Yesterday, Ctrip announced the launch of Ctrip business travel for business customers through intelligence reports, the intelligence report is different from the product provided under the previous manual reporting, will be real-time, accurate, intelligent service-line business travel management company acts ascorporate business travel spending to save more.
Insiders pointed out that the domestic business travel management market "cake" substantial, Ctrip, represented by domestic enterprises and foreign forces represented by American Express are trying to break through the current market share, competition will become increasingly fierce.
Real-time, intelligent management
Ctrip Business Card intelligence reports based on research and development in advanced technology platform and powerful database support.Entirely by the independent research and development in Ctrip, provided the system, the companies can pass through Ctrip business travel online management system, the hotel directly to check online, real-time ticket prices and online booking, and Business Card for business intelligence reports offersdetailed, real-time data.
Ctrip is responsible for business travel management, vice president of Zhuang Yuxiang explained Business Card smart report objectively and accurately record each individual spending, nearly a hundred parameters for precise calculation, and data tracking, and customers can check at any time, anya time period of the report.It is reported that Ctrip for business users to provide up to 138 business travel online, covering a business travel management for all data requirements.
Intelligence reports through the use of Business Card, customers can save 23% on average costs, savings of up to 50%."For some large companies, this part of the travel will be a considerable savings in the number of" Ctrip Chief Financial Officer Sun Jie, told reporters.
Currently, Ctrip has more than 300 business travel management customers, of which seven companies for foreign enterprises in China, the Mainland, there Tencent client list, Li Ning and other domestic cutting-edge companies.In addition, many large state-owned enterprises Ctrip also some government agencies such as Baosteel and to provide business travel management services.
Zhuang Yuxiang said Ctrip business travel business rapidly in recent years, every year in the three-digit pace.However, it is the part of the business in Ctrip proportion of the overall business is still relatively low, less than 10%.
Competing parties are big "cake"
Domestic business travel management market, in addition to local newcomer Ctrip faction represented, as well as the early years of doing business that is entering the country by foreign forces represented by American Express.As the world's leading travel services company American Express has many of the world-renowned business customers, its main business is the business travel management.
Early June of this year, enterprises, government agencies and other units to provide travel services, travel management and travel services in the whole process of credit Chang Xiang, Hangzhou and the Hangzhou Municipal Government Technology Group, Venture Capital Fund contract, access to the government six million yuanfinancial support.
Ctrip CEO Min Fan told reporters that the management of the domestic travel market prospects, enough to make anyone a tourist class enterprise s heart.Domestic tourism in 2007 the total estimated income of 1.09 trillion yuan, of which about 400 billion yuan for the air tickets and hotel class of business, net of personal consumption part of the swap, at least 50% of the business travel market, about 2,000 billion yuan.The currently available 100 billion business travel market, however, does not exceed 5% of the total market.Insiders pointed out that China's business travel market will be further expansion of business travel management, cake will be bigger and bigger.
However, unlike the simple booking air tickets and hotel business, business travel market for enterprise resource management, technology, management, and many other requirements are high.Dragon 2002 e market a big push into business travel management, but can feel after a few years.Even American Express, through a joint venture to enter the Chinese market, is also facing the challenge of how to adapt to the Chinese market.
Min Fan is quite confidently told reporters that Ctrip has accumulated over the years in the country of operation advantages of an agreement Ctrip has more than 6,000 hotels, 3,000 CALL CENTER personnel, one year's service reached 20 million people, these are short-term foreignnot have the condition.
However, relative to the domestic market are familiar with the extensive resources of other international customers for the regional markets business travel management, Ctrip's tentacles clearly inadequate.A company representative said the company in the world because many regions have elements companies, and Ctrip does not provide a more competitive international business travel management, international business travel and domestic business travel, if by a company to be responsible for the apparently increased the communication and managementcosts.