Trip.com Group (TCOM) Q1 2023 Earnings Call Transcript
Prepared Remarks
Questions and Answers
Call Participants
Prepared Remarks:
Operator
Call Participants:
Michelle Qi - Senior Director, IR
James Liang - Executive Chairman
Jane Sun - CEO
Cindy Wang - CFO
Brian Gong - Citi - Analyst
Simon Cheung - Goldman Sachs - Analyst
Alex Poon - Morgan Stanley - Analyst
Wei Xiong - UBS - Analyst
Alex Yao - JPMorgan - Analyst
Wei Feng - Mizuho - Analyst
Thomas Chong - Jefferies - Analyst
Jiong Shao - Barclays - Analyst
John Choi - Daiwa - Analyst
Operator
Hello and thank you for standing by. Welcome to Trip.com Group 2023 First Quarter Earnings Conference Call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. After the speaker presentation, there will be a question-and-answer session. [Operator Instructions] Please be advised that today’s conference is being recorded.
It is now my pleasure to introduce Senior IR Director, Michelle Qi.
Michelle Qi
Thank you, Andrew. Thank you everyone for joining the call today. Good morning and good evening. Welcome to Trip.com Group’s first quarter of 2023 earnings conference call.
Joining me today on the call are Mr. James Liang, Executive Chairman of the Board; Ms. Jane Sun, Chief Executive Officer; and Ms. Cindy Wang, Chief Financial Officer.
During this call, we will discuss our future outlook and performance which are forward-looking statements made under the Safe Harbor provisions of the US Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements involve inherent risks and uncertainties.
As such, our results may be materially different from the views expressed today. A number of potential risks and uncertainties are outlined in Trip.com Group’s public filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Trip.com Group does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statements, except as required under applicable law.
James, Jane, and Cindy will share our strategy and business updates, operating highlights, and financial performance for the first quarter of 2023 as well as the outlook of the second quarter of 2023. After the prepared remarks, we will have a Q&A session.
With that, I will turn the call over to James. James please.
James Liang
Thank you, Michelle. Thank you everyone for joining us on the call today. We had a strong start in 2023. Travel bookings are coming back as people start to leave the pandemic behind and set foot to explore the world.