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Mistimed exits cost key investors US$3 billion in China’s stock rally

Beijing’s stimulus package has boosted Chinese stocks, but some investors missed out on billions in potential gains by selling their shares before the rally.

Beijing’s stimulus package has boosted Chinese stocks, but some investors missed out on billions in potential gains by selling their shares before the rally

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Internet investor Prosus fully exits Trip.com stake in US$743 million block trade

Trip.com’s revenue and profit surged as Chinese tourists gave in to wanderlust

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Hong Kong stocks jump on record Trip.com run while Alibaba, SMIC fuel tech rally

Local stocks rallied as Trip.com closed at an all-time high and Nvidia’s bullish forecast fuelled tech gains. China’s onshore stocks also logged an impressive winning streak not seen since July 2020.

Screens showing the Hang Seng Index and stock prices outside the Exchange Square in Central. Photo: Sun Yeung

Destinations known | Who visited Hong Kong the most in 2023, and where did Hongkongers fly to?

Where did Hongkongers visit in 2023? How many flights did they take? What were the most popular local attractions? Trip.com reveals its figures, noting a ‘significant revival’ of Hong Kong tourism.

TripGenie- Trip.com Group revolutionising travel through AI and Innovation

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Trip.com says current boom won’t be short-lived, eyeing long-term growth

Trip.com Group, China’s largest online travel agency, does not expect a stalled national economy to halt its pursuit of annualised growth of up to 20 per cent over the next three to five years.

A file photo of visitors at the Ruins of St. Paul’s in Macau from last month. In the first half of 2023, China’s travel sector raked in total revenues of 2.3 trillion yuan (US$315.2 billion), up 96 per cent year on year, according to Ministry of Culture and Tourism data. Photo: Bloomberg

China Unicom, Trip.com help Hong Kong stocks post late rally

Hong Kong stocks hovered at the lowest level since July 24 after Washington’s measures on restricting investments in China rekindled concerns about geopolitical risks.

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Baidu CEO Robin Li leaves Trip.com board, as his focus shifts to AI

Baidu remains Trip.com’s largest shareholder with a 10.7 per cent stake, although Li has turned his gaze from the travel sector to large AI models.

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China’s Trip.com Group unveils travel-oriented AI model

The Shanghai-based company’s large language model, Wendao, is expected to become an essential tool for its customers to obtain accurate travel data and deal recommendations.

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Trip.com Group’s large language model initiative reflects the broader Chinese tech industry’s determination to close the gap with the West in building ChatGPT-like services. Photo: Shutterstock

Trip.com to subsidise employee newborns as country’s population crisis deepens

Trip.com’s new policy of providing 50,000 yuan (US$6,897) in subsidies to employees who give birth puts it at the forefront of corporate efforts to address China’s declining population.

China, which was dethroned by India as the world’s most populous country this year, has now implemented an official ‘three-child’ policy. Photo: Xinhua

JD Health, Trip.com to join Hang Seng Index next month in latest revamp

Four companies including JD Health and Trip.com will join the Hang Seng Index starting June 5, as Hang Seng Indexes Company resumes the addition of new members in its latest quarterly review.

Can China’s post-Covid ‘golden week’ refuel Trip.com’s US$16 billion rally?

Trip.com, among the top picks by analysts in consumption recovery play, will need a strong tailwind from China’s golden week holiday spending to give its shares a much-needed tonic.

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Chinese tourists unwilling to pay extra for sustainable travel: McKinsey, Trip.com

Chinese travellers are increasingly concerned about climate change but are still not ready to pay extra for sustainable travel, according to a recent report by McKinsey and Trip.com.

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Chinese tourists at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi. They were part of the first tour group from China to Kenya since China resumed outbound group travel to 20 countries earlier this year. Photo: Xinhua

Trip.com’s shares surge amid bets the end of zero-Covid will spark travel boom

Beijing’s plan to shift from its zero-Covid strategy to living with the coronavirus is expected to unleash pent-up demand for travel.

