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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q
 
 (Mark One)

x
QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2011

¨
TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE EXCHANGE ACT

For the transition period from ______________ to _____________
 
Commission file number: 001-34284

UNIVERSAL TRAVEL GROUP
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Nevada
 
90-0296536
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or
organization)
 
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

9F, Building A, Rongchao Marina Bay Center
NO. 2021 Haixiu Road, Bao’an District, Shenzhen
People’s Republic of China
 
518133
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
(Zip Code)

86 755 836 68489 
 (Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
 
_____________________________________________________________
(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.   Yes x  No ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).    Yes   ¨  No  ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer”, “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer
 ¨
Accelerated filer
 ¨
       
Non-accelerated filer
 ¨
Smaller reporting company
 x

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ¨    No x 

APPLICABLE ONLY TO ISSUERS INVOLVED IN BANKRUPTCY
PROCEEDINGS DURING THE PRECEDING FIVE YEARS

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed all documents and reports required to be filed by Sections 12, 13, or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 subsequent to the distribution of securities under a plan confirmed by a court.     Yes ¨    No ¨

APPLICABLE ONLY TO CORPORATE ISSUERS

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common equity, as of the latest practicable date:

As of July 21, 2011, there are 19,898,235 shares of $0.001 par value common stock issued and outstanding.

 
 

 
 
FORM 10-Q
UNIVERSAL TRAVEL GROUP
INDEX

       
Page
         
PART I.
 
Financial Information
   
         
   
Item 1.  Financial Statements (Unaudited).
   
         
    Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm    
         
   
Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2011 (Unaudited) and December 31, 2010
    1
         
   
Consolidated Statements of Income for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2011 and 2010 (Unaudited)
    2
         
   
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2011 and 2010 (Unaudited)
    3
         
   
Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity
   
         
   
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements as of March 31, 2011 (Unaudited)
    4
         
   
Item 2.  Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.
    18
         
   
Item 3.  Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.
    26
         
   
Item 4.  Controls and Procedures.
    27
         
PART II.
 
Other Information
   
         
   
Item 1.  Legal Proceedings.
    27
         
   
Item 1A. Risk Factors.
    27
         
   
Item 2.  Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds.
    28
         
   
Item 3.  Defaults Upon Senior Securities.
    28
         
   
Item 4.  (Removed and Reserved).
    28
         
   
Item 5.  Other Information.
    28
         
   
Item 6.  Exhibits.
    28

 
 

 

PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Financial Statements (Unaudited)

UNIVERSAL TRAVEL GROUP

CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

MARCH 31, 2011

 
 

 

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

To the Board of Directors and
Stockholders of Universal Travel Group

We have reviewed the accompanying consolidated balance sheet of Universal Travel Group as of March 31, 2011, and the related consolidated statements of income and comprehensive income, and cash flows for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2011 and 2010. These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the company’s management.

We conducted our review in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). A review of interim financial information consists principally of applying analytical procedures and making inquiries of persons responsible for financial and accounting matters. It is substantially less in scope than an audit conducted in accordance with standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the objective of which is the expression of an opinion regarding the consolidated financial statements taken as a whole. Accordingly, we do not express such an opinion.

Based on our review, we are not aware of any material modifications that should be made to the accompanying consolidated financial statements for them to be in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

/s/ EFP Rotenberg, LLP

EFP Rotenberg, LLP
Rochester, New York
July 20, 2011

 
 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Consolidated Condensed Balance Sheets
 
1
     
Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income and Comprehensive Income
 
2
     
Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
 
3
     
Notes to the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
  
4 - 17

 
 

 

UNIVERSAL TRAVEL GROUP
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

  
 
March 31,
   
December 31,
 
   
2011
   
2010
 
    
 
Unaudited
       
ASSETS
               
Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 58,682,354     $ 39,618,988  
Restricted Cash
    523,656       307,027  
Accounts receivable, net
    26,458,386       38,658,011  
Other receivables and deposits, net
    620,588       780,400  
Trade deposit
    8,303,907       8,173,426  
Prepayments
    1,179,991       1,216,857  
Short term investments, at fair value
    19,343,216       19,681,308  
Note receivable
    -       2,314,259  
Total Current Assets
    115,112,099       110,750,276  
                 
Property & equipment, net
    1,576,600       1,692,595  
Intangible assets, net
    2,949,241       3,110,882  
Goodwill
    24,508,909       24,508,909  
Total Noncurrent Assets 
    29,034,750       29,312,386  
Total Assets
  $ 144,146,849     $ 140,062,662  
                 
 LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
               
Current Liabilities
               
Accounts payable and accrued expenses
  $ 4,373,769     $ 5,045,674  
Customer deposits
    2,298,978       2,203,487  
Income tax payable
    1,889,988       3,189,965  
Total Current Liabilities
    8,562,735       10,439,126  
                 
Warrants - derivative liability
    461,117       810,929  
Deferred tax liability
    477,397       477,397  
Long-term income tax payable
    30,804       30,804  
Total  Liabilities
    9,532,053       11,758,256  
                 
Stockholders' Equity
               
Common stock, $.001 par value, 70,000,000 shares authorized, 19,898,235 issued and outstanding at March 31, 2011 and December 31,  2010, respectively
    19,898       19,898  
Preferred stock, $0.001 par value, 5,000,000 shares authorized, no shares issued and outstanding at March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively.
    -       -  
Additional paid in capital
    65,105,494       64,171,555  
Statutory reserve
    1,062,741       1,062,741  
Retained earnings
    64,079,716       59,624,186  
Accumulated other comprehensive income
    4,346,947       3,426,026  
Total Stockholders' Equity
    134,614,796       128,304,406  
Total Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity
  $ 144,146,849     $ 140,062,662  

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

 
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UNIVERSAL TRAVEL GROUP
UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF INCOME AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31,

   
2011
   
2010
 
Revenues
           
Air ticketing, net
  $ 5,260,428     $ 3,905,975  
Hotel reservation, net
    3,693,953       3,030,106  
Packaged tours, gross
    24,841,112       13,489,698  
      33,795,493       20,425,779  
Cost of services
               
Air ticketing, net
    1,916,323       1,367,871  
Hotel reservation, net
    1,374,384       998,417  
Packaged tours, gross
    21,629,570       11,803,197  
      24,920,277       14,169,485  
                 
Gross Profit
    8,875,216       6,256,294  
                 
Selling, general and administrative expenses
    (2,998,098 )     (1,565,987 )
Income from operations
    5,877,118       4,690,307  
                 
Other income (expense)
               
Other income (expense)
    (14,390 )     3,554  
Gain on change of fair value of derivative liabilities
    349,812       109,451  
Interest income
    117,534       22,189  
Total other income
    452,956       135,194  
                 
Income before income taxes–continuing operations
    6,330,074       4,825,501  
                 
Provision for income taxes
    1,874,544       1,279,066  
Net Income
  $ 4,455,530     $ 3,546,435  
                 
Comprehensive Income
               
Net income
  $ 4,455,530     $ 3,546,435  
Foreign currency translation adjustments
    920,921       (503,904 )
Total Comprehensive income
  $ 5,376,451     $ 3,042,531  
                 
Net income per common share
               
Basic
  $ 0.22     $ 0.21  
Diluted
  $ 0.22     $ 0.20  
                 
Weighted average common shares outstanding
               
Basic
    19,898,235       16,822,339  
Diluted
    20,559,943       18,019,257  

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

 
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UNIVERSAL TRAVEL GROUP
UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31,
   
2011
   
2010
 
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES
           
Net income
  $ 4,455,530     $ 3,546,435  
Add:
               
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
               
Depreciation and amortization
    307,279       301,104  
Provision for doubtful accounts
    -       24,931  
Stock based compensation
    933,939       336,632  
(Gain)/Loss on change in fair value of derivative liabilities
    (349,812 )     (109,451 )
(Increase) / decrease in assets:
               
