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Ctrip in talks for a third cruiseship

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<h2 style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 6px; border: 0px; font-size: 24px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 47, 109);">Ctrip in talks for a third cruiseship</h2><p></p><p><img data-cke-saved-src="http://www.asiacruisenews.com/ckfinder/userfiles/images/Celebrity_Mercury.jpg" src="http://www.asiacruisenews.com/ckfinder/userfiles/images/Celebrity_Mercury.jpg" alt="Ctrip in talks for a third cruiseship" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: normal; width: 380px; height: 210px; float: left; overflow: hidden; background-color: rgb(236, 236, 236);"><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 5px; border: 0px; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: normal;">Shanghai: Ctrip, one of China’s major online travel booking companies, recently acquired two cruiseships and is currently in talks for a third one, Chinese local media Pin Chain has reported.</p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 5px; border: 0px; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: normal;">Ctrip acquired two cruiseships “Celebrity Galaxy” and “Celebrity Mercury”, also known as “Mein Schiff 1” and “Mein Schiff 2” and it is now in talks for the third one, which is reported to be “Celebrity Century”.</p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 5px; border: 0px; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: normal;">Liang Jianzhang, ceo of Ctrip said earlier that the company is planning to enter the cruise sector and sees it as an important future strategy of the company.</p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 5px; border: 0px; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: normal;">Ctrip recently has expanded its business to Korea, establishing a branch presence on August 22.</p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 5px; border: 0px; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: normal;"><br></p><div><br></div>
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