Modern Express Travel

Modern Express Travel represents the source’s “现代运通” acquisition thread in 困在系统里的酒店，你不知道的携程垄断练成史. The episode says it was a telephone-plus-internet hotel-booking competitor with meaningful monthly booking volume before Ctrip / Trip.com Group acquired it around 2000.

The source uses the acquisition to explain how Ctrip scaled by buying operating capacity, not just traffic. Wang Shengli and team capacity are treated as part of the move from early experiment to stronger hotel-booking platform.

Connections

• Ctrip / Trip.com Group — acquirer and platform that absorbed the booking volume.
• Wang Shengli — founder/operator connected to the company in the source.
• Online Travel Agency and OTA Platform Concentration — concepts illustrated by early competitor absorption.