Title :
Research on the development of tourism electronic commerce in China — A case study of website Qunar and Uzai
Author :
Kuang, Hongyun ; Zeng, Xuehui
Author_Institution :
Int. Exchange Fac., Shanghai Second Polytech. Univ., Shanghai, China
Abstract :
At the background of global tourism e-commerce, the development of tourism economy is becoming the hot point of world´s economic and social evolution. It is also a must for China to develop tourism e-commerce industry under the framework of vigorously accelerating tertiary industry. Modern tourism is no longer a simple activity relying on traditional travel agents for completing tourism trade. It´s in favor of more colorful online experience. Now it has become more convenient, authentic and transparent for customers to buy travel service. Take two famous travel websites Qunar and Uzai in China as example, this paper research on the business model of them, analyze their market positioning, profit model, market value and their main business. At the end of the article, development trend of China tourism e-commerce is discussed to provide a reference for other tourism e-commerce websites.
Keywords :
Web sites; electronic commerce; marketing data processing; profitability; travel industry; China; Website Qunar; Website Uzai; business model; economic evolution; global tourism e-commerce industry; market positioning; market value; online experience; profit model; social evolution; tourism e-commerce Website; tourism economy; tourism electronic commerce; tourism trade; travel Website; travel agent; travel service; Companies; Investments; China tourism industry; business model; development trends; e-commerce;
Conference_Titel :
Information Management, Innovation Management and Industrial Engineering (ICIII), 2012 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Sanya
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1932-4
DOI :
10.1109/ICIII.2012.6339842