Restricted cash
    (213,048 )     (70,190 )
Accounts receivable
    12,523,242       (1,365,395 )
Other receivable
    166,623       (392,698 )
Advances
    -       559  
Prepayments
    48,172       199,876  
Trade deposits
    (53,318 )     (796,862 )
Escrow deposits
    -       -  
Increase / (decrease) in current liabilities:
               
Accounts payable and accrued expenses
    (717,113 )     5,167,468  
Customer deposits
    74,494       (456,392 )
Income tax payable
    (1,325,735 )     (589,990 )
Deferred tax liabilities
    -       495,589  
Net cash provided by operating activities
    15,850,253       6,291,615  
                 
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES
               
Purchase of property & equipment
    (18,249 )     (619,616 )
Purchase of  intangibles
    -       (29,298 )
(Increase)/Decrease in short term investments
    521,795       -  
(Increase)/Decrease in notes receivable
    2,328,522       972,935  
Acquisition deposits
    -       4,077,921  
Cash paid for acquisition – net of cash acquired
    -       (9,354,457 )
Net cash (used in) investing activities
    2,832,068       (4,952,515 )
                 
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents
    381,045       (253,640 )
                 
Net change in cash and cash equivalents
    19,063,366       1,085,460  
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning balance
    39,618,988       36,574,741  
Cash and cash equivalents, ending balance
  $ 58,682,354     $ 37,660,201  
                 
SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURES:
               
Cash paid during the period for:
               
Interest payments
  $ -     $ -  
Income taxes
  $ 3,174,521     $ 1,354,660  
                 
Purchased goodwill
  $ -     $ (9,025,215 )
Purchased intangible assets
    -       (1,982,354 )
Fair value of assets purchased less cash acquired
    -       (382,477 )
Acquisition financed with stock issuance
    -       2,035,589  
Acquisition paid for with cash - net of acquired
  $ -     $ (9,354,457 )

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

 
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UNIVERSAL TRAVEL GROUP
NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
MARCH 31, 2011

Note 1 - ORGANIZATION
 
Universal Travel Group was incorporated on January 28, 2004 under the laws of the State of Nevada. Full Power Enterprise Global Limited – BVI was incorporated under the laws of the British Virginia Islands. Shenzhen Yuzhilu Aviation Service Co., Ltd. was incorporated on March 9, 1998 under the laws of the People’s Republic of China (PRC)., Xian Golden Net Travel Serve Services was incorporated on July 25, 2001 under the laws of PRC, Shanghai Lanbao Travel Service Co., Ltd. was established in 2002 under the laws of Shanghai China. Foshan Overseas International Travel Service Co., Ltd. was incorporated in 1990 under the laws of PRC, Chongqing Universal Travel E-Commerce Co., Ltd. and Universal Travel International Travel Agency Co., Ltd. (former named Shenzhen Universal Travel Agency Co., Ltd.) were both incorporated in 2009 under the laws of PRC, Hebei Tianyuan Travel Agency Co., Ltd. was incorporated in April 1999 under the laws of PRC, Huangshan Holiday Travel Service Co., Ltd. was incorporated in April 1999 under the laws of PRC, Zhengzhou Yulongkang Travel Agency Co., Ltd. was incorporated in 2000 under the laws of PRC,  Kunming Business Travel Service Co., Ltd. was incorporated in 1993 under the laws of PRC, Shanxi Jinyang Travel Agency Co., Ltd. was incorporated in 1988 under the laws of PRC. Collectively these corporations are referred to herein as the Company. And Universal Travel Group owns 100% of the equity interest in Full Power Enterprise Global Limited, a wholly owned foreign entity incorporated under the laws of the British Virginia Islands. Full Power Enterprise Global Limited owns 100% of the equity interest in Shenzhen Yuzhilu Aviation Service Co., Ltd., a wholly owned foreign entity incorporated under the laws of the Peoples Republic of China ("PRC" or "China"). Universal Travel Group and Full Power Enterprise Global Limited do not conduct any substantive operations of their own. Instead, all operations of the consolidated company is through its subsidiary, Shenzhen Yuzhilu Aviation Service Co., Ltd. ("YZL") and various variable interest entities. Collectively, related to herein as subsidiaries.

In 2007 and 2009, YZL entered into certain shareholding agreements with various related PRC residents and Shenzhen Yuzhixing Aviation Service, Co. Limited (“YZX”) (“Party B”) to hold YZL shares of ownership of Xian Golden Net Travel Serve Services ("XGN") and Shenzhen Universal Travel Agency Co., Ltd. ("STA").The significant details of the agreements and other important information, among others, are outlined below:

Universal Travel Group funded the start up activities and incorporation of XGN and STA and related subsidiaries, through cash or common stock issuance;
YZL entrusted Party B as the name holder only of YZL equity interest in XGN and STA;
Party B shall neither participate in the management of operation nor shareholder meeting decisions of YZX, XGN or STA;
YZL, as the actual fund provider of XGN and STA, will enjoy all shareholder rights and profit sharing;
YZL, is entitled to all profits and is required to absorb all losses of XGN and STA and its subsidiaries;
Party B is not responsible for losses nor to benefit from any income of XGN and/or STA;
YZL will cover any capital infusion requirements of XGN and STA and related subsidiaries; and
If XGN and/or STA were to dissolve, YZL will enjoy the right to allocate and divide assets.

Based on these contractual arrangements, management believes that XGN and STA and related subsidiaries should be considered “Variable Interest Entity” (“VIE”) under ASC 810 “Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities, an Interpretation of ARB No. 51”, because the equity holders in XGN and STA no longer have the characteristics of a controlling financial interest, and the Company, through YZL, is the primary beneficiary of XGN and STA and its operations. Accordingly, management believes that XGN and STA should be consolidated under ASC 810.

Universal Travel Group and YZL are responsible to fund any capital share shortfalls for XGN and STA and its subsidiaries. In addition, Universal Travel Group funded through cash and common stock the acquisitions as discussed in Note 2.

The Company, through its subsidiaries and VIEs, engaged in the travel business, including airline ticketing, hotel reservation services, and packaged tours planning and tours guide services primarily in the PRC.

 
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UNIVERSAL TRAVEL GROUP
NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
MARCH 31, 2011

Note 1 - ORGANIZATION (CONTINUED)


Note 2 - SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Basis of Presentation

These accompanying condensed financial statements present the Company's results of operations, financial position and cash flows on a consolidated basis. The condensed consolidated financial statements include Universal Travel Group and its wholly-owned subsidiaries and its subsidiaries owned through shareholding agreements with Chinese residents, significant intercompany transactions and accounts have been eliminated in consolidation. Our policy is to consolidate all subsidiaries in which we hold a greater than 50% voting interest or otherwise control its operating activities and financial interest. It is management's opinion that all adjustments necessary for a fair statement of the results for the interim periods have been made, and all adjustments are of a normal recurring nature.  The results of operations for the three-month period ended March 31, 2011, are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2011.  These interim unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and related notes included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010, previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC").

The Company operates in three segments in accordance with accounting guidance FASB ASC Topic 280, "Segment Reporting." Our Chief Executive Officer has been identified as the chief operating decision maker as defined by FASB ASC Topic 280.

Reclassification

Certain prior-year amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current-year presentation. These reclassifications had no effect on reported income or losses.

 
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UNIVERSAL TRAVEL GROUP
NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
MARCH 31, 2011

Note 2 - SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)

Acquisitions

In March and June of 2010, the Company had 5 acquisitions to fit the its geographic expansion strategy, and in all and every acquisition, the Company negotiated in arm's length with acquisition target and got Board approval before closing.

Acquisitions (Continued)

On June 28, 2010, the Company through its VIE structure and strategy consummated the acquisition of a 100% interest in Kunming Business Travel Agency Co., Ltd.  ("KBT") for a cash and stock transaction valued at approximately US$5.7 million in aggregate.

