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Employment Agreement by and between eLong, Inc.

 Exhibit 4.8 
 PRIVILEGED AND CONFIDENTIAL 
 EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT 
 EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT, by and between eLong, Inc. (the “Company”), a Cayman Islands corporation and Thomas SooHoo, an individual (the
“Employee”), entered into as of December 19, 2005. 
 1. Definitions. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise
defined in the text below will have the meanings ascribed thereto on Annex 1. 
 2. Employment; Duties. 
 (a) The Company agrees to employ the Employee in the capacity and with such responsibilities as are generally set forth on Annex 2. 
 (b) The Employee hereby agrees to devote his full time and best efforts in such capacities as are set forth on Annex 2 on the terms and conditions
set forth herein. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Employee may engage in other activities, such as activities involving professional, charitable, educational, religious and similar types of organizations, provided that that the Employee complies
with the Employee Non-competition, Non-solicitation, Confidential Information and Work Product Agreement attached hereto as Annex 3 (the “Employee Obligations Agreement”) and such other activities do not interfere with or prohibit
the performance of the Employee’s duties under this Agreement, or conflict in any material way with the business of the Company or of its subsidiaries and affiliates. The Employee will be allowed to hold a board of director position with
another entity if it has been disclosed to and approved by the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”). 
 (c) The Employee
will use best efforts during the term of this Agreement to ensure that the Company’s business and those of its subsidiaries and affiliates are conducted in accordance with all applicable laws and regulations of all jurisdictions in which such
businesses are conducted. 
 (d) The Employee hereby agrees that he will execute and deliver to the Company an Employee Non-competition,
Non-solicitation, Confidential Information and Work Product Agreement by and between the Employee and eLongNet Information Technology (Beijing) Co. Ltd. which will be in the form attached hereto as Annex 4 (the “Chinese Obligations
Agreement”) but which will be translated into Chinese and executed after the date hereof. 
 3. Compensation. 
 (a) Base Annual Payments. During the term of this Agreement, the Company will pay the Employee annual base payments as set forth on Annex 2,
payable pursuant to the Company’s normal payroll practices. 
 (b) Signing Bonus. The Company will pay the Employee as of the
date the Employee begins to work for the Company as its Chief Executive Officer which date shall be no later than January 23, 2006 (the “Start Date”) a one (1) time signing bonus of 

 US$60,000 (the “Signing Bonus”). If the Employee ceases to be employed by the Company during the periods
indicated below as a result of the Company Terminating this Agreement for Cause or the Employee Terminating this Agreement for any reason, the Employee agrees to repay to the Company (and agrees that the Company may offset against amounts owed by
the Company to the Employee) such part of the Signing Bonus as is indicated below within ten (10) days after the effective date of the Termination: 
  

			
	 Period of Termination
	 	 Part of the Signing Bonus Required to be Repaid

	Prior to the first anniversary of the Start Date	 	The entire Signing Bonus shall be repaid.
		
	After the first anniversary but prior to the second anniversary of the Start Date	 	Fifty percent (50%) of the Signing Bonus shall be repaid.
		
	After the second anniversary of the Start Date	 	No portion of the Signing Bonus shall be repaid.

 (c) Discretionary Bonus. During the term of this Agreement and beginning on the Start Date,
the Company, in its sole discretion, may award to the Employee an annual bonus, if the Employee is employed by the Company on each December 31, based on the Employee’s performance, the Company’s performance, and other factors deemed
relevant by the Company’s Compensation Committee, which if earned shall be paid not later than February 28 of the year following the year in which earned. The target for the bonus (pro rated for any partial year) will be One Hundred
Forty-Four Thousand Dollars (US$144,000) per year (the “Target Bonus”). Solely with respect to the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006, the Company agrees that it will pay to the Employee not less than fifty percent (50%) of the
Target Bonus (the “Guaranteed Amount”), and that the Company will pay to the Employee the Guaranteed Amount in monthly installments of US$6,000 on the day of each month in 2006 on which the Employee’s monthly base salary payment is
made to the Employee, if the Employee is employed by the Company on such payment date. Any other amounts (other than the Guaranteed Amount) which the Company, in its sole discretion, may award to the Employee as part of the Target Bonus for fiscal
2006 shall be paid as set forth in the first sentence of this Section 3(c). 
 (d) Stock Options. On the Start Date, the Company
will grant to the Employee, upon the terms and conditions set forth in the Company’s Stock and Annual Incentive Plan adopted on July 23, 2004 (the “2004 Plan”) and upon the additional terms and conditions set forth in a Stock
Option Agreement between the Company and the Employee, an option to purchase that number of ordinary shares of the Company which has a value of US$750,000 (the “Stock Option”), based on the last reported sale price of Company’s
American Depositary Shares (“ADSs”) on the Nasdaq National Market as reported by Nasdaq as of the date immediately preceding the Start Date. The Stock Option will be exercisable for 10 years after the grant date except in the case of
termination of this Agreement by reason of death, disability, retirement or any other reason in which case the Stock Option will be exercisable for the period of time set forth in the 2004 Plan. The Stock Option shall be subject to vesting such that
20% of the stock option award will vest on the first anniversary of the Start Date and 5% of the Stock Option will vest on each subsequent quarter thereafter until fully vested, if the Employee is employed with the Company through each applicable
vesting date. 
  

