Form 6-K
 
 
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 2009
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
Chaoyang District
 
Beijing 100016, People’s Republic of China
(Address of principal executive offices)
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On December 30, 2009 (Beijing time), eLong, Inc. (NASDAQ: LONG), a leading online travel company 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.:
Fernando Gil de Bernabé
Thomas Gurnee,
Arthur Hoffman,
Henrik Kjellberg,
Jens Parkitny,
Cyril Ranque,
Michael Scown,
Johan Svanstrom, and
Justin Tang.
The above directors, with the exception of Mr. Gil de Bernabé, were re-elected to the Board of Directors. Mr. Gil de Bernabé was elected to fill the Board vacancy created as Mr. Leo Austin did not stand for re-election.
Mr. Gil de Bernabé also has been appointed by our Board of Directors to the Audit Committee. The members of the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors are now Fernando Gil de Bernabé, Thomas Gurnee and Michael Scown. Mr. Gil de Bernabé is Vice President, Market Development China 3.0 of Cisco Systems.
In addition, the annual general meeting of shareholders voted to amend the eLong, Inc. 2009 Share and Annual Incentive Plan (the “2009 Plan”) to permit members of the Board of Directors to be eligible for grants thereunder, and to approve the 2009 Plan as so amended.
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, and uses web-based distribution technologies and a 24-hour call center to provide consumers with accurate travel information and high quality travel booking services. Aiming to deliver value and a worry-free travel booking experience to leisure and business travelers, eLong empowers consumers to make informed decisions by providing convenient online and offline hotel and air ticket booking services as well as easy to use tools such as maps, destination guides, photographs, virtual tours and user reviews. In addition to a selection of more than 9,300 hotels in China, eLong also offers consumers the ability to make bookings at over 100,000 international hotels in more than 100 countries worldwide, and fulfill domestic and international air ticket reservations in 80 major cities across China. eLong is a subsidiary of Expedia, Inc. (NASDAQ: EXPE).
eLong operates websites including http://www.elong.com, http://www.elong.net, http://www.lohoo.com and http://www.xici.net.
For further information:
eLong, Inc.
Investor Relations
ir@corp.elong.com
+86-10-6436-7570
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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 31, 2009  ELONG, INC.
 
 
  By:   /s/ Sami Farhad    
    Name:   Sami Farhad   
    Title:   Vice President & General Counsel