Qunar Mobile Air Ticket Bookings Exceed 60,000 in a Day
January 03 2014 - 7:09AM
Qunar Cayman Islands Limited (Nasdaq:QUNR) ("Qunar" or the
"Company"), China's leading search-based travel commerce platform,
today announced that it achieved a single-day record for air ticket
bookings, with more than 60,000 over the New Year holiday.
The Company also provided updates on progress of its mobile
strategy. Qunar's mobile hotel bookings reached 50% of total hotel
bookings, while its mobile taxi-booking service, Cheche, has
expanded coverage to over 42 cities in China. The announcement
followed the publication of reports by CTCNN which named Qunar the
leading app by November downloads, and by TalkingData which names
the Company the market leader for both December mobile app user
coverage and usage rates for Android devices.
In a report issued on Tuesday, Deutsche Bank analyst Alan
Hellawell also noted that Qunar Travel has become the most popular
ticket-booking app in China. According to a research survey
conducted by Enfodesk, 63.6% of respondents named Qunar Travel as
the most frequently used ticket-booking app for air-ticket
bookings, train-ticket bookings and tourist attraction-related
bookings, followed by 54.5% for its closest competitor.
Qunar has taken steps to improve its mobile offering with recent
moves such as connecting its popular travel app to social media
service WeChat's mobile payment system and launching voice
recognition for hotel search.
About Qunar
Qunar Cayman Islands Limited is the leading search-based
commerce platform for the travel industry in China. Qunar's goal is
to empower Chinese travelers to define their travel experience.
Founded in May 2005 and headquartered in Beijing, Qunar is
committed to providing travelers with a one-stop travel information
source on both PC and mobile devices. The Company enables travelers
to find the best-value deals by aggregating and processing highly
fragmented travel product information from tens of thousands of
travel service providers into an organized and user-friendly
display through its proprietary technology. According to research
firm iResearch, Qunar has ranked No. 1 among all non-state-owned
online travel companies in China in terms of monthly unique
visitors since November 2010. Qunar's mobile application "Qunar
Travel" was ranked the most frequently used mobile travel
application in China by China Internet Network Information Center
in September 2012.
Leveraging its large user base and advanced technologies, the
Company provides an attractive value proposition to its customers,
which include travel service providers and display advertisers.
Qunar means "where to go" in Mandarin Chinese.
CONTACT: For more information, please contact:
China
Jenna Qian
Qunar
Tel: +86-10-5760-3609
press@qunar.com
Nick Beswick
Brunswick Group
Tel: +86-10-5960-8600
Email: qunar@brunswickgroup.com
U.S.
Cindy Zheng
Brunswick Group
Tel: +1-212-333-3810
Email: qunar@brunswickgroup.com
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