People's Daily Online has entered a strategic partnership with CYTS's inbound tourism website ChinaTravelDepot.com.

According to an executive from Beijing Wuxian Xunqi Information Technology Company, the exclusive operator of China Mobile's 12580 comprehensive service platform, the company plans to launch its initial public offering in the next one or two years.

Chinese online travel service provider Ctrip.com International Ltd. reports that its net revenues for the third quarter of ended September 30, 2009, were CNY545 million, up 47% year-on-year.

Chinese budget hotel chain 7 Days Inn — not to be confused with a similarly named American chain whose old moniker was Days Inn — has announced the trial operation of a social networking site "Happy 7 Days" at its official website.

Last year was supposed to be fantastic for Chinese travel websites as they planned on the Beijing 2008 Olympics to push them to higher revenues, but Ctrip.com's unaudited financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2008, show that the travel industry is starting to crack under pressure in China from the [...]

Chinese Internet travel website Ctrip.com (CTRP) says it had total revenues of CNY367 million, representing a 47% increase from the same period in 2007 but a 4% decrease from the previous quarter, as it announced results for the quarter ended March 31, 2008.

Following the launch of voice search services by Chinese fixed-line telecom operators, the country's mobile communications operator China Unicom (CHU) has announced plans to launch its own voice navigation service 10191, which is expected to be put into commercial use before the opening of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.