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 (e) Performance Units. The Company will grant to the Employee, upon the terms and conditions set
forth in the 2004 Plan and upon the additional terms and conditions set forth in a Performance Unit Agreement between the Company and the Employee, that number of Performance Units, which would have, were each Performance Unit an ordinary share of
the Company, the value of US$810,000 (the “Performance Unit Award”), based on the last reported sale price of Company’s ADSs on the Nasdaq National Market as reported by Nasdaq as of the date immediately preceding the Start Date . The
Performance Unit Award will be subject to vesting as follows: 
 (i) US$81,000 of the Performance Unit Award will vest on the
first year anniversary of the Start Date and US$20,250 will vest at the end of each three month period there after until the fifth year anniversary of the Start Date, if the Employee is employed with the Company through each applicable vesting date;
and 
 (ii) US$405,000 of the Performance Unit Award will vest on the fifth year anniversary of the Start Date, if the
Employee is employed with the Company on such date; provided however, that if the Employee’s employment with the Company is terminated for any reason prior to the fifth year anniversary of the Start Date, then, as of such termination date, the
Employee shall be entitled to receive that number of Performance Units calculated as if US$81,000 of the Performance Unit Award vested on the first year anniversary of the Start Date and US$20,250 vested at the end of each three month period
thereafter until such termination date. 
 Except as provided for above in Section 3(e)(ii), upon vesting of each portion of the
Performance Unit award, the Company will issue and deliver to the Employee that number of ordinary shares of the Company as is equal to the number of Performance Units that then first become vested. 
 Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that the Employee becomes entitled to (i) any Performance Units pursuant to Section 3(e)(ii) by
reason of the Employee’s termination of employment with the Company for any reason except by reason of death or disability or (ii) any Severance Payment pursuant to Section 6(d) below, and such payments are subject to the 6-month
delay rule under Section 409A of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), the Company hereby agrees that it will not issue and deliver to the Employee the number of ordinary shares of the Company
required to be issued to the Employee pursuant to this Section 3(e) or the Severance Payment until six (6) months after the termination date referred to in Section 3(e)(ii) above. In the event that that Company makes any payment in
violation of the 6-month delay rule under Section 409A of the Code such that the Employee becomes subject to any penalties under Section 409A of the Code, the Company promises to reimburse the Employee for the amount of any penalty imposed
on the Employee by the Internal Revenue Service under Section 409A of the Code resulting from any failure by the Company to delay for 6-months any payments required to be so delayed and any additional taxes due on such reimbursement.

  

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 (f) Reimbursement of Expenses. The Company will reimburse the Employee for reasonable expenses
incurred by the Employee in the course of, and necessary in connection with, the performance by the Employee of his duties to the Company, provided that such expenses are substantiated in accordance with the Company’s policies (which policies
have been approved by the Board or the Audit Committee of the Board). For the avoidance of doubt, any amounts paid to the Employee pursuant to this Section 3(f) will not be considered to be Personal Benefits and will not be counted towards the
Maximum Amount (each as defined below in Annex 2). 
 4. Other Employee Benefits. 
 (a) Vacation; Sick Leave. The Employee will be entitled to such number of weeks of paid vacation each year as are set forth on Annex 2.
Unless otherwise approved by the Board, vacation that is not used in a particular year may only be carried forward to subsequent years in accordance with the Company’s policies in effect from time to time. The Employee will be eligible for sick
leave in accordance with the Company’s policies in effect at such time. 
 (b) Healthcare Plan. The Company will arrange for
membership for the Employee, the Employee’s spouse and the Employee’s children under 18 years old in the Company’s healthcare plan applicable to expatriot executives, in accordance with the Company’s standard policies from time
to time with respect to health insurance and in accordance with the rules established for individual participation in such plan and under applicable law. 
 (c) Personal Benefits. Pursuant to the Company’s policies in effect from time to time and the applicable plan rules, the Employee will be eligible to participate in the other employee benefit plans of
general application, which shall include the Personal Benefits at the levels set forth on Annex 2. 
 (d) Payments. Subject to
the applicable laws and exchange controls of China, the Employee will have the right to request that payments due to him be made in either USD or Renminbi. Payments made in Renminbi will be calculated from the USD equivalent based on the Bank of
China exchange rate on the day prior to the day of payment. Subject to the foregoing, any payments which become due and payable by the Company to the Employee pursuant to the terms of this Agreement may be made by any subsidiary or related company
of the Company which is formed under the laws of the People’s Republic of China (the “PRC”). 
 5. Certain Representations,
Warranties and Covenants of the Employee. 
 (a) Related Company Positions. The Employee agrees that the Employee and members of
the Employee’s immediate family will not have any financial interest directly or indirectly (including through any entity in which the Employee or any member of the Employee’s immediate family has a position or financial interest) in any
transactions with the Company or any subsidiaries or affiliates thereof unless all such transactions, prior to being entered into, have been disclosed to the Board and approved by the Audit Committee of the Board and comply with all other Company
policies and applicable law as may be in effect from time to time. The Employee also agrees that he will inform the Audit Committee and the finance department of the Company of any 
  

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 transactions involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates in which senior officers, including but not
limited to the Employee, or their immediate family members have a financial interest. 
 (b) Discounts, Rebates or Commissions. Unless
expressly permitted by written policies and procedures of the Company in effect from time to time, which policies have been approved by the Board or the Audit Committee of the Board, that may be applicable to the Employee, neither the Employee nor
any family member will be entitled to receive or obtain directly or indirectly any discount, rebate or commission in respect of any sale or purchase of goods or services effected or other business transacted (whether or not by the Employee) by or on
behalf of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, and if the Employee or any immediate family member (or any firm or company in which the Employee or any immediate family member is interested) obtains any such unapproved discount,
rebate or commission, the Employee will pay to the Company an amount equal to the amount so received (or the proportionate amount received by any such firm or company to the extent of the Employee’s or family member’s interest therein).

