UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
Report of Foreign Private Issuer Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the Month of December 2008
Commission File Number: 000-50984
eLong, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Block B, Xingke Plaza Building
10 Middle Jiuxianqiao Road
Chaoyang District
Beijing 100016, People’s Republic of China
(Address of principal executive offices)
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On December 22, 2008 (Beijing time), eLong, Inc. (NASDAQ: LONG), a leading online travel service provider in China, held its annual general meeting of shareholders. At the meeting the following nine persons were elected to the Board of Directors of eLong, Inc.:
Leo Austin,
Michael Doyle,
Thomas Gurnee,
Arthur Hoffman,
Henrik Kjellberg,
Cyril Ranque,
Michael Scown,
Johan Svanstrom, and
Justin Tang.
The above directors, with the exception of Mr. Ranque, were re-elected to the Board of Directors. Mr. Ranque was elected in place of Barney Harford, who chose not to stand for re-election. Mr. Ranque is Vice President, Partner Services Group Asia Pacific, of Expedia, Inc.
About eLong, Inc.
eLong, Inc. (NASDAQ: LONG) is a leading online travel company in China. Headquartered in Beijing, eLong has a national presence across China. eLong uses web-based distribution technologies and a 24-hour call center to provide consumers with access to travel reservation services. Aiming to enrich people’s lives through the freedom of independent travel, eLong empowers consumers to make informed such as maps, virtual tours and user ratings. eLong has the capacity to fulfill air ticket reservations in over 80 major cities across China. In addition to a wide selection of thousands of hotels in China and in the Greater China region, eLong offers consumers the ability to make bookings at international hotels in more than 100 countries worldwide.
eLong operates websites including http://www.elong.com and http://www.elong.net.
For further information:
eLong, Inc.
Investor Relations
ir@corp.elong.com
+86-10-6436-7570
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The information herein and in the press releases is intended to be furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended or the Exchange Act, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
| DATED: December 29, 2008 | ELONG, INC. | |||
| By: | /s/ Chris Chan | |||
| Name: | Chris Chan | |||
| Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |||