On December 16, JD.com held a press conference in Beijing titled “Luxury Cruise Tours to Japan and Korea – An Ultimate Spring Festival with JD.com,” along with the launch ceremony for the “2015 JD.com Ultimate Cruise China Maiden Voyage.” It was announced that JD.com had exclusively partnered with Royal Caribbean International’s premium brand, Celebrity Cruises – the Millennium ship, and would be offering four voyages for Japan and Korea tours from February 15 to March 1. Currently, the Millennium cruise packages are already available on JD Travel and Tuniu.com.
Yu Dundee, founder and CEO of Tuniu.com, stated, “Tuniu’s cruise business is growing rapidly, has extensive coverage, and holds a strong position in the mid-to-high-end market. The strategic cooperation between Tuniu and JD.com in the cruise sector is fully aligned with Tuniu’s direction to accelerate its push in the cruise market, and will bring the premium cruise brand Celebrity Cruises’ products to even more customers.”
Industry analysts believe that JD.com’s exclusive partnership with Royal Caribbean International’s high-end luxury cruise ship, the Millennium, to boost the year-end tourism market represents a strong implementation of the concept of quality travel. It also demonstrates JD.com’s determination and capability to build a differentiated online travel platform.
About JD.com (JD.com):
JD.com is China’s largest self-operated e-commerce company. It provides consumers with a pleasant online shopping experience. Through its content-rich and user-friendly website (www.jd.com) and mobile app, JD.com offers a wide range of products and services of excellent quality at competitive prices, and delivers them to consumers quickly and reliably. JD.com believes it operates the largest warehousing infrastructure in China’s e-commerce industry. As of June 30, 2014, JD.com had seven logistics centers nationwide, 97 large warehouses in 39 cities, covering a total area of approximately 1.8 million square meters, along with 1,808 delivery stations and 715 pickup points and lockers, serving 1,780 counties and districts across the country. JD.com offers same-day delivery through its “211 Limited Time Delivery” service in 111 counties and next-day delivery in another 622 counties.