 6. At-Will; Termination. 
 (a) The Employee’s employment with the Company will be “at will” and may be terminated by the Company or the Employee, in each case as set forth in this Section 6. 
 (b) Voluntary Termination by the Employee. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Employee may voluntarily Terminate this Agreement
by providing the Company with ninety (90) days’ advance written notice (“Voluntary Termination”), in which case the Employee will not be entitled to receive payment of any severance benefits or other amounts by reason of the
Termination other than accrued salary and vacation through the date of the Termination. The Employee’s right to all other benefits will terminate as of the date of Termination, other than any continuation required by applicable law. Without
limiting the foregoing, if, in connection with a Change in Control, the surviving entity or successor to the Company’s business offers the Employee employment whereby the total compensation for such employment is equal to or greater than the
total compensation set forth in this Agreement and such offer is not accepted by the Employee, the refusal by the Employee to accept such offer and the subsequent termination of the Employee’s employment by the Company shall be deemed to be a
Voluntary Termination of employment by the Employee and shall not be treated as a termination by the Company without Cause. Without limiting this Section 6(b), if the Company is no longer subject to the reporting requirements of the Securities
and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, as a result of a Rule 13e-3 Transaction initiated by IACT Asia Pacific Limited (“IACT”) or any Affiliate of IACT and in connection with such Rule 13e-3 Transaction the Employee is offered a position
with the Company with the responsibility of running the management and operations of the Company’s business (except that the Employee will no longer be the Chief Executive Officer of the Company) and the total compensation to the Employee is
equal to or greater than the total compensation set forth in such offer and such offer is not accepted by the Employee, the refusal by the Employee to accept such offer and the subsequent termination of the Employee’s employment by the Company
shall be deemed to be a Voluntary Termination of employment by the Employee and shall not be treated as a termination by the Company without Cause. For the avoidance 
  

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 of doubt, with respect to any equity awards granted to the Employee pursuant to this Agreement, if the third party grants
an equity award to the Employee which award has the same or greater value with respect to Performance Units and the same or greater in the money value with respect to the Stock Options then such third party offer as it relates to the equity
compensation will be deemed to be of equal or greater value than the value granted under this Agreement. 
 (c) Termination by the Company
for Cause. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Company may Terminate this Agreement for Cause by written notice to the Employee, effective immediately upon the delivery of such notice. In such case, except as set forth in
Section 3(e)(ii), the Employee will not be entitled to receive payment of any severance benefits or other amounts by reason of the Termination other than accrued salary and vacation through the date of the Termination. The Employee’s right
to all other benefits will terminate, other than any continuation required by applicable law. 
 (d) Termination by the Employee with Good
Reason or Termination by the Company without Cause. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Employee may Terminate this Agreement for Good Reason, and the Company may Terminate this Agreement without Cause, in either case upon
thirty (30) days’ advance written notice by the party Terminating this Agreement to the other party and the Termination shall be effective as of the expiration of such thirty (30) day period. If the Employee Terminates this Agreement
for Good Reason or the Company Terminates this Agreement without Cause, in addition to any benefits the Employee is entitled to receive under Section 3(e)(ii), the Employee will be entitled to continue to receive payment of severance benefits
equal to the Employee’s monthly base salary in effect on the date of such Termination and a pro-rated portion of the Personal Benefits which total Personal Benefits will not exceed US$84,000 for six (6) months (the “Severance
Period”), provided that the Employee complies with the Employee Obligations Agreement and Chinese Obligations Agreement during the Severance Period and executes a release agreement in the form requested by the Company at the time of such
Termination that releases the Company from any and all claims arising from or related to the employment relationship and such Termination. Such payments will be made ratably over the Severance Period according to the Company’s standard payroll
schedule. In the event that the Personal Benefits paid to the Employee pursuant to this Section 6(d) do not equal US$84,000, the Company will pay the difference to the Employee as income at the end of the Severance Period, which would be
subject to individual income tax. Health insurance benefits with the same coverage provided to the Employee prior to the Termination (e.g., medical, dental, optical, mental health) and in all other material respects comparable to those in place
immediately prior to the Termination will be provided at the Company’s expense during the Severance Period. 
 (e) Termination by
Reason of Death or Disability. A Termination of the Employee’s employment by reason of death or Disability shall not be deemed to be a Termination by the Company (for or without Cause) or by the Employee (for or without Good Reason). In the
event that the Employee’s employment with the Company Terminates as a result of the Employee’s death or Disability, in addition to any benefits the Employee is entitled to receive under Section 3(e)(ii), the Employee or the
Employee’s estate or representative, as applicable, will receive all accrued salary and accrued vacation as of the date of the Employee’s death or Disability and any other benefits payable under the Company’s then existing benefit
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 accordance with such plans and policies in effect on the date of death or Disability and in accordance with applicable
law. In addition, the Employee or the Employee’s estate or representative, as applicable, will receive the bonus for the year in which the death or Disability occurs which bonus will be prorated based on the number of days in which the Employee
was employed by the Company during such year and to the extent that a bonus would have been earned had the Employee continued in employment through the end of such year, as determined in good faith by the Company’s Board or its Compensation
Committee based on the specific corporate and individual performance targets established for such fiscal year, and only to the extent that bonuses are paid for such fiscal year to other similarly situated employees. 
 (f) Misconduct After Termination of Employment. Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything herein to the contrary, if the Employee after the
termination of his employment violates or fails to materially comply with the Employee Obligations Agreement or the Chinese Obligations Agreement thereafter (1) the Employee shall not be entitled to any payments from the Company, (2) any
insurance or other benefits that have continued shall terminate immediately and (3) the Employee shall promptly reimburse to the Company all amounts that have been paid to the Employee pursuant to this Section 6. 
 8. Obligations Agreements. By signing this Agreement, the Employee hereby agrees to execute and deliver to the Company the Employee Obligations
Agreement and the Chinese Obligations Agreement, and such execution and delivery shall be a condition to the Employee’s entitlement to his rights under this Agreement. 
 9. Governing Law; Arbitration. (a) This Agreement shall be governed by and construed under the laws of the State of New York as applied to
agreements among New York residents entered into and to be performed entirely within New York. 
 (b) Notwithstanding subsection
(c) below, at the option of the Company, each of the parties hereto agrees for the benefit of the Company that any State or Federal court sitting in New York shall have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any disputes (including claims for set-off
and counterclaims) and enforce any rights which may arise in connection with the validity, effect, interpretation or performance of, or the legal relationships established by, this Agreement or otherwise arising in connection with this Agreement.
Each party hereto consents to venue in the New York Courts and irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of any action therein. Each party hereto agrees that the summons and
complaint or any other process in any action may be served by notice given in accordance with Section 10, or as otherwise permitted by law. Each party hereto irrevocably waives the right to trial by jury. 
 (c) Subject to the option in favor of the Company set out in subsection (b) above, any controversy or claim arising out of or relating to this
Agreement shall be determined by arbitration in accordance with the International Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association. The tribunal shall consist of three arbitrators. The seat of the arbitration shall be New York. The language
of the arbitration shall be English. The parties hereto agree that the tribunal constituted under this clause shall have the power to grant the relief of specific performance in appropriate circumstances, and further agree, for the avoidance of
doubt, that any competent court of its jurisdiction (including in the courts of the People’s Republic of China) may 
  

