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Ctrip and Qunar agree share swap and co-operation

By Martin Cowen | October 26, 2015

Chinese OTAs Ctrip and Qunar have confirmed a share exchange agreement and business co-operation, a few months or so after a very public spat over a confused takeover bid. Today's announcement from Read More

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Priceline Group: acquisition spree is not that prolific

By Kevin May | October 20, 2015

The Priceline Group may have been extremely active to some in the investment and acquisition markets in recent years - but it doesn't think so. Since 2013 the company has spent at least $5.15 billi Read More

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Ctrip gives tours and activities channel a major boost

By Kevin May | October 13, 2015

China's largest online travel agency, Ctrip, is looking to expand out of its hotel and air ticket mainstay by dipping its toes into tours and activities. An enhanced Things To Do channel on the sit Read More

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Qunar gets closer to Baidu (or is Baidu getting closer to Qunar?)

By Martin Cowen | September 10, 2015

Qunar has announced a "strengthening of its strategic alliance" with majority shareholder Baidu, which sees three Baidu execs join the Qunar board of directors and some new co-operation agreements bet Read More

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Amadeus' three pillars for China

By Viewpoints | September 10, 2015

Amadeus is one of the many international firms building up its presence in China in response to the gradual liberalization of travel technology and distribution. NB This is a guest article by Rites Read More

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Reading between the lines of Qunar's exec rejig

By Martin Cowen | September 7, 2015

Qunar has announced an "organizational realignment" which hints at where China's second biggest OTA sees the strongest potential for growth. The creation of a "Travel SaaS Platform" unit is based Read More

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Despite headwind, Qunar triples its mobile revenue, bets on merchant model

By Martin Cowen | August 25, 2015

China's second biggest OTA Qunar has said that it is "closing the gap" with market leader Ctrip and that leisure travel in China is "immune" to the recent slowdown in the country's growth. The OTA' Read More

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Ctrip firms up number one slot in China

By Martin Cowen | August 4, 2015

Ctrip's position as the biggest online travel firm in China looks safe, with second quarter revenues up 47% and similar growth expected for the next three months as well. The business sees itself a Read More

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China's online travel sector becomes a game of musical chairs

By Martin Cowen | August 4, 2015

Tencent - one of China's big three e-commerce businesses - has made an offer to take full ownership of eLong. The announcement comes ten weeks or so after Expedia Inc sold its 62.4% stake in eLong Read More

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Online travel growth in China shows no sign of slowing down

By Martin Cowen | August 3, 2015

Research from Macquarie Group into the online travel market in China has identified packages as the sector with the greatest potential. A detailed paper, shared with Tnooz, references company infor Read More

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Travelport nails China coup with Alitrip link-up

By Martin Cowen | July 6, 2015

Alibaba Group's standalone travel business Alitrip has signed "a content and data partnership agreement" with Travelport. The deal has a number of strands. In terms of content, there is an option f Read More

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Wanda enters Chinese OTA sector with $500m+ LY.com investment

By Martin Cowen | July 5, 2015

China's online travel market continues to attract not only eye-watering levels of investment but also new entrants, with LY.com getting RMB3.2 billion ( $515 million) from Wanda Group. Wanda is a c Read More

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Version diversion in travel - a dilemma for mobile engineers

By Viewpoints | June 25, 2015

Mobile specialists and marketers needs to consider many thing when developing apps for travellers from China. NB: This is a guest article by Ritesh Gupta, a reporter for China Travel News. For s Read More

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Ctrip turns to market to raise $1 billion

By Martin Cowen | June 18, 2015

Ctrip has announced a $1 billion convertible debt offering, with the money earmarked for "general corporate purposes". The company says that some of the money raised will be used for "a concurrent Read More

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Haiwan secures large Series B to push activities to Chinese outbound travellers

By Martin Cowen | June 9, 2015

Chinese outbound tours and activities specialist Haiwan has picked up "tens of millions of dollars" in Series B funding. The round was led by Tiantu Capital with Sequoia Capital, Source Code Capita Read More

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