Ctrip partners with US agencies

Ctrip.com International Ltd, a leading online travel agency in China, announced it had signed a strategic partner-ship agreement with three US-based travel agencies in an effort to further boost Chinese tourism to the United States.

The three US agencies - Tours for Fun, Ctour and Universal Vision-signed the deal with Ctrip on Wednesday in New York, agreeing to share resources to provide better services for Chinese tourists. The terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

"An important strategy of Ctripis to internationalize and to strategize outbound travel," said Yang Tao, Ctrip's senior vice-president and CEO of the vacation unit.