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eLong to Announce 2005 First Quarter Results on May 24, 2005 at 8:00pm Eastern Time BEIJING, May 17 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- eLong, Inc. (NASDAQ:LONG), a leading online travel service provider in China, today announced that it will report its financial results for the first quarter of 2005 on Tuesday, May 24, 2005 at 8:00pm Eastern Time (Beijing/Hong Kong Time: Wednesday, May 25 at 8:00am). (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20041118/ELONGLOGO ) eLong's management team will be on the call to discuss results and highlights and to answer questions. The toll-free number for U.S. participants is 1-877-697-2796 and the dial-in number for Hong Kong participants is 852-2258-4102. The passcode for all participants is 5374665. A replay of the call will be available for 1 day between 9:15 pm Eastern Time on May 24, 2005 and 9:15 pm Eastern Time on May 25, 2005. The toll-free number for U.S callers is 1-800-395-8571 and the dial-in number for international callers is 852-2802-5151. The passcode for the replay is 759850. Additionally, a live and archived web cast of this call will be available on the Investor Relations section of the eLong corporate website at http://ir.elong.net/ . About eLong, Inc. Founded in 1999, eLong is a leading independent travel service company headquartered in Beijing with a national presence across China. The company uses web-based distribution technologies and a 24-hour nationwide call center to provide consumers with consolidated travel information and the ability to access hotel reservations at discounted rates at over 2,600 hotels in major cities across China. eLong also offers air ticketing and other travel related services, such as rental cars, vacation packages and corporate travel services, at discounted rates. eLong operates the websites http://www.elong.com/ and http://www.elong.net/ . For more information, please contact: Raymond Huang, Investor Relations Manager, eLong, Inc. Tel: +86-10-5860-2288 x6633 Email: Web Sites: http://www.elong.com http://www.elong.net http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20041118/ELONGLOGO http://photoarchive.ap.org/ DATASOURCE: eLong, Inc. CONTACT: Raymond Huang, Investor Relations Manager of eLong, Inc., +86- 10-5860-2288 x6633, or

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