The stock consideration consisted of 79,487 newly issued shares of the company's common stock, which were given to KBT’s Shareholder immediately before the completion of the Share Exchange Transaction. The cash consideration consisted of $5,163,625. The shares were valued at $572,243, which was the average fair value of the shares 15 days prior to the date of the exchange agreement. This amount is included in the cost of net assets, identified intangible assets, and goodwill purchased.

KBT is engaged in the business of Chinese domestic tourism. The purchase price was determined based on arms' length negotiations between Universal Travel Group and the shareholder of KBT, and approved by board of directors.

The acquisition had been accounted for as a purchase business combination and the results of operations from the acquisition date have been included in the Company's consolidated financial statements in accordance with ASC810. The allocation of the purchase price is as follows:

Cash acquired
 
$
814,097
 
Other assets
   
441,494
 
Property Plant & Equipment
   
80,121
 
Identifiable Intangibles
   
892,898
 
Goodwill
   
3,977,608
 
Total assets acquired
   
6,206,218
 
Liabilities assumed
       
Accounts & Income Taxes payable
   
174,732
 
Deferred Tax Liability
   
223,224
 
Other payable
   
72,394
 
Total
 
$
5,735,868
 

The excess of purchase price over tangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed was $4,870,506 of which $3,977,608 was recorded as goodwill.  At the time of the acquisition $892,898 of identifiable intangible assets and related deferred tax liability of $223,224 existed under the contractual legal or the reparability criterion as required under ASC 805 and ASC 740, respectively.

Prior to the acquisition, Kunming Business Travel Agency Co., Ltd. prepared its financial statements under accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

On June 28, 2010, the Company through its VIE structure and strategy consummated the acquisition of a 100% interest in Shanxi Jinyang Travel Agency Co., Ltd. ("SJT") for a cash and stock transaction valued at approximately US$2.3 million in aggregate.

 
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UNIVERSAL TRAVEL GROUP
NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
MARCH 31, 2011

Note 2 - SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)

Acquisitions (Continued)

The stock consideration consisted of 31,387 newly issued shares of the company's common stock, which were given to SJT’s Shareholder immediately before the completion of the Share Exchange Transaction. The cash consideration consisted of $2,038,946. The shares were valued at $225,986, which was the average fair value of the shares 15 days prior to the date of the exchange agreement. This amount is included in the cost of net assets, identified intangible assets, and goodwill purchased.

SJT is engaged in the business of Chinese domestic tourism. The purchase price was determined based on arms' length negotiations between Universal Travel Group and the shareholder of SJT, and approved by board of directors.

The acquisition had been accounted for as a purchase business combination and the results of operations from the acquisition date have been included in the Company's consolidated financial statements in accordance with ASC810. The allocation of the purchase price is as follows:

Cash acquired
 
$
7,258
 
Other assets
   
534,373
 
Property Plant & Equipment
   
20,339
 
Identifiable Intangibles
   
361,124
 
Goodwill
   
1,609,816
 
Total assets acquired
   
2,532,910
 
Liabilities assumed
       
Accounts & Income Taxes payable
   
78,574
 
Deferred Tax Liability
   
90,281
 
Other payable
   
99,123
 
Total
 
$
2,264,932
 

The excess of purchase price over tangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed was $1,970,940 of which $1,609,816 was recorded as goodwill.  At the time of the acquisition $361,124 of identifiable intangible assets and related deferred tax liability of $90,281 existed under the contractual legal or the reparability criterion as required under ASC 805 and ASC 740, respectively.

Prior to the acquisition, Shanxi Jinyang Travel Agency Co., Ltd. prepared its financial statements under accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

On March 29, 2010 the Company through its VIE structure and strategy consummated the acquisition of a 100% interest in Zhengzhou Yulongkang Travel agency Co. Ltd ("ZYT") for a cash and stock transaction valued at approximately US$5.7 million in aggregate.

The stock consideration consisted of 60,633 newly issued shares of the Company’s common stock, which were given to ZYT’s Shareholder immediately before the completion of the Share Exchange Transaction. The cash consideration consisted of $5,141,764. The shares were valued at $571,172, which was the average fair value of the shares 15 days prior to the date of the exchange agreement. This amount is included in the cost of net assets, identified intangible assets, and goodwill purchased.

ZYT is engaged in the business of Chinese domestic tourism. The purchase price was determined based on arms' length negotiations between Universal Travel Group and the shareholder of ZYT.

The acquisition had been accounted for as a purchase business combination and the results of operations from the acquisition date have been included in the Company's consolidated financial statements in accordance with ASC 810. The allocation of the purchase price is as follows:

 
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UNIVERSAL TRAVEL GROUP
NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
MARCH 31, 2011

Note 2 - SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)

Acquisitions (Continued)

Cash acquired
 
$
1,513,636
 
Accounts receivable
   
29,154
 
Other assets
   
11,779
 
Property Plant & Equipment
   
29,019
 
Identifiable Intangibles
   
805,626
 
Goodwill
   
3,812,004
 
Total assets acquired
   
6,201,218
 
Liabilities assumed
       
Accounts & Income Taxes payable
   
230,107
 
Deferred Tax Liability
   
201,406
 
Other payable
   
56,769
 
Total
 
$
5,712,936
 

The excess of purchase price over tangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed was $4,617,630 of which $3,812,004 was recorded as goodwill.  At the time of the acquisition $805,626 of identifiable intangible assets and related deferred tax liability of $201,406 existed under the contractual legal or the reparability criterion as required under ASC 805 and ASC 740, respectively.

Prior to the acquisition, Zhengzhou Yulongkang Travel agency Co. Ltd prepared its financial statements under accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

On March 26, 2010 the Company through its VIE structure and strategy consummated the acquisition of a 100% interest in Huangshan Holiday Travel Service Co., Ltd ("HHT") for a cash and stock transaction valued at approximately US$2.9 million in aggregate.

The stock consideration consisted of 61,846 newly issued shares of the company’s common stock, which were given to HHTs Shareholder immediately before the completion of the Share Exchange Transaction. The cash consideration consisted of $2,343,824. The shares were valued at $585,691, which was the average fair value of the shares 15 days prior to the date of the exchange agreement. This amount is included in the cost of net assets, identified intangible assets, and goodwill purchased.

HHT is engaged in the business of Chinese domestic tourism. The purchase price was determined based on arms' length negotiations between Universal Travel Group and the shareholder of  HHT, and approved by board of directors.

The acquisition had been accounted for as a purchase business combination and the results of operations from the acquisition date have been included in the Company's consolidated financial statements in accordance with ASC 810. The allocation of the purchase price is as follows:

 
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NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
MARCH 31, 2011

Note 2 - SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)

Acquisitions (Continued)

Cash acquired
 
$
340,174
 
Accounts receivable
   
21,450
 
Other assets
   
452,193
 
Property Plant & Equipment
   
69,682
 
Identifiable Intangibles
   
479,870
 
Goodwill
   
1,892,511
 
Total assets acquired
   
3,255,880
 
Liabilities assumed
       
Accounts & Income Taxes payable
   
176,863
 
Deferred Tax Liability
   
119,968
 
Other payable
   
29,534
 
Total
 
$
2,929,515
 

The excess of purchase price over tangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed was $2,372,381 of which $1,892,511 was recorded as goodwill.  At the time of the acquisition $479,870 of identifiable intangible assets and related deferred tax liability of $119,968 existed under the contractual legal or the reparability criterion as required under ASC 805 and ASC 740, respectively.

Prior to the acquisition, Huangshan Holiday Travel Service Co., Ltd prepared its financial statements under accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

On March 29, 2010 the Company through its VIE structure and strategy consummated the acquisition of a 100% interest in Hebei Tianyuan Travel Agency Co., Ltd ("HTT") for a cash and stock transaction valued at approximately US$4.4 million in aggregate.

