SOHU Travel (travel.sohu.com), which came online on July 15, offers visitors information about local and international tourism, travel agencies, restaurants, hotel and ticket booking. It also gives personalized online recommendations for travel routes and destinations. Customers can post their travel stories and tips on Travel Message Boards. Content partners for the new channel are Ctrip.com, Chinaholiday.com and Byecity.com.

Ctrip.com cooperates with travel agents nationwide to offer users secure online booking and payment services for hotels and air tickets as well as an up-to-date, extensive database of travel information on places to visit, hotels, restaurants, entertainment, shopping and transportation. Ctrip Computer Technology Co., which launched Ctrip.com in October 1999, has offices in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Hong Kong and Silicon Valley.

About SOHU.com
SOHU.com is the leading Internet portal in Mainland China with current daily page views exceeding 12 million. It provides navigation/search, news, sports, business and finance, real estate channel, entertainment, chat, email and e-commerce activities for a solid and wide base of visitors. Dr. Charles Zhang founded SOHU.com in 1997. Its investors include Intel, Dow Jones, IDG, the Morningside China Group, PCCW, Legend and Hikari. Its content partners include CNET, DOW Jones and dozens of local media organizations in China.

For further information:
Dahlia Wei
SOHU Investor Relations and Communications
Tel: +86 10 6272 6598
E-mail: ir@sohu-inc.com
http://www.sohu.com/about/English/