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 enforce an order of the tribunal for specific performance. By agreeing to arbitration pursuant to this clause, the
parties hereto waive irrevocably their right to any form of appeal, review or recourse to any state court or other judicial authority, in as far as such waiver may validly be made, save that the parties do not intend to deprive any competent court
of its jurisdiction (including the PRC courts) to issue a pre-arbitral injunction, pre-arbitral attachment or other order in aid of the arbitration proceedings or the enforcement of any award. 
 10. Notices. All notices, requests and other communications under this Agreement will be in writing (including facsimile or similar writing and
express mail or courier delivery or in person delivery, but excluding ordinary mail delivery) and will be given to the address stated below: 
  

	 	(a)	if to the Employee, to the address or facsimile number that is on file with the Company from time to time, as may be updated by the Employee; 

  

	 	(b)	if to the Company: 

   Attention:
Chief Financial Officer 
   10 Jiuxianqiao Middle Road 
   13/F, Xingke Plaza Building B 
   Chaoyang District 
   Beijing, China 
   100021 
   With copies to: 
   Goulston & Storrs 
   400 Atlantic Avenue 
   Boston, MA 02110 
   Attention: Timothy B. Bancroft, Esq. 

  and 
   Expedia, Inc. 
   3150 139th Avenue SE 
   Bellevue, WA 98005, USA, 
   Attention: Chief Financial Officer, Expedia Asia Pacific 
 or to such other address or facsimile number as
either party may hereafter specify for the purpose by written notice to the other party in the manner provided in this Section 10. All such notices, requests and other communications will be deemed received: (i) if given by facsimile
transmission, when transmitted to the facsimile number specified in this Section 10 if confirmation of receipt is received; (ii) if given by express mail or courier delivery, five (5) days after sent; and (iii) if given in
person, when delivered. 
 11. Non-Disparagement. At any time following the Employee’s Termination of employment with the
Company the Employee shall not make any untrue, misleading or disparaging statement with respect to the Company, including any affiliate of the Company (or any of the employees, managers, directors or officers of the Company or any affiliate
thereof). The foregoing provisions do not restrict the right of the Employee to provide testimony in any legal proceeding which the person in good faith believes to be true. 
  

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 12. Miscellaneous. 
 (a) Entire Agreement. This Agreement, the Employee Obligations Agreement and the Chinese Obligations Agreement constitute the entire understanding between the Company and the Employee relating to the subject
matter hereof and supersedes and cancels all prior and contemporaneous written and oral agreements and understandings with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement. No agreements or representations, oral or otherwise, express or implied, with
respect to the subject matter hereof have been made by either party which are not set forth expressly in this Agreement. 
 (b)
Modification; Waiver. No provision of this Agreement may be modified, waived or discharged unless modification, waiver or discharge is agreed to in writing signed by the Employee and such officer of the Company as may be specifically
designated by its Board of Directors. No waiver by either party at any time of any breach by the other party of, or compliance with, any condition or provision of this Agreement to be performed by such other party will be deemed a waiver of similar
or dissimilar provisions or conditions at the same or at any prior or subsequent time. 
 (c) Successors; Binding Agreement. This
Agreement will be binding upon and will inure to the benefit of the Employee, the Employee’s heirs, executors, administrators and beneficiaries, and the Company and its successors (whether direct or indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation
or otherwise) and any affiliate of the Company to which this Agreement is assigned, subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein. 
 (d) Withholding Taxes. All amounts payable to the Employee under this Agreement and with respect to the Stock Options and Performance Units will be subject to applicable withholding of income, wage and other taxes to the extent
required by applicable law. The Employee hereby agrees to report any amounts paid or benefits provided under this Agreement or under Stock Options and Performance Units for purposes of any applicable taxes in a manner consistent with the manner in
which the Company reports any such amounts. To the extent that compensation under this Agreement or any other arrangement (including Stock Options and Performance Units) may be subject to applicable taxes, the Company may withhold from amounts
payable or benefits provided hereunder and may also withhold from any other amounts otherwise due to the Employee any amounts due to the appropriate taxing authority. 
 (e) Taxes. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, the Company will not be liable to the Employee for any Unites States federal or states taxes the Employee may be subject to in connection
with this Agreement. 
 (f) Validity. The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision or provisions of this Agreement will not
affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision of this Agreement, which will remain in full force and effect. 
 (g)
Language. This Agreement is written in the English language only. The English language also will be the controlling language for all future communications between the parties hereto concerning this Agreement. 
  