The stock consideration consisted of 93,282 newly issued shares of the company’s common stock, which were given to HTT’s Shareholder immediately before the completion of the Share Exchange Transaction. The cash consideration consisted of $3,519,736. The shares were valued at $878,726, which was the average fair value of the shares prior to the date of the exchange agreement. This amount is included in the cost of net assets, identified intangible assets, and goodwill purchased.

HTT is engaged in the business of Chinese domestic tourism. The purchase price was determined based on arms' length negotiations between Universal Travel Group and the shareholder of HTT, and approved by board of directors.

The acquisition had been accounted for as a purchase business combination and the results of operations from the acquisition date have been included in the Company's consolidated financial statements in accordance with ASC 810. The allocation of the purchase price is as follows:

 
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NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
MARCH 31, 2011

Note 2 - SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)

Acquisitions (Continued)

Cash acquired
 
$
532,349
 
Accounts receivable
   
120,152
 
Other assets
   
208,771
 
Property Plant & Equipment
   
49,637
 
Identifiable Intangibles
   
696,858
 
Goodwill
   
3,320,700
 
Total assets acquired
   
4,928,467
 
Liabilities assumed
       
Accounts & Income Taxes payable
   
232,188
 
Deferred Tax Liability
   
174,215
 
Other payable
   
123,602
 
Total
 
$
4,398,462
 

The excess of purchase price over tangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed was $4,017,558 of which $3,320,700 was recorded as goodwill.  At the time of the acquisition $696,858 of identifiable intangible assets and related deferred tax liability of $174,215 existed under the contractual legal or the reparability criterion as required under ASC 805 and ASC 740, respectively.

Prior to the acquisition, Hebei Tianyuan Travel Agency Co., Ltd prepared its financial statements under accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Translation Adjustment

As of March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, the accounts of Universal Travel Group were maintained, and its condensed financial statements were expressed, in Chinese Yuan Renminbi (CNY). Such financial statements were translated into U.S. Dollars (USD) in accordance with the Foreign Currency Matters Topic of the FASB Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC 830”) with the CNY as the functional currency. According to the Statement, all assets and liabilities were translated at the current exchange rate, stockholders equity are translated at the historical rates and income statement items are translated at the average exchange rate for the period. The resulting translation adjustments are reported under other comprehensive income in accordance with the Comprehensive Income Topic of the FASB Accounting Standard Codification (“ASC 830”). Transaction gains and losses are reflected in the income statement and such differences may be material to the financial statements.

 Use of Estimates

The preparation of condensed financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates and such differences maybe material to the financial statements. The more significant estimates and assumptions made by management include among others, consolidation of VIE's, allowance for doubtful accounts, long-lived asset impairment, useful lives and residual values of fixed assets, stock based compensation, valuation of warrant derivative liability, purchase price allocation of fair market value of assets and liabilities acquired and deferred income taxes. The current economic environment has increased the degree of uncertainty inherent in these estimates and assumptions.

 
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NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
MARCH 31, 2011

Note 2 - SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)

Principles of Consolidation
 
The condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Universal Travel Group and its wholly owned subsidiaries and Variable Interest Entities Shenzhen Yuzhilu Aviation Service Co., Ltd., Shenzhen Speedy Dragon Enterprises Limited, Shanghai Lanbao Travel Service Co., Ltd., Xian Golden Net Travel Serve Services, Ltd., Foshan Overseas International Travel Service Co. Ltd., Chongqing Universal Travel E-Commerce Co., Ltd., Shenzhen Universal Travel  Agency Co., Ltd., Hebei Tianyuan Travel Agency Co., Ltd., Huangshan Holiday Travel Service Co., Ltd., Zhengzhou Yulongkang Travel Agency Co., Ltd., Kunming Business Travel Service Co., Ltd., Shanxi Jinyang Travel Agency Co., Ltd., and Full Power Enterprise Global Limited collectively referred to herein as the Company.   All material inter-company accounts, transactions and profits have been eliminated in consolidation.
 
Risks and Uncertainties
 
The Company's operation is located in the PRC. There can be no assurance that the Company will be able to successfully continue the operation and failure to do so would have a material adverse effect on the Company's financial position, results of operations and cash flows. Also, the success of the Company's operations is subject to numerous contingencies, some of which are beyond management's control. These contingencies include general economic conditions, competition, governmental and political conditions, and changes in regulations. Among other risks, the Company's operations will be subject to risk of restrictions on transfer of funds, domestic and international customs, changing taxation policies, foreign exchange restrictions, and political and governmental regulations.
 
Contingencies
 
Certain conditions may exist as of the date the condensed financial statements are issued. These conditions may result in a future loss to the Company but which will only be resolved when one or more future events occur or fail to occur. The Company’s management and legal counsel assess such contingent liabilities, and such assessment inherently involves an exercise of judgment. In assessing loss contingencies related to legal proceedings that are pending against the Company or unasserted claims that may result in such proceedings, the Company’s legal counsel evaluates the perceived merits of any legal proceedings or unasserted claims as well as the perceived merits of the amount of relief sought or expected to be sought.
 
If the assessment of a contingency indicates that it is probable given the current economic environment that a material loss has been incurred and the amount of the liability can be estimated, then the estimated liability would be accrued in the Company’s financial statements. If the assessment indicates that a potential material loss contingency is not probable but is reasonably possible, or is probable but cannot be estimated, then the nature of the contingent liability, together with an estimate of the range of possible loss if determinable and material would be disclosed. Loss contingencies considered to be remote by management are generally not disclosed unless they involve guarantees, in which case the guarantee would be disclosed.

As of March 31, 2011, the Company is not involved in any material legal dispute, other than those which occur in the normal operations of a business.

 
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NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
MARCH 31, 2011

Note 2 - SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)

Net Income (Loss) Per Share

The Company accounts for net income (loss) per share EPS in accordance with FASB Accounting Standards Codification Topic on Earning Per Share (“ASC 260”), which requires presentation of basic and diluted EPS on the face of the statement of income for all entities with complex capital structures and requires a reconciliation of the numerator and denominator of the basic EPS computation to the numerator and denominator of the diluted EPS.  Basic net income (loss) per share is computed by dividing net income (loss) by the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding during each period.  It excludes the dilutive effects of potentially issuable common shares such as those related to the Company’s warrants and stock options (calculated using the treasury stock method).  Diluted net income (loss) per share is calculated by including potentially dilutive share issuances in the denominator.
 
The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted earnings per share of common stock:

   
Three months ended March 31,
 
   
2011
   
2010
 
Basic earnings per share from continuing operations
           
Numerator:
           
Income from continuing operations used in computing basic earnings per share
 
$
4,455,530
   
$
3,546,435
 
Income from continuing operations applicable to common shareholders
 
$
4,455,530
   
$
3,546,435
 
                 
Denominator:
               
Weighted average common shares outstanding
   
19,898,235
     
16,822,339
 
Basic earnings per share from continuing operations
 
$
0.22
   
$
0.21
 
                 
Diluted earnings per share from continuing operations:
               
Numerator:
               
Income from continuing operations used in computing basic earnings per share
 
$
4,455,530
   
$
3,546,435
 
Income from continuing operations applicable to common shareholders
 
$
4,455,530
   
$
3,546,435
 
                 
Denominator:
               
Weighted average common shares outstanding
   
19,898,235
     
16,822,339
 
Weighted average effect of dilutive securities:
               
Stock options and warrants
   
661,708
     
1,196,918
 
                 
Shares used in computing diluted net income  per share
   
20,559,943
     
18,019,257
 
Diluted earnings per share from continuing operations
 
$
0.22
   
$
0.20
 
                 
Total net income per common share
               
Basic
 
$
0.22
   
$
0.21
 
Diluted
 
$
0.22
   
$
0.20
 


 
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NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
MARCH 31, 2011

Note 2 - SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)

Recent Accounting Pronouncements
 
In December 2010, the FASB issued ASU No. 2010-28—When to Perform Step 2 of the Goodwill Impairment Test for Reporting Units with Zero or Negative Carrying Amounts.  This update provides amendments to Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 350—Intangibles, Goodwill and Other that requires an entity to perform Step 2 impairment test even if a reporting unit has zero or negative carrying amount.  Step 1 tests whether the carrying amount of a reporting unit exceeds its fair value. Previously reporting units with zero or negative carrying value passed Step 1 because the fair value was generally greater than zero. Step 2 requires impairment testing and impairment valuation be calculated in between annual tests if an event or circumstances indicate that it is more likely than not that goodwill has been impaired.  ASU No. 2010-28 is effective beginning January 1, 2011. As a result of this standard, goodwill impairments may be reported sooner than under current practice.  The implementation of ASU No. 2010-28 did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.

