BEIJING, China – eLong, Inc, released the following update on its legal dispute with Qunar:
On December 26, 2014, the Beijing First Intermediate Court (the “Court”) issued its written judgment (the “Judgment”) in the contract dispute between an eLong subsidiary, eLongNet Information Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd. (“eLong Information”), and an affiliate of Qunar, Beijing Quna Software Technology Co. Ltd. (“Beijing Qunar”). eLong Information had filed the case in 2013 after Beijing Qunar improperly terminated a three-year hotel inventory redistribution agreement (as amended, the “Affiliation Agreement”) entered into by eLong Information and Beijing Qunar.
In the Judgment:
• The Court held Beijing Qunar in breach of contract for early termination of the Affiliation Agreement. Specifically, the Court rejected Beijing Qunar’s claim that eLong Information had breached the Affiliation Agreement and held that Beijing Qunar’s termination notice was therefore voi