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.

UTStarcom has entered into an agreement with United States government agencies, agreeing to pay a combined USD3 million in penalties and fines for bribes in China.

China Network Television, the national network television broadcasting organization of China with ties to CCTV, has been formally launched under the domain name of CNTV.cn.

Chinese PC maker Lenovo has announced that it has signed an information technology strategic framework agreement with the government of Turkmenistan to provide comprehensive information services to the country.

Guangdong Provincial Tourism Bureau and Guangdong Unicom have signed a strategic partnership agreement to boost the tourism development of Guangdong province.

China's leading third-party electronic payment service provider Alipay.com announced that it has reached strategic cooperation with Spring Airlines, China's first low-cost airline. Travelers are now able to buy tickets for Spring Airlines' flights through AliPay.

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.

China United Airlines has inked a strategic cooperation pact with and AliPay, the online payment provider subsidiary of Chinese e-commerce behemoth Alibaba.

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.

Tencent's online payment tool Tenpay has announced a cooperation with Chinese Internet travel company Ctrip.com.

With a drop in hotel commissions, Chinese Internet travel company eLong Inc. managed to massage a minuscule profit as the company reported unaudited financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2009.

Chinese online travel service provider Mangocity.com has introduced the dynamic and real-time flight query service by using Feeyo.com's dynamic flight data.

China Southern Airlines has just launched an online seat booking service to bring a new experience for Chinese passengers.

China Netcom, one of the major telecommunications service providers in China, has announced plans to sell five of its affiliated star-rated hotels in the coming months.