In July 2010, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued Accounting Standards Update ("ASU") No. 2010-20, Receivables – Disclosures about the Credit Quality of Financing Receivables and the Allowance for Credit Losses ("ASU No. 2010-20"). ASU No. 2010-20 will require a company to provide more information about the credit quality of its financing receivables in the disclosures to the financial statements, including aging information and credit quality indicators. Both new and existing disclosures must be disaggregated by portfolio segment or class. The disaggregation of information is based on both how a company develops its allowance for credit losses and it manages its credit exposure. ASU No. 2010-20 is effective for interim and annual reporting periods after December 15, 2010. The adoption of ASU 2010-20 is not expected to have a material effect on our financial statements.

In April 2010, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update, 2010-17, Revenue Recognition—Milestone Method (Topic 605): “Milestone Method of Revenue Recognition—a consensus of the FASB Emerging Issues Task Force.”  This is an update regarding the milestone method of revenue recognition. The scope of this update is limited to arrangements that include milestones relating to research or development deliverables. The update specifies criteria that must be met for a vendor to recognize consideration that is contingent upon achievement of a substantive milestone in its entirety in the period in which the milestone is achieved. The criteria apply to milestones in arrangements within the scope of this update regardless of whether the arrangement is determined to have single or multiple deliverables or units of accounting. The update will be effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning on or after June 15, 2010. Early application is permitted. Companies can apply this guidance prospectively to milestones achieved after adoption. However, retrospective application to all prior periods is also permitted. This update  did not have a material impact on the Company’s financial statements.

In April 2010, the FASB issued ASU No. 2010-13, “Compensation - Stock Compensation (Topic 718): Effect of Denominating the Exercise Price of a Share-Based Payment Award in the Currency of the Market in Which the Underlying Equity Security Trades ,” which addresses the classification of a share-based payment award with an exercise price denominated in the currency of a market in which the underlying equity security trades.  Topic 718 is amended to clarify that a share-based payment award with an exercise price denominated in the currency of a market in which a substantial portion of the entity’s equity securities trades shall not be considered to contain a market, performance, or service condition.  Therefore, such an award is not to be classified as a liability if it otherwise qualifies as equity classification.  The amendments in this Update should be applied by recording a cumulative effect adjustment to the opening balance of retained earnings.  The cumulative-effect adjustment should be calculated for all awards outstanding as of the beginning of the fiscal year in which the amendments are initially 12 applied, as if the amendments had been applied consistently since the inception of the award. ASU No. 2010-13 is effective for interim and annual periods beginning on or after December 15, 2010 and  did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial position or results of operations.

 
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NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
MARCH 31, 2011

Note 2 - SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)

Recent Accounting Pronouncements (Continued)

In May, 2010, the FASB issued ASU 2010-19¸ "Foreign Currency" (Topic 830): Foreign Currency Issues: Multiple Foreign Currency Exchange Rates (SEC Update). The purpose of this Update is to codify the SEC Staff Announcement made at the March 18, 2010 meeting of the FASB Emerging Issues Task Force (EITF) by the SEC Observer to the EITF. The Staff Announcement provides the SEC staff’s view on certain foreign currency issues related to investments in Venezuela. The Company does not expect the provisions of ASU 2010-19 to have a material effect on the financial position, results of operations, or cash flows of the Company.

In March, 2010, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update, 2010-11, Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815): “Scope Exception Related to Embedded Credit Derivatives.”  This update clarifies the type of embedded credit derivative that is exempt from embedded derivative bifurcation requirements. Specifically, only one form of embedded credit derivative qualifies for the exemption – one that is related only to the subordination of one financial instrument to another. As a result, entities that have contracts containing an embedded credit derivative feature in a form other than such subordination may need to separately account for the embedded credit derivative feature. This update also has transition provisions, which permit entities to make a special one-time election to apply the fair value option to any investment in a beneficial interest in securitized financial assets, regardless of whether such investments contain embedded derivative features. This update is effective on the first day of the first fiscal quarter beginning after June 15, 2010. The adoption of this update did not have a material impact on the Company’s financial statements

In January 2010, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update, 2010-06, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures (Topic 820): “Improving Disclosures about Fair Value Measurements.”  This update provides guidance to improve disclosures about fair value measurements. This guidance amends previous guidance on fair value measurements to add new requirements for disclosures about transfers into and out of Levels 1 and 2 and separate disclosures about purchases, sales, issuances, and settlements relating to Level 3 measurement on a gross basis rather than on a net basis as currently required. This update also clarifies existing fair value disclosures about the level of disaggregation and about inputs and valuation techniques used to measure fair value. This guidance is effective for annual and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2009, except for the requirement to provide the Level 3 activities of purchases, sales, issuances, and settlements on a gross basis, which will be effective for annual and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2010. Early application is permitted and, in the period of initial adoption, entities are not required to provide the amended disclosures for any previous periods presented for comparative purposes. The adoption of this update did not have a significant impact on the Company’s financial statements.

In December 2009, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2009-17, which requires a qualitative approach for determining the primary beneficiary of a variable interest entity and replaces the quantitative evaluation previously set forth under FASB Interpretation No. 46 (revised December 2003), “Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities.” This approach is focused on identifying the reporting entity that has the ability to direct the activities of a variable interest entity that most significantly affects the entity’s economic performance and has the obligation to absorb the entity’s losses or has the right to receive benefits from the entity. ASU No. 2009-17, among other things, requires enhanced disclosures about a reporting entity’s involvement in variable interest entities. The guidance under ASU No. 2009-17 became effective for the first annual period beginning after November 15, 2009, and interim periods within that first annual period. The Company adopted the pronouncement on January 1, 2010 resulting in no impact to the Company’s consolidated balance sheets, statements of income and cash flows.

 
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NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
MARCH 31, 2011

Note 3 - INCOME TAXES
 
The Company is subject to U.S. federal income tax, and the Company’s subsidiaries incorporated in the People’s Republic of China (the “PRC”) are subject to enterprise income taxes in the PRC. 

During the three months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010, the Company recorded an income tax expense of approximately $1.9 million and $1.3 million, respectively. The increase of approximately $0.6 million in the Company’s income tax expense was primarily due to the increase in profits of its PRC subsidiaries.
 
The effective tax rate increased by 1% from a 27% effective rate for the three months ended March 31, 2010 to a 28% effective rate for the three months ended March 31, 2011.

As of March 31, 2011, unrecognized tax benefits was $30,804.  The total amount of unrecognized tax benefits that, if recognized, would favorably affect the effective tax rate at March 31, 2011. As of March 31, 2010, unrecognized tax benefits were approximately $0.  The total amount of unrecognized tax benefits that, if recognized, would favorably affect the effective tax rate was $0 at March 31, 2010.
  
For the three months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010, the Company recorded uncertain tax benefits of approximately $0 and $0, respectively.

