Milestones
- 2005 Qunar was launched in May 2005 as China's first travel search engine. For the first time, Chinese travelers were able to compare prices and features for domestic flights and hotels.
- 2006 Well-known Silicon Valley venture capitalists Mayfield and GSR Ventures elected to invest in Qunar in July 2006.
- 2007 The number of unique visitors surpassed 5 million in May 2007, clearly positioning Qunar as one of the top travel media in China.
- The number of unique visitors surpassed 12 million in October 2007.
- In November 2007 Qunar's hotel search index broke 15,000 hotels for the first time, helping consumers on an entirely new level look for all sorts of hotels in all sorts of cities in China.
- 2008 In April 2008 Qunar launched its highly-regarded "Visa" search channel.
- Qunar launched China's first international flight search service in June 2008, giving Chinese consumers unprecedented access to flight information to all major world cities.
- In October 2008 a number of research firms identified Qunar as one of China's top travel media across all categories.
- The number of unique visitors reached 26 million in November 2008.
