Even though it has the green light for this move, a share buyback now might worsen the firm’s financial condition.
The company has a presence in 240 airports around the world.
Ctrip has access to all Routehappy rich flight content for integration across Ctrip.com and Trip.com.
More cooperation will be carried out between the two sides, mainly in itineraries, big data and marketing to attract Chinese travelers.
By entering this partnership, HaoQiao shows its aim to reach global coverage with multi-product lines which already include accommodation, local tours and flight.
This was an increase of about 500 percent compared with the beginning of 2018, when 50,000 merchants in Japan accepted Alipay.
An impressive list of dignitaries including senior executives from Ctrip, Wyndham Hotel Group and Air China graced the ribbon-cutting ceremony of the three-day event in Shanghai on Wednesday.
The group asserts that in addition to being a "hi-tech" company, and its focus on expanding the product list and reach, one of Ctrip's biggest strengths lies in being reliable.
The deal is subject to agreement on the final terms and to shareholder and regulatory approval.
In five of the last eleven years AmEx bought zero known companies, but it has picked up three companies according to Crunchbase data this year.
Ctrip and GoUSA opened a theme store on May 18 in Dapuqiao, Shanghai.
The company’s immediate priorities include aggressive expansion into the Americas and Asia, taking what has been learned from the company’s growth throughout Europe to gain a foothold in these markets.
A combination of great user experience, useful content and timely and effective messaging can help to both reduce abandonment and recover bookings which may have been lost.
In the new markets, TUI will ape online travel agencies, selling dynamic packages with the aim of getting to one million customers and $1.1 billion in revenue by 2022.
Amazon's move into online travel business could give it a baseline $600 million profit on an annual basis. With better ad marketing efficiency, the profit level could jump to as high as $1.5 billion.
Away has brought in a total of $181 million, including the latest investment.