Aggregate undistributed earnings of approximately $91 million as of March 31, 2011 of the Group's PRC subsidiaries that are available for distribution to the Company are considered to be indefinitely reinvested, and, accordingly, no provision has been made for the Chinese dividend withholding taxes that would be payable upon distribution to the Company. Additionally, the Chinese tax authorities have clarified that distributions made out of pre-January 1, 2008 retained earnings would not be subject to the withholding tax.

The Company's tax years from 2006 to 2010 remain open in various jurisdictions.

Income Tax Expense
 
We are subject to U.S. federal income tax, and our subsidiaries incorporated in the PRC are subject to enterprise income taxes in the PRC.  We recorded an income tax expense of approximately $1.9 million and $1.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively.  The increase of approximately $0.6 million in income tax expense was primarily due to the increase in profits of its PRC subsidiaries

As of March 31, 2011, unrecognized tax benefits were  $30,804.  The total amount of unrecognized tax benefits that, if recognized, would favorably affect the effective tax rate  at March 31, 2011. As of March 31, 2010, unrecognized tax benefits were approximately $0.  The total amount of unrecognized tax benefits that, if recognized, would favorably affect the effective tax rate was $0 at March 31, 2010.
  
For the three months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010, we recorded uncertain tax benefits of approximately $0 and $0, respectively.

 
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NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
MARCH 31, 2011

Note 4 -   SEGMENT INFORMATION
 
Pursuant to ASC 280  the Company operates and discloses three reportable segments: air ticketing, hotel reservation and packaged tours. Substantially all of the Company’s revenues and long-lived assets are in Peoples Republic of China.
 
The Company currently operates and prepares accounting and other financial reports separately to management for eleven major business organizations (Shenzhen Yuzhilu Aviation Service Co., Ltd., Shanghai Lanbao Travel Service Co., Ltd., Foshan International Travel Service Co., Ltd.,  Xian Golden Net Travel Serve Services, Chongqing Travel World E-Business Co., Ltd., Shenzhen Universal Travel Agency Co., Ltd., Hebei Tianyuan Travel Agency Co., Ltd., Zhengzhou Yulongkang Travel Agency Co., Ltd., Huangshan Holiday Travel Service Co., Ltd., Kunming Business Travel Service Co., Ltd., and Shanxi Jinyang Travel Agency Co., Ltd.).

Our air-ticketing segment relates to the segment reporting of Shenzhen Yuzhilu Aviation Service Co., Ltd. and Chongqing Travel World E-Business Co., Ltd.; Hotel reservation segment relates to Shanghai Lanbao Travel Service Co., Ltd. and Huangshan Holiday Travel Service Co., Ltd.; Packaged tours segment relates to Chongqing Travel World E-Business Co., Ltd., Foshan International Travel Service Co., Ltd., Xian Golden Net Travel Serve Service Company Ltd., Shenzhen Universal Travel Agency Co., Ltd., Hebei Tianyuan Travel Agency Co., Ltd., Zhengzhou Yulongkang Travel Agency Co., Ltd., Huangshan Holiday Travel Service Co., Ltd., Kunming Business Travel Service Co., Ltd., and Shanxi Jinyang Travel Agency Co., Ltd.. Management monitors these segments regularly to make decisions about resources to be allocated to the segment and assess its performance.

The following tables present summarized information by segment:
   
Air
   
Hotel
   
Packaged
   
Other
   
Total
 
   
Ticketing
   
Reservation
   
Tours
             
 
Three Months Ended March 31, 2011
 
Revenue, net
  $ 5,260,428     $ 3,693,953     $ 24,841,112     $ -     $ 33,795,493  
Cost of services
  $ 1,916,323     $ 1,374,384     $ 21,629,570     $ -     $ 24,920,277  
Gross profit
  $ 3,344,105     $ 2,319,569     $ 3,211,542     $ -     $ 8,875,216  
Income from operations
  $ 2,267,197     $ 2,045,132     $ 2,911,819     $ (1,347,030 )   $ 5,877,118  
Income tax expenses
  $ 606,372     $ 511,656     $ 763,375     $ (6,859 )   $ 1,874,544  
Depreciation & Amortization
  $ 272,369     $ 2,160     $ 32,750     $ -     $ 307,279  
Asset expenditures
  $ 18,249     $ -     $ -     $ -     $ 18,249  
Goodwill
  $ -     $ 3,081,799     $ 21,427,110     $ -     $ 24,508,909  
Total assets
  $ 114,283,780     $ 5,676,167     $ 23,746,474     $ 440,428     $ 144,146,849  
 
Three Months Ended March 31, 2010
 
Revenue, net
  $ 3,905,975     $ 3,030,106     $ 13,489,698     $ -     $ 20,425,779  
Cost of services
  $ 1,367,871     $ 998,417     $ 11,803,197     $ -     $ 14,169,485  
Gross profit
  $ 2,538,104     $ 2,031,689     $ 1,686,501     $ -     $ 6,256,294  
Income from operations
  $ 1,768,126     $ 1,994,178     $ 1,535,358     $ (607,355 )   $ 4,690,307  
Income tax expenses
  $ 393,724     $ 506,128     $ 379,214     $ -     $ 1,279,066  
Depreciation & Amortization
  $ 233,762     $ 1,483     $ 65,859     $ -     $ 301,104  
Asset expenditures
  $ 608,210     $ -     $ 11,406     $ -     $ 619,616  
Goodwill
  $       $ 3,081,799     $ 15,839,686     $ -     $ 18,921,485  
Total assets
  $ 61,797,751     $ 6,065,249     $ 23,590,476     $ 5,024,091     $ 96,477,567  

 
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NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
MARCH 31, 2011

Note 5 - PRO FORMA FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Pro Forma financial statements present  revenue and related data of  five subsidiaries acquired in 2010  as if the acquisitions were made at the earliest date presented of January 1, 2010.

For the three months ended March 31, 2010,  the revenue, income from operations, net income, and net income per common share in Pro Forma financial statements are as follow:
   
For the three months ended
 
   
March 31. 2010
 
Revenues
  $ 29,683,165  
Income from operations
  $ 5,935,170  
Net Income
  $ 4,486,550  
Net income per common share
       
Basic
  $ 0.27  
Dilute
  $ 0.25  

Note 6 -   SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
 
On April 12, 2011, UTA stock was suspended for trading when UTA was unable to file its Annual Report on Form 10-K by April 15, 2011 as a result of Windes & McClaughry Accountancy Corporation resignation on April 9, 2011. On June 8, 2011, UTA filed its Annual Report on Form 10-K.

On April 15, 2011, the plaintiff Albert Snellink commenced putative class action in the United States District Court, District of New Jersey against Universal Travel Group, and Jiangping Jiang, Yizhao Zhang and Jing Xie, officers of the Company. In the complaint, plaintiff alleges a claim for violations of Section 10(b) and Rule 10b-5 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), against all defendants, and a claim for a violation of Section 20(a) of the Exchange Act against the individual defendants in connection with purported misrepresentations contained in the Company’s public filings and press releases. The complaint seeks unspecified compensatory damages, and his costs incurred in the action. The Company’s time to answer or move with respect to the complaint has not yet expired. The Company believes that the allegations of complaint are without merit, and intends to vigorously defend the lawsuit.

On May 20, 2011, the plaintiff Alex Lob commenced derivative action in the First Judicial District Court of the State of Nevada in and for Carson City against Universal travel Group, and Jiangping Jiang, Jing Xie, Huijie Gao, Jiduan Yuan, Lizong Wang, Wenbin An, Lawrence Lee, Yizhao Zhang and Liquan Wang, officers and directors of the Company. In the complaint, plaintiff purports to assert derivative claims against the individual defendants for alleged breaches of fiduciary duties, waste of corporate assets and unjust enrichment based upon alleged conduct of the individual defendants which damaged the Company’s reputation, goodwill and standing in the business community. The complaint also alleges that such conduct may result in liability for violations of federal law. The complaint seeks, among other relief, the amount of damages sustained by the Company as a result of the Defendants’ breach of fiduciary duties, waste of corporate assets and unjust enrichment and plaintiff’s counsel’s, accountant’s and experts’ fees. The Company’s time to answer or move with respect to the complaint has not yet expired. The Company believes that the complaint has no merit and intends to vigorously defend the lawsuit.