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 (h) Counterparts. This Agreement may be signed in any number of counterparts, each of which will
be deemed an original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument. 
  

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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first
above written. 
  

					
	Signature of Employee:	 	eLong, Inc.
			
	 /s/ Thomas SooHoo
	 	By:	 	 /s/ Barney Harford

	Printed name of employee:	 	Name:	 	Barney Harford
	Thomas SooHoo	 	Title:	 	DirectorTermination and Settlement Agreement

 Exhibit 4.44 
 TERMINATION AND SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT 
 Justin Tang 
 Purple Mountain Holding Ltd. 
 3rd Floor, Xingke Plaza B 
 Jiu Xian Qiao Middle Road 
 Chao Yang District 
 Beijing 100016, PRC 
 January 23, 2006 
 Dear Justin: 
 You have delivered to the Board of Directors of eLong, Inc. (“eLong” or the
“Company”) your voluntarily resignation from your position as the Chief Executive Officer and President of eLong which is effective as of January 23, 2006 (the “Resignation Date”). You have kindly offered to delay your
departure from the employ of the Company through February 17, 2006 (the “Transition Date”) in order to permit the Company to transition the Chief Executive Officer position to a suitable replacement. This letter (“Letter
Agreement”) confirms the Company’s agreement as to your resignation from employment with eLong and the terms and conditions of your agreement, at the request of eLong’s Board of Directors, to remain a non-executive employee of eLong
through the Transition Date. The benefits described below are available to you only if you execute this Letter Agreement, which includes a release of all claims and additional conditions as set forth below. For good and valuable consideration, we
have agreed as follows: 
 1. Resignation from Employment. eLong’s Board of Directors has accepted your resignation as Chief
Executive Officer and President effective as of the Resignation Date and your resignation from employment with eLong effective as of the Transition Date. You will not be paid any discretionary bonus with respect to the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2005. You will continue to be paid your present annual base salary of US$200,000 per annum, pro rated, through the Transition Date, payable in accordance with the normal payroll policies of the Company. In addition, you will
receive through the Transition Date all other employee benefits set forth in Section 4 under your Employment Agreement, dated as of July 23, 2004, with the Company (the “Employment Agreement”). From the Resignation Date until the
Transition Date, you will no longer be the Chief Executive Officer and President of the Company but will be a non-executive employee of the Company whose duties will consist solely of assisting the Company to accomplish an orderly transition of your
former duties as the Chief Executive Officer to the newly appointed Chief Executive Officer. You will cooperate with the Company when, as and if requested by the Company, in connection with such transition. Effective as of the Transition Date, you
will no longer be entitled to access the eLong executive support services. 
 2. Director of the Company and Manager and Nominee
Shareholder of Subsidiaries and Affiliated Chinese Entities. As of the Transition Date, you will continue to serve 

 on the Board of Directors of the Company and will continue to serve as the Chairman of the Board of Directors until the
earlier of your resignation from the Board of Directors or removal as a Director by the Board of Directors or shareholders of the Company. In addition, you will continue to serve as a manager or director of the Company’s subsidiaries or
affiliates and as a nominee shareholder of the Company’s subsidiaries or affiliated Chinese entities for which you are currently serving until the earlier of your resignation or removal by the Company. You will not receive any compensation for
your services described in this paragraph 2. 
 3. Resignation as Officers of Subsidiaries. Except as set forth in Section 2
above, by signing below, you hereby confirm that you resign, effective as of the Transition Date, from all other positions you may currently hold as an officer or any other similar position of any of the Company’s subsidiaries or affiliates and
that you will at such time cease having any rights to use any titles in such entities or with respect to any of the businesses operated thereby. You will sign and deliver to the Company such other documents as may be necessary to effect or reflect
such resignations. 
 4. No Severance Obligation. The termination of your employment with the Company pursuant to this Letter
Agreement shall be considered a Voluntary Termination by you pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Employment Agreement. As a result, you will not be entitled to receive any severance benefits pursuant to Section 6(d) of the Employment
Agreement. 
 5. Termination of Employment Agreement. Except for Section 5(c) (Sale and Transfer Restrictions), Section 7
(Option-Related Provisions), Section 8 (Employee Obligations Agreement), Section 9 (Governing Law; Arbitration), Section 10 (Notices) and Section 11(b)-(h) (Miscellaneous) of the Employment Agreement, which will survive as
indicated in such provisions or, if no such period of time is indicated, indefinitely, you and eLong hereby agree that the Employment Agreement will be terminated effective as of the Transition Date. You agree that the Employee Non-Competition,
Non-Solicitation, Confidential Information and Work Product Agreement (the “Employee Obligations Agreements”) you entered into with each of eLong and with eLongNet Information Technology (Beijing) Co. Ltd. will each survive the termination
of your employment in accordance with their terms. 
 You and eLong hereby agree that Section 5(c) of the Employment Agreement is
amended so that in the event you cease to be a Board member of the Company as a result of being removed by the Board of Directors or the shareholders of the Company (and not as a result of your resignation), you and Purple Mountain Holding Ltd.,
collectively, will be permitted to sell an additional number of Ordinary Shares of the Company which is equal to the difference between the number of Ordinary Shares of the Company necessary to effect a cashless option exercise of all or a portion
of your and/ or Purple Mountain Holding Ltd.’s outstanding vested Stock Options (as defined below) and the Remaining Amount (as defined below) as of January 1, 2006. 
 For purchases of clarity, you, Purple Mountain Holding Ltd. and eLong hereby agree that in calculating the 12% Restriction with respect to your total
shareholdings, your total shareholdings consists of all Ordinary Shares and Stock Options held by you and Purple Mountain Holdings Ltd. as of July 23, 2004, which you, Purple Mountain Holding Ltd. and the Company hereby agree is
5,533,061.55 Ordinary Shares (on a fully-diluted basis). In addition, you, Purple Mountain Holding Ltd. and eLong hereby agree that (i) Purple 

