Articles tagged “ctrip”

Expedia CEO Dara Khosrowshahi couldn't have been more vehement in recent months about his company's long-term investment in and commitment to eLong. Well, there goes that.

All things must pass, or at least that's Ctrip's hope, when it comes to the extreme discounting under way in the Chinese travel market. Relief isn't on the way anytime soon.

The acquisition should help Ctrip on both the airline and hotel sides of the technology equation.

Skift sat down with 17 online travel CEOs over three months to better understand what matters to them as they look at the future of travel booking. Understand the trends, buy the e-book.

Coming off 2013 when metasearch was the fastest growing sector in travel, Qunar says metasearch isn't viable in the mobile era.

Qunar is the fastest growing online travel company by far among the Big Three in China, although it is less than half the size of industry leader Ctrip. Can Qunar keep it up? Ctrip is feeling the pressure and is having to dial back on profits to ensure it will stay on top.

The unintended consequence of limits on car- and home-buying in China could spur outbound travel among wealthy Chinese. Or, at least, that's how Ctrip sees it.

It's all about the numbers and execution so we'll be able to view Qunar's quarterly reports over the next few years to see if CEO Chenchao “CC” Zhuang can make good on his boast that the company will out-execute Ctrip, Alibaba and everyone else. Let's see if all the confidence adds up.

With Alibaba's IPO and all the resources it has and the shifting alliances in the China online travel market, the punches and counter-punches among competitors such as Ctrip and Qunar are taking place in the very early rounds.

Qunar is executing on its mission and is notching remarkable gains in mobile and total revenue. Profits are not on the agenda, and that's OK. At least right now.