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...Ctrip acquired a hotel-reservation operation, Xiandai Yuntong Tourism Service, which gave it a large presence in the traditional offline travel business. After giving its new acquisition a successful online dimension, Ctrip began to move into other travel sectors. In 2002, it diversified into air tickets, and after two more years package holidays. Recently, it moved into corporate travel. "That's one of the most important reasons why Ctrip was successful," says James L. Tang, vice president of sales and marketing. "We waited for the infrastructure, the manpower and the technology...
...Today, Ctrip holds 54% of China's online travel market by revenue, according to CLSA, versus 10% for challenger eLong, which is majority-owned by Expedia and has followed a more fitful progression - initially offering vacation packages, but temporarily withdrawing them in 2007 to focus on air tickets and hotels. Both players offer nearly identical prices, so customer service is a key point of difference. While Chinese Web users have become more sophisticated about researching prices on the Internet, they still prefer to buy tickets by phone (just 35% of Ctrip's customers buy their air tickets via the website...
...next possession, and Webster quickly looked up the court to find Lin streaking to the basket. Webster sent the pass to Lin, who pulled down the ball. After being knocked to the ground by a Penn defender, Lin looked for the foul call but was instead whistled for a travel...
...women did not have to travel far to take on a number of unfamiliar competitors during the ECAC championships Saturday and yesterday. The women finished 16th in a field in which 51 teams scored, riding the strong performances of a pair of freshmen and a relay team...
...With thousands of polling places using paper ballots, and a ban on vehicle travel and other security measures for election day itself, the exact figures on voter turnout, as well as the results themselves, won't be known for days. But most Iraqis have been expecting a long, turbulent postelection period, for which Sunday's attacks are merely background noise. (See pictures of Iraq's revival...