During the year Qunar has focused on growing its direct relationship with hoteliers as it looks to move away from its metasearch roots.
Short-term rental technology provider Xotelia has secured close to $1.4 million (Euro 1.3 million) in a debut capital raising effort.
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"We finished a remarkable 2014, our first year as a public company, with the third consecutive quarter of over 100% year-on-year revenue growth," said CC Zhuang,
eLong has described in more detail the “hyper-competitive Chinese market” while outlining some risks relating to Expedia’s controlling interest.
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