By Acosta Andreana Cain, Tan Li En

On the fourth day of the trip, Group A visited Ctrip’s Headquarters while Group B visited Volkswagen.

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Since we were in Group A, we got the opportunity to visit Ctrip, which is a one-stop travel services company. We got to understand more about their business model and what they have achieved. 

When we reached, we were all in awe as the place looked really futuristic and their area was huge as well.

Afterwards, we were then led to a room where it shows live data of the customer’s locations when booking via Ctrip. Unfortunately, photographs were not allowed inside. It was still a cool experience nevertheless.

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We ended our Ctrip visit quite interestingly – They have this application whereby when you upload your picture onto it, a poem will be generated based on the picture you have submitted. The system will roughly know where and when the picture is taken. Our students and teachers had a blast sending many photos – scenic photos we have taken the day before, group photos with friends, and unglamorous photos of their friends sleeping on bus!

Back in Shanghai University, students from Group A did a sharing on their takeaways from the Ctrip visit.