Overview

Universal Travel Group (NYSE:UTA)

Universal Travel Group, a growing travel services provider in the People’s Republic of China (“PRC”), engages in hotels reservation, air-ticket booking, national and international travel and tourism packaged services, map and daily convenience services throughout the PRC via the internet and through customer representatives. Under the theme “Wings towards a more colorful life”, the company introduced the business self-service terminals - Trip Easy Kiosks in 2008, an integration of flights, hotels, tour and vacation and daily convenience to users who can access our service round-the-clock. It’s wholly owned subsidiaries include: Shenzhen Yu Zhi Lu Aviation Service Company Ltd. (YZL) - www.cnutg.com; Foshan Overseas International Travel Service Co. Ltd (Foshan Overseas); Xi’an Golden Net Travel Serve Service Co., Ltd. (Golden Net); Shanghai Lanbao Travel Service Co., Ltd. (Lanbao) - www.cba-hotel.com.  

Universal Travel's goal is to become the PRC’s leading travel services provider in all fields of the tourism industry including the aviation, hotel booking and tour packaging segments.

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Investment Highlights

• Two-pronged Distribution Strategy - The Company utilizes both wholesale and direct sales channels in air ticketing, hotel booking and packaged tours.
• Innovate to Meet the Demand for Easy Access to Booking - The online ticketing channel targets a population of 250 million, while the TRIPEASY Kiosks target more than 1.0 billion non-internet users. The TRIPEASY Kiosks are the first of their kind in China.
• Diversified Travel Services Offered within a Complete Supply Chain - Universal Travel Group is uniquely positioned to offer diversifi ed travel services that completes the travel services supply chain, thus reducing some of the economic risks.
• Dedication in Wholesale to Top-Quality Travel Agencies - The Company has held a tier-one wholesale license in air-ticket sales since 2003. It allows the Company to wholesale both domestic and international tickets.

Market Opportunities

• Packaged Tours Growth - A phenomenon called "Holiday Tours" has driven up domestic consumption: thousands and thousands of tourists come out over week-long holidays during May Holidays, and National Day.
• Positive Impacts from Events - Although 2008 Beijing Olympic Games did not impact significantly on tourism during the event, its post impact is positive.
• Taiwan Straits Direct Flights - The recent open-up of direct fl ights between Taiwan and the mainland will bring the Company opportunities in a long run, although near tem impacts are not immediate.
• Relaxed Regulation and E-ticketing Implementation - As regulations on international travel agencies become more relaxed, inbound tourists are expected to increase. The implementation of e-ticketing in China is systematically reducing the overall cost structure.

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UTA NYSE
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Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Company Information

Universal Travel Group
Shenzhen Nanshan District
High-Tech Software Park
5/F South Tower, Building No. 11, Second Zhongke Road
Shenzhen, China

CEO: Jiangping Jiang
Employees/Consultants: 320

Issue Type: Common Stock
Sector: Services
Industry: Diversified Services

Investor Relations Contact

CCG Investor Relations
Crocker Coulson
1320 Avenue of the Americas
Suite 2800
New York, NY 10019
Phone: (212) 245-1010
Fax: (212) 212-5295
E-mail: crocker.coulson@ccgir.com

Management Team

Jiangping Jiang
Chairperson and CEO

Jing Xie
Secretary of the Board and VP

Yizhao Zhang
CFO