RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS AND BALANCES (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2022

Significant related party transactions were as follows (RMB in millions):


	2021		2022
Commissions / service fee from Tongcheng Travel (a)		186		148
Commissions from H World (formerly known as Huazhu) (a)		100		55
Commissions from BTG (a)		73		38
Service fee from Shangcheng (b)		265		172
Commissions / service fee to Tongcheng Travel (c)		294		21
Repayment of loan from Tujia (d)		300		—
Loans provided to Lvyue (e)		50		224
Repayment of loan from Lvyue (e)		—		100

(a)

BTG (an equity method investee of the Company), H World (which has a director in common with the Company and a director who is a family member of one of the Company’s officers) and Tongcheng Travel, and an equity method investee of the Company), have entered into agreements with the Company, respectively, to provide hotel rooms for its end users. The transactions above represent the commissions earned from these related parties. The Company also provides technology service to Tongcheng and earns a service fee.

(b)

The Compan

y provided Shangcheng, an equity method investee of the Company, the access to the platform of the Company for Shangcheng to provide financial services to the Company’s users. In exchange, the Company receives technology service fees from Shangcheng. In 2021 and 2022, the total technology service fees from Shangcheng amounted to RMB265 million and RMB172 million.

(c)

The Company entered into agreements with Tongcheng Travel, under which Tongcheng Travel uses its platform to promote the hotel rooms provided by the Company’s travel suppliers. In addition, the Company and Tongcheng Travel also provide marketing and other services to each other and earn service fee.

(d)

In 2020, the Company provided loans of RMB340

million to Tujia (an equity method investee of the Company), with repayment terms of 15~18 months. In 2021, Tujia repaid

RMB302

million of loan and interest to the Company. In 2022, the Company entered into a supplemental agreement to extend the repayment terms by 2 years. For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2022, the total interest income from Tujia amounted to

4 million and RMB3 million.

(e)

In 2021 and 2022, the Company provided loans of RMB50 million and RMB224

million to Lvyue (an equity method investee of the Company), with repayment terms of

3~15

months. In 2022, Lvyue repaid RMB

113

million of loan and interest to the Company. For the

years ended December 31, 2021 and 2022, the total interest income from Lvyue amounted to RMB

0 million and RMB

18 million.

Schedule of significant balances with related parties

Significant balances with related parties were as follows (RMB in

millions):


	2021		2022
Due from related parties, current:
Trade related
Due from Tongcheng Travel		1,146		1,253
Due from others		420		265
Non-trade related
Due from Lvyue		50		178
Due from Tujia		49		52

		1,665		1,748

Due from related parties, non-current:
Non-trade related
Due from others		25		25

		25		25

Due to related parties, current:
Trade related
Due to Tongcheng Travel		61		25
Due to others		77		131

		138		156