Ctrip.com International Ltd. (CTRP), founded in 1999, is headquartered in Shanghai, China. The company has 16 branch offices in Beijing, Guangzhou, Shenzhen and other major cities throughout China, and it currently employs more than 12,000 people. In 2009 and 2010, Ctrip invested in Taiwan ezTravel and Hong Kong Wing On Travel, expanding its service scope to include Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau in addition to over 60 destinations throughout Mainland China.
Ctrip was listed on NASDAQ on December 9, 2003.
As China's leading travel service enterprise, Ctrip provides over 50 million registered members with comprehensive services including hotel reservations, flight ticketing, packaged tours and corporate travel management. In addition, both business and leisure travelers who hold Ctrip memberships enjoy access to travel information and special discounts from preferred businesses throughout China.
Ctrip's hotel reservation network includes over 39,000 hotels worldwide, making it the largest in China. Over 36 million travelers book hotels through Ctrip yearly.
Ctrip is also China's leading flight ticketing service, booking over 30 million tickets yearly with all Chinese and major international airlines. Complimentary ticket delivery service is provided in over 60 cities throughout China, and Ctrip One Hour Express Ticketing—an industry first in China—provides reliable and fast e-ticketing service to members.
Additionally, the company offers over 1,000 packaged tours to both domestic Chinese and overseas destinations, departing from more than 30 major Chinese cities and serving over one million individual travelers yearly.
In the realm of corporate travel, corporate clients benefit from Ctrip's complete hotel and airline ticket resource network in addition to Ctrip's custom real-time dynamic online Corporate Travel Management platform enhanced by Intelligent Reporting.
Ctrip cooperates with a number of partner restaurants in Beijing, Shanghai and other major cities throughout China, providing free restaurant and dining information and reviews as well as reservation services.
Finally, Ctrip's new online travel community, Lvping.com provides a platform for members to share travel tips, photos, travel stories and reviews of destinations, attractions and hotels throughout China and around the world, helping travelers make better-informed decisions.