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Ctrip joins hands with online payment service provider AlipayBEIJING, Jan 14, 2009 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Ctrip.com International, Ltd. (CTRP.NASDAQ), an online travel agent in China, has reached a cooperative agreement with China's leading online payment service provider Alipay. According to the agreement, users of Ctrip can make payment through Alipay. Meanwhile, users of Alipay can log onto website of Ctrip to buy air tickets with Alipay ID. Clients used to make payment for air ticket purchase through Ctrip via telephone, credit card or make payment on delivery. The cooperation with Alipay will bring Ctrip more clients with Alipay's strong payment service. It is learnt that so far users of Alipay have topped 110 million, with daily transaction value amounting to 550 million yuan. |