Tuniu plans to have 100 regional service centers next year to counter arch rival LY.com’s 11 new experiential showrooms by the end of April.
The travel industry’s antitrust beef with Google is similar to those of other ecommerce sites such as Amazon.
Chinese search giant Baidu has invested in another two taxi-sharing apps, Tiantian Yongche and 51yongche.
The Indian restaurant reservation and technology company Zomato has moved into its Series F with $50 million led by Info Edge, along with Sequoia Capital and Vy Capital.
Another funding round for vacation rental marketplace Vacatia as it picks up $7 million from Javelin Venture Partners.
India and Singapore-based Commeasure has secured its first external round of funding – $1 million from Jungle Ventures.
China's economic slowdown has taken a toll on various businesses, but Ctrip.com CEO James Liang believes the tavel industry will emerge unscathed.
Utour reported stable growth, with 46.92% y-o-y growth in revenue for its wholesale operations and 42.03% growth in retail operations for 2014.