 Mountain Holding Ltd. sold 7.13% its and your total shareholdings to the Company on August 4, 2004 and (ii) the
total number of ordinary shares you and Purple Mountain Holding Ltd. are entitled to sell under Section 5(c) of the Employment Agreement as of January 1, 2006 (without taking into consideration the amendment above) is 269,653 Ordinary
Shares of the Company (the “Remaining Amount”) which is equal to 4.87% of your and Purple Mountain Holding Ltd.’s total shareholdings as of July 23, 2004. 
 6. History of Stock Option Grants. On April 18, 2001, the Company granted you a stock option (the “Stock Option”) to purchase Two
Million Seven Hundred and Fifty Thousand (2,750,000) Ordinary Shares of the Company at an exercise price of US$0.50 per share (“Grant 1”) pursuant to the eLong, Inc. Stock Option Plan, as adopted by the Company on April 18, 2001
and amended by the Company on April 23, 2004 (the “2001 Plan”). On September 1, 2003, the Company granted to you a Stock Option to purchase Two Hundred Fifty Thousand (250,000) Ordinary Shares of the Company at an exercise
price of US$1.5325 per share (“Grant 2”) pursuant to the 2001 Plan. On April 23, 2004 you transferred the above referenced Stock Options to Purple Mountain Holding Ltd. (the “Transferee”). Both transfers were approved by the
Company pursuant to the terms of Section 7(g) of the 2001 Plan. On July 23, 2004, the Company granted to you a Stock Option to purchase Seven Hundred Thousand (700,000) Ordinary Shares of the Company at an exercise price of US$5.25
per share (“Grant 3”) pursuant to the eLong, Inc. Stock and Annual Incentive Plan, as adopted by the Company on July 23, 2004 (the “2004 Plan”). 
 Both parties agree and acknowledge that the Stock Options are subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the 2001 Plan or the 2004 Plan, as indicated above, the Employment Agreement and the applicable Stock
Option Agreements entered into by you and the Company. 
 As of the Transition Date, pursuant to the terms of the appropriate Stock Option
Agreements, the Stock Options will have vested with respect to Three Million One Hundred Thirty Seven Thousand Five Hundred (3,137,500) Ordinary Shares of the Company as set forth below: 
  

	 	•	 	With respect to Grant 1, Two Million Seven Hundred and Fifty Thousand (2,750,000) Ordinary Shares will have vested as of the Transition Date; 

  

	 	•	 	With respect to Grant 2, One Hundred Twenty Five Thousand (125,000) Ordinary Shares will have vested as of the Transition Date; and 

  

	 	•	 	With respect to Grant 3, Two Hundred Sixty Two Thousand Five Hundred (262,500) Ordinary Shares will have vested as of the Transition Date. 

 In addition, as of the Transition Date, and pursuant to the terms of the appropriate Stock Option Agreements and the 2001 Plan, with respect to Grant 1
and Grant 2, you will have 60 days from the Transition Date to exercise the vested Stock Options under Grant 1 and Grant 2 (the “Exercise Date”). 
 7. Stock Option Vesting and Extension of Exercise Period. 
 As consideration for your Non-Competition
obligation to eLong and eLongNet Information Technology (Beijing) Co. Ltd. from the Transition Date until July 23, 2007 under Section 1 of each of the Employee Obligations Agreements, the Company agrees to provide you with the following
additional benefits with respect to the Stock Options: 
  

	 	•	 	With respect to Grant 2, on the Transition Date, the Stock Option will vest with respect to an additional Thirty One Thousand Two Hundred Fifty (31,250) Ordinary Shares; and

	 	•	 	With respect to Grant 1 and Grant 2, the Exercise Date will be extended such that you and the Transferee will have until the date which is 60 days after you cease to be a Director
of the Company for any reason to exercise the outstanding vested Stock Options Granted under Grant 1 and Grant 2. 

