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Friday, November 15 2019 - 13:00
AsiaNet
LvYue Group Completed Several Hundred Million Dollars in Series A and A+ Financing Led by Tencent, Sequoia China, Baidu Capital and Goldman Sachs
BEIJING, Nov. 15, 2019 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ --

On November 15, LvYue Group announced its several hundred million dollars 
Series A and A+ round financing led by Tencent, Sequoia China, Baidu Capital 
and Goldman Sachs, co-invested by Ocean Link, CITIC Trust, Oriza and CAISSA 
Travel. Fanzhuo Capital acted as financial advisor for both rounds.

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Strategically invested by Trip.com and led by Mark Zhang who also serves as 
president of Qunar, LvYue is an internet travel service provider that 
integrates hotel management, information technology, trading and procurement, 
applying innovative internet technologies to traditional hotel industry. 

With the concept 'every hotel is unique', LvYue created the boutique travel 
destination hotel brand "Floral" which integrates local culture into living 
spaces and provides tourists with unique cultural experiences and uniform 
branded services in top destinations around the globe.

In 2017, LvYue launched its self-developed XPMS hotel management system to 
provide full scope of services to various hotels, homestays and inns, including 
channel management, room inventory management, dynamic pricing, automated cash 
management and settlement, and data visualization to improve operational 
efficiency. In 2018, XPMS mobile App was launched, the system has been put into 
commercial use with remarkable results.

The company's official reservation platform, Floral Travel App was launched in 
2018, with key functions of hotel reservation, travel guides, entertainment 
recommendations, value-added services and travel notes sharing and offers 
various customized services.

Since 2016, LvYue has signed and opened more than 1,900 hotels worldwide, in 
over 10 countries including Japan, South Korea, Thailand and India. By the end 
of 2019, LvYue's network will exceed 2,600 hotels.

Jay Shen, Head of Investment Department in Trip.com, commented: "As LvYue's 
strategic investor, we have strong faith in its future development. Trip.com 
will keep supporting LvYue on providing great travel experience."

Stephanie Hui, a Managing Director and Co-head of Principal Investment Area at 
Goldman Sachs in Asia Pacific, said: "Goldman Sachs has a positive outlook for 
both China and global travel destination markets, and will support LvYue to 
further expand its business throughout China and abroad." 

LvYue is a "new species" in traditional hotel industry with more vitality. 
LvYue will continue to expand in the domestic market while accelerating the 
pace of globalization and explore new possibilities driven by its internet big 
data capabilities.

SOURCE  LvYue Group

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