Currently，There is no concrete evidence that Tongcheng Travel has signed an integration agreement with Elong。

The relevant person in charge of Tongcheng Tourism Public Relations Department said,188bet Online Sports Betting and Casino

October 17，There are rumors on the Internet that Tongcheng Travel and Elong Hotels have merged，And signed a strategic cooperation agreement last month，And renamed the new company "Yicheng.com"。According to Tongcheng Public Relations Department，This news has no basis，Tongcheng Travel Headquarters is still in Suzhou，The move to eLong Headquarters (Beijing) has not started yet。

It is reported，Ctrip and Tencent are both shareholders of Elong Hotels and Tongcheng Travel，It is rumored on the Internet that Ctrip and Tencent are integrating their OTA resources，Merger and list two companies。But the reporter also contacted Ctrip Public Relations Department，No official news。There were rumors that Tuniu would merge with Tongcheng，It turned out to be a rumor。

After many years of collective OTA losses，Tongcheng Travel CEO Wu Zhixiang announced in August this year that the company had turned a profit，Achieve large-scale profits of more than 30 million yuan。

As for Yilong，Since the completion of privatization and delisting in the first half of 2016，No relevant profit information has been exposed。Public 188bet sports betting app download information display，Elong is still at a loss in 2015，Full year net loss 3.30.4 billion yuan，Net loss compared with 2014 2.06.7 billion yuan expanded。

*Source of this article: Economic Observer Network, original title：《Official response from Tongcheng Travel: The news of merger with Elong is unfounded》.