 The
parties agree that with respect to Grant 2, the Stock Options for the remaining Ninety Three Thousand Seven Hundred Fifty (93,750) Ordinary Shares of the Company are unvested, will cease vesting as of and will expire unexercised upon the
Transition Date. 
 8. Amendment to Stock Option Grant 3. 
 With respect to Grant 3, you and the Company hereby agree that Grant 3 is amended such that on the Transition Date, the Stock Option will vest with
respect to an additional Forty Three Thousand Seven Hundred Fifty (43,750) Ordinary Shares and the Stock Options for the remaining Three Hundred Ninety Three Thousand Seven Hundred Fifty (393,750) Ordinary Shares of the Company are
unvested, will cease vesting as of and will expire unexercised upon the Transition Date. In addition, you and the Company hereby agree that with respect to Grant 3, you may exercise the vested Stock Options on or before the date which is 60 days
after you cease to be a Director of the Company for any reason. Any provision to the contrary in the Stock Option Agreement or the 2004 Plan shall be amended as set forth in this paragraph 8. 
 9. Summary of vested Stock Options. In light of the above paragraphs 7 and 8, the parties agree and acknowledge that you or the Transferee, as the
case may be, may collectively exercise Stock Options to purchase Three Million Two Hundred Twelve Thousand Five Hundred (3,212,500) Ordinary Shares of the Company on or before the date which is 60 after you cease to be a Director of the Company
for any reason. 
 In the event that the Transferee exercises all or part of the applicable Stock Options, the shares purchased by the
Transferee shall be deemed to be held by you for purposes of the sale and transfer restrictions set forth in Section 5(c) of the Employment Agreements and for purposes of the option-related provisions set forth in Section 7 of the
Employment Agreement. 
 10. Amendment and Acknowledgement. In consideration of the benefits provided to you under this Letter
Agreement, you agree that the first section of Section 1 of the Employee Obligations Agreement dated July 23, 2004 between you and each of the Company and eLongNet Information Technology (Beijing) Co. Ltd. shall be amended as follows:

 During my employment with eLong and continuing until July 23, 2007, I will not, on my own behalf, or as owner,
manager, stockholder (other than as stockholder of less than 2% of the outstanding stock of a company that is publicly traded or listed on a stock exchange), consultant, director, officer or employee of or in any other manner connected with any
business entity, participate or be involved in any Competitor without the prior written authorization of eLong. “Competitor” means an entity or business that is engaged in the development, operation or marketing of any 

 travel business targeted in China. For each year or portion thereof following termination of my
employment during which the provisions of this Section 1 apply, I shall receive, as compensation for my obligations under this Section 1, the benefits set forth in that certain Termination and Settlement Agreement between me and eLong
dated as of January 23, 2006 including but not limited to those benefits set forth in Section 7 of such Termination and Settlement Agreement, which benefits I acknowledge to be reasonable compensation for undertaking this non-competition
obligation. 
 You acknowledge and agree that the benefits provided to you under this Letter Agreement with respect to the Stock Options (in
lieu of the cash payments that the Company was required to make to you under the Employee Obligations Agreement prior to its amendment by this Letter Agreement) are adequate consideration for your performance of the obligations under Section 1
of the Employee Obligations Agreement. Except for the above amendment to Section 1, the Employee Obligations Agreement shall remain in full force and effect. You also agree that in order to receive the benefits set forth in this
Agreement, you will execute and deliver to eLongNet Information Technology (Beijing) Co. Ltd. an amended and restated Employee Non-Competition, Non-Solicitation, Confidential Information and Work Product Agreement in the form agreement attached
hereto as Annex 1 (the “WFOE Obligations Agreement”). The WFOE Obligations Agreement will be translated into Chinese and you agree to execute such translated agreement. In the event that there is any conflict between the English version of
the WFOE Obligations Agreement and the translated version, the provisions of the English version of the WFOE Agreement shall be binding on all parties. 
 11. Return of eLong Property and Acknowledgement. Pursuant to the Employee Obligations Agreement, you are required to return all Work Product and Confidential Information (as each term is defined in the
Employee Obligations Agreement), and all notes, memoranda, records, customer lists, proposals, business plans or other documents and all computer software, materials, tools, equipment or other property (or copies of any of the foregoing) in your
possession or under your control, relating to any work done for eLong, or otherwise belonging to the Company before the Termination Date. Pursuant to Section 7 of the Employee Obligations Agreement, you will sign and deliver to the Company the
certificate attached hereto as Annex A on or before the Termination Date. 
 12. Non-Disparagement. To the extent permitted by
law, you shall not make, publish or state, or cause to be made, published or stated, any defamatory or disparaging statement, writing or communication pertaining to the character, reputation, business practices, competence or conduct of the Company,
its subsidiaries, affiliates, shareholders, directors, officers, employees, agents, representatives or successors. 
 13. Release. In
exchange for eLong’s promises and agreements contained herein, and subject in all events to the effectiveness of this Letter Agreement, you hereby agree, on your own behalf, and on behalf of your heirs, successors and assigns, that the terms of
this Letter Agreement will be in complete and final settlement of any and all claims, rights, interests, demands, compensation and damages (“Claims”), whether known or unknown, of every name and nature, both in law and equity, you have or
may have, or have ever had from the beginning of your employment with the Company to the Transition Date, against eLong or any subsidiary or affiliated Chinese entity of eLong, together with each of those entities’ present and former directors,
officers, employees, independent contractors, consultants, 

