The newly-listed Chinese e-commerce giant JD launched yesterday a travel channel named “JD Travel” under the theme of “Quality Travel”. Tourist who bought tourist services on JD Travel will get coupons for purchasing traveling kits on the platform. As a new entrant of online travel industry, JD Travel will not get involved in price war, but to focus on providing quality travel services, said Li Chao, vice president of the company. After launching flight ticket reservation platform in 2011, JD gradually rolled out various services related to travel, like hotel reservation, car rental, visa, etc. image credit: JD Travel