As of March 31, 2011, the Company has evaluated subsequent events for potential recognition and disclosure through the date of the financial statement issuance.

 
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Item 2.  Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.
 
Forward-Looking Statements: No Assurances Intended

In addition to historical information, this quarterly report contains forward-looking statements, which are generally identifiable by use of the words “believes,” “expects,” “intends,” “anticipates,” “plans to,” “estimates,” “projects,” or similar expressions. These forward-looking statements represent Management’s belief as to the future of Universal Travel Group. Whether those beliefs become reality will depend on many factors that are not under management’s control. Many risks and uncertainties exist that could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected in these forward-looking statements. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. We undertake no obligation to revise or publicly release the results of any revision to these forward-looking statements.

Business Overview

We are a travel services provider in the People’s Republic of China (“PRC”) engaged in providing air ticketing and hotel booking services as well as domestic and international packaged tourism services throughout the PRC via the internet, the customer representatives and the kiosks.

Name of Entities
 
Place of
Incorporation
 
Expiration date
   
Ownership
Percentage
 
Universal Travel Group
 
Nevada, USA
   
-
     
100
%
Full Power Enterprise Global Limited – BVI
 
British Virginia Islands
   
-
     
100
%
Shenzhen Yuzhilu Aviation Service Co., Ltd.
 
China
   
1998.3.9-2018.3.9
     
100
%
Xian Golden Net Travel Serve Services Co., Ltd.
 
China
   
2001.8.1-2016.9.4
   
100
% VIE
Shanghai Lanbao Travel Service Co., Ltd.
 
China
   
2002.5.29-2015.4.28
     
100
%
Foshan Overseas International Travel Service Co., Ltd.
 
China
 
Infinite Term
     
100
%
Chongqing Universal Travel E-Commerce Co., Ltd.
 
China
 
Infinite Term
     
100
%
Universal Travel International Travel Agency Co., Ltd. (formerly named: Shenzhen Universal Travel Agency Co., Ltd.)
 
China
 
Infinite Term
   
100
% VIE
Hebei Tianyuan International Travel Agency Co., Ltd.
 
China
   
1999.10.8-2019.10.7
     
100
%
Huangshan Holiday Travel Service Co., Ltd.
 
China
 
Infinite Term
     
100
%
Zhengzhou Yulongkang Travel Agency Co., Ltd.
 
China
   
2000.11.1-2020.11.1
     
100
%
Kunming Business Travel Service Co., Ltd.
 
China
   
2001.10.8-2011.10.8
     
100
%
Shanxi Jinyang Travel Agency Co., Ltd.
 
China
   
2005.5.19-2015.5.18
     
100
%

In 2007 and 2009, YZL entered into certain shareholding agreements with various related PRC residents and Shenzhen Yuzhixing Aviation Service, Co. Limited (“YZX”) (“Party B”) to hold YZL shares of ownership of Xian Golden Net Travel Serve Services ("XGN") and Shenzhen Universal Travel Agency Co., Ltd. ("STA").The significant details of the agreements and other important information, among others, are outlined below:

Universal Travel Group funded the startup activities and incorporation of XGN and STA and related subsidiaries, through cash or common stock issuance;
YZL entrusted Party B as the name holder only of YZL equity interest in XGN and STA;
Party B shall neither participate in the management of operation nor shareholder meeting decisions of YZX, XGN or STA;
YZL, as the actual fund provider of XGN and STA, will enjoy all shareholder rights and profit sharing;

 
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YZL, is entitled to all profits and is required to absorb all losses of XGN and STA and its subsidiaries;
Party B is not responsible for losses nor to benefit from any income of XGN and/or STA;
YZL will cover any capital infusion requirements of XGN and STA and related subsidiaries; and
If XGN and/or STA were to dissolve, YZL will enjoy the right to allocate and divide assets.

Based on these contractual arrangements, management believes that XGN and STA and related subsidiaries should be considered “Variable Interest Entities” (“VIE”) under ASC 810 “Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities, an Interpretation of ARB No. 51”, because the equity holders in XGN and STA no longer have the characteristics of a controlling financial interest, and the Company, through YZL, is the primary beneficiary of XGN and STA and its operations. Accordingly, management believes that XGN and STA should be consolidated under ASC 810.

Universal Travel Group and YZL are responsible to fund any capital share shortfalls for XGN and STA and its subsidiaries. In addition, Universal Travel Group funded through cash and common stock the acquisitions as discussed in Note 2.

In 2007, we completed the acquisitions of Xi'an Golden Net Travel Serve Service Co., Ltd., which specializes in domestic packaged tour services, and Shanghai Lanbao Travel Service Co., Ltd., which specializes in hotel reservations and Foshan Overseas International Travel Service Co., Ltd, which handles both domestic and international travel inquiries.

In early 2008, we successfully integrated our packaged tours, air-ticketing and hotel reservation businesses onto our newly developed on-line platform, which provides rich and comprehensive travel information to primarily leisure travelers.

In October 2008, we successfully rolled out our Kiosks, the type of innovate self-service terminals capable of handling a full ranging of booking services including packaged tours through a secured built in payment function that accepts all major Chinese bank cards. On September 9, 2010, we sold all of 1,523 Kiosks to Shenzhen Xunbao E-commerce Co. Ltd. with a slight gain. The strategy of sales of Kiosks was to minimize our capital expenditures and related expenses. We still have the full right to use these kiosks after the sales for two years according to the agreement.

In December 2008, we established Universal Travel International Travel Agency Co., Ltd. (formerly known as Shenzhen Universal Travel Agency Co. Ltd.), a PRC company, to meet the increasing packaged-tour demand in Shenzhen City.

In March 2009, in order to seize the opportunities arising from the economic promotion by the Chinese government of the mid and western regions of the PRC, we strategically set up Chongqing Universal Travel E-Commerce Co., Ltd., a PRC company, to strengthen our presence in that region. It began generating revenues in the third quarter of 2009.

In 2010, we acquired a total of five companies for stock and cash through our VIE structure and strategy, namely Huangshan Holiday Travel Service Co., Ltd. (“Huangshan Holiday”), Hebei Tianyuan International Travel Agency Co., Ltd. (“Tianyuan”), Zhengzhou Yulongkang Travel Agency Co., Ltd. (“Zhengzhou Yulongkang”), Kunming Business Travel Agency Co., Ltd. ("Kunming Business Travel") and Shanxi Jinyang Travel Agency Co., Ltd. ("Shanxi Jinyang").

In order to finance the abovementioned acquisitions and our working capital, on December 10, 2009, we entered into a definitive subscription agreement to sell to institutional investors an aggregate of 2,222,222 shares of its common stock at a price of $9.00 per share for net proceeds of approximately $19.0 million. The sale of the common stock closed on December 15, 2009. The offer and sale of the shares were made pursuant to an effective Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333- 161139) initially filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 7, 2009 and amended on November 2, 2009. The Registration Statement was declared effective on November 5, 2009.

 
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On June 15, 2010, we entered into an underwriting agreement (the "Underwriting Agreement") with Brean Murray, Carret & Co., LLC, as representative of the underwriters (the "Representative"), related to a public offering of 2,857,143 shares of the Company's common stock at a price of $7.00 per share less a 5% underwriting commission. Under the terms of the Underwriting Agreement, we granted the Representative an option, exercisable for 30 days, to purchase up to an additional 428,572 shares of common stock to cover over-allotments, if any. The offering was made pursuant to an effective registration statement on Form S-3, as amended and supplemented (Registration Statement No. 333-161139) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. On June 21, 2010, we closed the common stock offering announced on June 16, 2010. In the transaction, we issued 2,857,143 shares of common stock at $7.00 per share for an aggregate amount of $20 million. In 2009, we were selected one of the Top Ten Brands of Travel Services in the PRC. We believe our quality of services will distinguish us in our long term competitiveness.

