Posts Tagged ‘Internet travel’
Shanxi Taiyuan Adopts Tourism E-contract
May 25th, 2010
Taiyuan, the capital city of Shanxi province, has become the first Chinese city to promote tourism electronic contracts.
More than 200 travel agencies and 300 travel agency outlets will now all adopt the e-contracts for better handling of services between consumers and travel agencies in the city.
Wang Bingfu, the director of Taiyuan Tourism Administration Tourism Information [...]
Stopping Internet Fraud: Wuhan Promotes Online Chinese Travel Insurance
June 18th, 2009
The travel agency branch of Wuhan Tourism Association has issued a notice jointly with People’s Insurance Company of China and Ping An Insurance Company of China for travel agencies in Wuhan to adopt a unified online insurance system.
According to local media, more than 200 travel agencies will install the online insurance system, enabling agencies to [...]
Chinese Passenger To Sue Four Ctrip.com Affiliates
March 12th, 2009
According to local media, the Chinese consumer surnamed Liang who previously accused Chinese Internet travel website Ctrip.com of supplying an invalid insurance policy, has failed to reach an agreement with Ctrip.com and will now file a lawsuit against four Ctrip affiliates.
According to Liang’s lawyer Zhang Honglei, Liang will file a lawsuit against the Ctrip affiliated [...]
Chinese Airline Boosting Business With Online Payments
January 20th, 2009
Chinese budget air carrier Lucky Air has signed a partnership agreement with China’s third-party payment platform YeePay.com for air ticket distribution to both businesses and consumers in mainland China.
Chinese Internet Travel Websites Enhance User-generated Commenting Systems
January 20th, 2009
Two of China’s biggest Internet travel service providers are using enhanced systems for their respective users to comment on hotels booked through them, and they are rating the hotels based on these comments.
Ctrip.com Ups Ante On Chinese Budget Hotel Growth
January 6th, 2009
Chinese Internet travel service provider Ctrip.com (CTRP) is betting on more offline revenue growth as it is raising its stake in China’s economy hotel chain Home Inns & Hotels (HMIN) to 8.72% from the previous 7.55%.
Chinese Internet Travel Firm eLong.com Posts Widening Net Loss, Expects Slowdown
November 27th, 2008
Chinese Internet travel website eLong.com (LONG) reported its unaudited financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2008 and stated that while total gross revenues increased 7% year-on-year to CNY90.0 million and net revenues increased 6% year-on-year to CNY84.1 million, the company also recorded a widening operating loss and expanding net loss.
