Shanghai based online travel service provider Ctrip.com (CTRP) has announced a strategic partnership with MSN Chinese website.

According to their agreement, Ctrip.com is going to build a travel channel for MSN which will serve as one of its channels, and users of the MSN Chinese website will immediately become members of Ctrip.com after they register with the travel channel.

However, it is not known yet whether Ctrip will pay any fee to MSN for the cooperation.

Starting May 2005, MSN Chinese website began to enrich its online content through cooperating with domestic websites, including ynet.com and ccidnet.com.