Alibaba to merge food delivery, travel units in 'instant retail' drive

Move comes as former Ele.me CEO faces police corruption probe

CISSY ZHOU

HONG KONG -- Alibaba Group will merge its food delivery platform Ele.me and online travel platform Fliggy into its China e-commerce business group, as it rolls back a grand restructuring plan and emphasizes rapid fulfillment of orders, CEO Eddie Wu announced in an internal letter to some employees on Monday.

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