRIVE Hotels & Restaurants to implement its mobile PMS in ARRIVE's Austin, Wilmington, Memphis, and Phoenix hotels, with more to follow later in the year.