eLong Now Offers More Than 20,000 Hotels for Booking in China

"Offering 20,000 hotels in mainland China is an important strategic milestone, and further enhances our position as the online hotel booking expert," said Guangfu Cui, Chief Executive Officer of eLong. "A wide breadth of hotel inventory assists our customers to find the right hotel at the right price for their trip."

eLong, Inc. (Nasdaq: LONG) is a leading online travel service provider in China. Headquartered in Beijing, eLong empowers consumers to make informed travel decisions by providing convenient online, 24-hour call center and mobile phone hotel, air ticket and vacation package booking services as well as easy to use tools such as maps, destination guides, photographs, virtual tours and user reviews. eLong offers consumers the largest hotel product portfolio with a selection of more than 20,000 hotels in 700 cities across China and 140,000 international hotels in more than 100 countries worldwide, and the ability to fulfill domestic and international air ticket reservations in over 80 major cities across China. eLong is a subsidiary of Expedia, Inc. (Nasdaq: EXPE).

eLong operates websites including http://www.elong.com, http://www.elong.net and http://www.xici.net.