Expedia Corporate Travel plans to offer local travel management services in China

by working with eLong Inc., a Chinese online travel company majority-owned by ECT parent Expedia Inc. ECT said it would offer "fully localized service, global reporting capabilities and an in-country call center that is staffed with dedicated agents who speak both Mandarin and English." The new service would be ECT's first in the Asia-Pacific region. The company also operates in Europe and North America.