With worries that the new bird flu outbreak could constrict the Chinese travel sector, tourism company Qunar.com has plowed ahead and closed its latest investment round, gaining USD57 million from Baidu.com, Hillhouse Capital, and GGV Capital.

Chinese tourism website Ctrip.com announced that James Liang has been appointed chairman and chief executive officer of the company; and Fan Min has been appointed deputy chairman and president, effective from March 1, 2013.

Lotte's duty free store has launched the Chinese-language Internet shopping website, providing convenience to the ever-growing Chinese tourists in South Korea.

Chinese social networking site operator Renren.com has announced the launch of a new social travel platform Fengche.com, which has already been running for a few months.

Li Yue, president of China Mobile, said that by the end of October 2011, China Mobile has signed wireless city construction agreements with over 160 cities in 26 provinces in China, of which nearly 150 cities in 22 provinces had completed construction of basic wireless city platforms.

The China Internet Network Information Center has published a report on the activities of Chinese group buying users for 2011 in Beijing, stating that by June 2011, there were 42.2 million online group buying users in China, an increase of 125% compared with six months ago.

Alipay.com, the Internet payment subsidiary of the Chinese e-commerce group Alibaba, has announced that it has reached an agreement with OnCard International to acquire its third-party payment service subsidiary, OnCard Payments.

Chinese online travel website eLong Inc. reported its unaudited financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2010.

Chinese online travel website Ctrip.com International Ltd. reported its unaudited financial results for the fourth quarter and the full year ended December 31, 2010.

Just in time for the heated Chinese travel season, China Unicom and Myanmar Post and Telecommunications have signed a agreement in Kunming, Yunnan, to jointly provide GSM international roaming service to China Unicom's users in Myanmar.

China's top online travel company Ctrip.com International Ltd. today announced its unaudited financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2010, and showed a year-on-year net income increase of 48%.

Booking a train ticket can be a hassle in China, as many tickets are only available within 72 hours of departure and tickets must usually be purchased either at a railway station or a designated ticket kiosk outside of the station.

The share price of China's top online travel website, Ctrip.com, tumbled almost 14% today as word leaked that Chinese airlines were slashing commissions to Chinese travel agents.

Chinese online travel service provider eLong.com has officially launched its mobile reservation service in Beijing.

Sponsored by Taiwan Tourism Administration, the China Taian Mount Tai Travel Information Website taian.travel has launched its Japanese and Korean versions targeting major inbound tourist source markets of Taiwan: Japan and South Korea.