Chinese online travel service provider Ctrip.com has announced plans to compensate consumers for online booking price differences.

Chinese online hotel booking and airline ticket reservation company Ctrip.com International Ltd. is focusing on more brick and mortar businesses with a new investment in two hotel companies in China.

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According to the latest report published by China Internet Network Information Center, in 2009 the China's online travel booking sector usage reached 30.24 million people, an increase of 77.9% compared with the previous year.

Profits rose at the end of last year for Chinese online travel company Ctrip.com International Ltd. according to the company's unaudited financial results announced today for the fourth quarter and the full year ended December 31, 2009.

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Fujian's First Travel E-Commerce Center, the name of Fujian CTS Group's e-commerce center, has been formally opened to netizens.

Strategic Decision Initiative Inc. and Itokuro Inc. announced Japan-zaixian.cn, their joint-operated portal providing Chinese travelers with information about Japan, will cooperate with China's largest online travel service provider Ctrip.com.

China Eastern Airlines Corporation Limited has entered a strategic partnership with Alibaba Group for online ticket sales.

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.

The global financial crisis and weak Internet travel sector in Asia seem have caused Travelzoo Inc. to sell its Asia Pacific online division.

Chinese Internet travel company Ctrip.com International Ltd. has announced its unaudited financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2009, and has reported total revenues of CNY508 million, representing a 26% increase from the same period in 2008 and an 18% increase from the previous quarter.

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.

Chinese Internet travel companies are consolidating as today Et-china, a Guangzhou-based online travel company, announced that it has acquired the Beijing-based Yoee.com, a leading online seller of air tickets in China, for an undisclosed amount.