ECONOMY

E-Tourism

Trip.com Group, China’s largest online travel agency, inked a strategic cooperation agreement on August 16 with JD.com, China’s e-commerce giant, to expand cooperation in tourism and e-commerce.

According to the agreement, the two giants projected five visions of cooperation consisting of reaching a wider range of users, sharing channels and resources, covering online and offline transaction scenarios, cross-industry marketing and expanding cooperation on the business travel market.

Trip.com Group promised to offer real-time tourism product inventory with competitive prices to JD.com. The tourism products are expected to be launched on JD.com within eight months.

Group Chief Marketing Officer Sun Bo said that through the strategic cooperation, the company will not only bring highly competitive tourism products and services but also, with ’s support, further extend the tourism-related business, providing more diversified products and services to more than 400 million users worldwide.