 shareholders, managers, members, partners, trustees, beneficiaries, agents or successors (collectively, the
“Releasees”) through the Transition Date, in any way relating to or arising out of your employment with eLong, and the termination of such employment. This release does not release eLong from any of its obligations under this Letter
Agreement. You further represent that you have not filed against the Company or any of the other Releasees, any complaints, charges or lawsuits with any governmental agency or any court prior to the date hereof. 
 You acknowledge that prior to your execution of this release: you have been provided with the option and opportunity of reviewing this release with
independent counsel of your own choosing and have, in fact, consulted with your attorney concerning this Agreement; you are competent to exercise this release; the only consideration for this release are the benefits described herein and no other
promise or agreement has been made; your agreement to execute this release has not been obtained by any duress; and you fully understand that this document is intended to be a complete and legally binding general release. You further acknowledge
that the drafters of this Letter Agreement, attorneys at Goulston & Storrs, P.C., represent the Company and not you. 
 14.
Obligation to Cooperate. You agree to make yourself reasonably available to the Company to respond to reasonable requests by the Company for information concerning matters involving facts or events, relating to the Company or any of the
Company’s subsidiaries or affiliated Chinese entities, that may be within your knowledge, and to cooperate with and assist the Company and any subsidiary or affiliated Chinese entity as reasonably requested with respect to any pending and
future litigation, arbitration or other dispute resolution relating to any matter in which you were involved during your employment with the Company. 
 15. Representation and Warranty and Indemnification. 
 (a) You and the Transferee hereby represent and
warrant to eLong, its subsidiaries and affiliated Chinese entities that eLong, its subsidiaries and its affiliated Chinese entities (i) had no obligation to withhold any amounts to satisfy any individual income tax obligations under PRC law or
any other applicable law which you or the Transferee may have had with respect to your transfer of the Grant 1 and Grant 2 Stock Options to the Transferee (the “Option 1 and Option 2 Transfer”) and (ii) will have no obligation
to withhold any amounts to satisfy any individual income tax obligations under PRC law or any other applicable law which you or the Transferee may have with respect to any subsequent exercises by the Transferee of any of the Grant 1 and Grant 2
Stock Options (the “Option 1 and Option 2 Exercises”). 
 (b) You and the Transferee each hereby jointly and severally agree
to defend, hold harmless and indemnify eLong, its subsidiaries and its affiliated Chinese entities from and against any losses, assessments, liabilities, claims, damages, costs and expenses (including without limitation reasonable attorneys’
fees and disbursements) which arise out of or result from (i) any misrepresentation in or breach of any of the representations and warranties of you and the Transferee set for in this Section 15 and (ii) any and all taxes attributable
to or owing by eLong, its subsidiaries and its affiliated Chinese entities with respect to the Option 1 and Option 2 Transfer and the Option 1 and Option 2 Exercises. 

 (c) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, eLong, its subsidiaries or its affiliated Chinese
entities will be entitled to offset, against any amounts due to you or the Transferee or otherwise payable to your or the Transferee from eLong, its subsidiaries or its affiliated Chinese entities including without limitation from any Ordinary
Shares due to you or the Transferee upon exercise of any Stock Options, any amount which you or the Transferee may owe to eLong, its subsidiaries or its affiliated Chinese entities pursuant to Section 15(b) above. 
 16. Governing Law. This Agreement, together with the Employment Agreement, shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the
State of New York as applied to agreements among residents of the State of New York entered into and to be performed entirely within the State of New York. This governing law provision hereby amends the governing law provision set forth in the
Employment Agreement. 
 Any controversy or claim arising out of or relating to this Agreement shall be settled in accordance with
Section 9(b) and (c) of the Employment Agreement. Any controversy or claim arising out of or relating to the Employee Obligations Agreements shall be settled in accordance with Section 8(b) of the Employee Obligations Agreements.

 You agree that should any of the provisions of this Agreement be declared or determined by any court to be illegal or invalid, the
validity of the remaining parts, terms or provisions shall not be affected thereby. 

 If, after review, you agree to and accept the terms and conditions of this Letter Agreement, please sign
and return the enclosed copy of this letter by no later than January 23, 2006. 
  

	
	Sincerely,
	
	Barney Harford
	Director

  

	cc:	Expedia, Inc. 

 3150 139th Avenue SE 
 Bellevue, WA 98005, USA, 
 Attention: Chief
Financial Officer, Expedia Asia Pacific 
 AGREED AND ACCEPTED: 
 We hereby accept and agree to all of the terms and provisions of this Agreement. 
  

							
		 		 	PURPLE MOUNTAIN HOLDING LTD.
				
	 /s/ Justin Tang
	 		 		 	
	Justin Tang	 		 	By:	 	 /s/ Justin Tang

	Date: January 23, 2006	 		 	Printed Name:	 	Justin Tang
		 		 	Title:	 	 President

			
		 		 	Date: January 23, 2006

  

			
	EXPEDIA, INC.
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Barney Harford

	Printed Name:	 	 Barney Harford

	Title:	 	President, Expedia Asia Pacific
	
	Date: January 23, 2006

 ANNEX A 
 TERMINATION CERTIFICATE 
 This is to certify that I do not have in my possession or custody, nor have I failed to
return, any Work Product (as defined in the Employee Non-competition, Non-solicitation, Confidential Information and Work Product Agreement between me and eLong, Inc. (“eLong”)) or any notes, memoranda, records, customer lists, proposals,
business plans or other documents or any computer software, materials, tools, equipment or other property (or copies of any of the foregoing) belonging to eLong. 
  

	
	  
 Justin Tang

	
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