Beijing’s plan to shift from its zero-Covid strategy to living with the coronavirus is expected to unleash pent-up demand for travel. Photo: AP

Online searches for China flights soar after Beijing slashes Covid-19 curbs: Trip.com

Interest in travel to China has nearly doubled led by surging demand in the United States, after Beijing slashed its quarantine requirements for international arrivals, according to online travel giant Trip.com Group.

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Trip.com, Cathay Pacific stocks jump as Hong Kong eases quarantine measures

Travel-related stocks advanced, bucking losses in the broader local market, after Hong Kong decided to ease its quarantine measures from September 26.

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China’s largest online travel firm pushes hybrid model for employees to work remotely

Shanghai-based Trip.com Group will implement its hybrid work policy across its global operations from March 1.

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Shanghai-based Trip.com Group operates online travel agencies Trip.com, Ctrip and Qunar, as well as travel metasearch engine Skyscanner. Photo: Shutterstock

Riding the Wave of Uncertainty – Trip.com Group Navigates the Road to Recovery

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Trip.com to focus on domestic bookings as Covid-19 halts outbound tours

With current domestic bookings running at 70 to 80 per cent of pre-Covid levels, Trip.com sees a bumpy road to recovery given the Omicron variant and mini-outbreaks that trigger local travel bans.

Trip.com ordered to make exception to its privacy policy in landmark lawsuit

A court in eastern Zhejiang province’s Shaoxing ruled that Trip.com used the personal data it collected from the plaintiff to overcharge for a hotel room

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View of the facilities of the travel services company Ctrip in Shanghai. Photo: AFP

Innovating and Embracing Change: How Trip.com Group weathers crises

Trip.com Group Chairman James Liang and CEO Jane Sun celebrating the Group’s secondary listing on the HKEX in April 2021.

China’s Trip.com taps into customised services to ride out pandemic

How China’s Trip.com is weathering the decimation of international travel and its plans to spend capital raised via a secondary listing in Hong Kong.

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Trip.com set to raise US$1.1 billion in Hong Kong shares sale

Trip.com to raise US$1.1 billion in Hong Kong share sale ahead of a post-Covid travel rebound expected in 2022.

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Trip.com aims to raise US$1.4 billion in Hong Kong stock sale amid

Nasdaq-listed Trip.com bets strong recovery of global travel industry in 2022 to pre-pandemic level.

A passenger wearing a face mask waits at Hong Kong International Airport on October 24, 2020. Photo: CWH

Exclusive | Live-streaming boom here to stay post Covid, Trip.com co-founder says

Trip.com Group co-founder James Liang has sold US$294 million of travel packages and hotel room bookings over 25 live streams, at a time when the global travel industry is still reeling from the coronavirus pandemic.

James Liang Jianzhang, co-founder and executive chairman of Trip.com Group. Photo: Handout

New airline will tap growing demand for flights to ‘China’s Hawaii’

Shanghai-based China Eastern will establish Sanya International Airlines with partners including a unit of Trip.com as it eyes growth in air traffic to Hainan, a southern island earmarked by President Xi as a future free-trade hub.

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Travel firms’ vow as probe reveals practice that could inflate hotel prices

Competition Commission says the terms Booking.com, Expedia.com and Trip.com have agreed with accommodation providers may deprive customers of lower rates.

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Trip.com
Trip.com Group is China's largest online travel agency by revenue. The company provides travel services for the Chinese-speaking world through Ctrip and Qunar, and to non-Chinese customers through Trip.com and Skyscanner. Its reach extends to more than 1.4 million hotels in 200 countries and regions, and its flight network has more than 2 million individual routes connecting more than 5,000 cities.
Chairman / President
James Liang
CEO / Managing Director
Jane Jie Sun
CFO / Finance Director
Cindy Xiaofan Wang
Industry
Online Travel Services
Website
trip.com
Headquarters address
968 Jin Zhong Road, Shanghai 200335, China
Stock Code
NASDAQ:TCOM
Year founded
1999
last updated:
30 September, 2024
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