TripAdvisor Buys China's Kuxun.cn

Travel review website TripAdvisor has announced that it is buying Kuxun.cn, a Chinese flight and hotel search engine, as it taps into a burgeoning tourism market buoyed by China's resilient economy.

Ctrip Flexes Its Chinese Search Engine Muscle In Beijing Court

Internet travel search website Qunar.com says the People's Court of Haidian District in Beijing has failed to come to a decision regarding the case filed by China's top travel website Ctrip.com in which Ctrip contends that Qunar willfully broke copyright regulations pertaining to Ctrip.

Internet Travel Loss Widens For China's eLong.com

Chinese Internet travel provider eLong.com has reported its unaudited financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2008 and says while total gross revenues slightly increased, its operating loss and net loss both expanded.