On December 24, 2010, we, through our subsidiary, Universal Travel International Travel Agency Co., Ltd., obtained the International Travel License issued by the National Travel Authority, granting us the right to operate and offer global package tours in mainland PRC and our subsidiary changed name to Universal Travel International Travel Agency Co., Ltd. to reflect the upgrade. In the past, we had only been able to offer such packages through agencies which possess this license. There are over 20,000 travel agencies in the PRC, of which only approximately 1,300 travel agencies have this International Travel License.

Under the theme, "Wings towards a more colorful life", we currently have three discrete lines of business and revenue, and each is carried out by a few subsidiaries of the Company: (i) air-ticketing (Shenzhen Yuzhilu Aviation Service Co., Ltd. and Chongqing Universal Travel E-Commerce Co., Ltd.), (ii) hotel reservations (Shanghai Lanbao Travel Service Co., Ltd. and Huangshan Holiday Travel Service Co., Ltd.), and (iii) packaged tours (Xi'an Golden Net Travel Serve Service Co., Ltd., Foshan Overseas International Travel Service Co., Ltd., Universal Travel International Travel Agency Co. Ltd., Huangshan Holiday Travel Service Co., Ltd., Hebei Tianyuan International Travel Agency Co., Ltd., Zhengzhou Yulongkang Travel Agency Co., Ltd., Shanxi Jinyang Travel Agency Co., Ltd. and Kunming Business Travel Agency Co., Ltd.).

Our strategy is to further utilize our international travel license, and expand our geographic service coverage by establishing more franchise offices and set up call centers in some of these franchisee offices where there is customer demand for air-ticketing and hotel reservation services. We also plan to integrate our offline businesses with our online platform.

We aim to be the foremost leading online travel services provider in the PRC, especially in the air ticketing, hotel reservation and packaged tour service sectors.

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2011 AND 2010

The following table presents certain consolidated statement of operations information derived from the consolidated statements of income for the three months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010 respectively.

 
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Three months ended
   
Three months ended
   
Increase /
       
   
March 31, 2011
   
March 31, 2010
   
(Decrease)
   
Percentage
 
         
(Restated)
             
Revenues
                       
Air ticketing, net
  $ 5,260,428     $ 3,905,975     $ 1,354,453       34.68 %
Hotel reservation, net
    3,693,953       3,030,106       663,847       21.91 %
Packaged tours, gross
    24,841,112       13,489,698       11,351,414       84.15 %
      33,795,493       20,425,779       13,369,714       65.46 %
Cost of services
                               
Air ticketing, net
    1,916,323       1,367,871       548,452       40.10 %
Hotel reservation, net
    1,374,384       998,417       375,967       37.66 %
Packaged tours, gross
    21,629,570       11,803,197       9,826,373       83.25 %
      24,920,277       14,169,485       10,750,792       75.87 %
                                 
Gross Profit
    8,875,216       6,256,294       2,618,922       41.86 %
                                 
Selling, general and administrative expenses
    (2,998,098 )     (1,565,987 )     (1,432,111 )     91.45 %
Income from operations
    5,877,118       4,690,307       1,186,811       25.30 %
                                 
Other income (expense)
                               
Other income (expense)
    (14,390 )     3,554       (17,944 )     -504.90 %
Gain on change of fair value of derivative liabilities
    349,812       109,451       240,361       219.61 %
Interest income
    117,534       22,189       95,345       429.69 %
Total other income
    452,956       135,194       317,762       235.04 %
                                 
Income before income taxes–continuing operations
    6,330,074       4,825,501       1,504,573       31.18 %
                                 
Provision for income taxes
    1,874,544       1,279,066       595,478       46.56 %
Net Income
  $ 4,455,530     $ 3,546,435     $ 909,095       25.63 %

For the three months ended March 31, 2011:

   
Air
   
(%) of
 
Hotel
 
(%) of
 
Packaged
 
(%) of
       
Revenue Segment
 
Ticketing
   
sector
 
Reservation
 
sector
 
Tours
 
sector
   
Total
 
Revenue
  $ 5,260,428       15.57 %   $ 3,693,953       10.93 %   $ 24,841,112       73.50 %   $ 33,795,493  
Cost of Services
    (1,916,323 )     7.69 %     (1,374,384 )     5.52 %     (21,629,570 )     86.80 %     (24,920,277 )
Gross Profit
  $ 3,344,105       37.68 %   $ 2,319,569       26.14 %   $ 3,211,542       36.19 %   $ 8,875,216  
Gross Margin
    63.57 %             62.79 %             12.93 %             26.26 %
Segment effect in Gross Margin (*)
    9.90 %             6.86 %             9.50 %             26.26 %

For the three months ended March 31, 2010:

 
Air
 
(%) of
 
Hotel
 
(%) of
 
Packaged
 
(%) of
       
Revenue Segment
 Ticketing
 
sector
 
 Reservation
 
sector
 
 Tours
 
sector
   
Total
 
Revenue
  $ 3,905,975       19.12 %   $ 3,030,106       14.83 %   $ 13,489,698       66.04 %   $ 20,425,779  
Cost of Services
    (1,367,871 )     9.65 %     (998,417 )     7.05 %     (11,803,197 )     83.30 %     (14,169,485 )
Gross Profit
  $ 2,538,104       40.57 %   $ 2,031,689       32.47 %   $ 1,686,501       26.96 %   $ 6,256,294  
Gross Margin
    64.98 %             67.05 %             12.50 %             30.63 %
Segment effect in Gross Margin (*)
    12.43 %             9.95 %             8.26 %             30.63 %

 (*) "Segment effect in Gross Margin" was calculated by multiplying "the percentage of the segment revenue over the total revenue" with "gross margin of the related sector". This outlines how each segment contributes to the total gross margin.

 
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Revenue

Our air-ticketing segment relates to the segment reporting of Shenzhen Yuzhilu Aviation Service Co., Ltd. and Chongqing Travel World E-Business Co., Ltd. Our hotel reservation segment relates to Shanghai Lanbao Travel Service Co., Ltd. and Huangshan Holiday Travel Service Co., Ltd. Our packaged tours segment relates to Chongqing Travel World E-Business Co., Ltd., Foshan Overseas International Travel Service Co., Ltd., Xi’an Golden Net Travel Serve Service Co., Ltd., Universal Travel International Travel Agency Co. Ltd., Huangshan Holiday Travel Service Co., Ltd., Hebei Tianyuan International Travel Agency Co., Ltd., Zhengzhou Yulongkang Travel Agency Co., Ltd., Shanxi Jinyang Travel Agency Co., Ltd. and Kunming Business Travel Agency Co., Ltd.
 
Revenues for the three months ended March 31, 2011 were $33,795,493, compared to $20,425,779 for the same period in 2010, an increase of $13,369,714, or approximately 65.46%. The contributions from the five newly acquired subsidiaries were $12,045,475, or 35.64% of our total revenues for this quarter. We expect the revenue contributions from the five newly acquired subsidiaries will grow at 20% or higher as they are required by acquisition agreements, and they are likely to benefit from larger foundation and integration with Air-ticketing and Hotel reservation segments. Excluding the contributions from the five newly acquired subsidiaries, revenues for the three months ended March 31, 2011 were $21,750,018, compared to $20,425,779 for the same period in 2010, an increase of $1,324,239 or approximately 6.48%.

The acquisition of the five subsidiaries in 2010 was primarily due to our efforts to expand our businesses, especially the packaged tour business, along with the strong demand for travel as a result of the recovery of Chinese economy, and the continuing effect of the Chinese government’s stimulus package, benefiting the whole industry. The high growth rate is also helped by well-developed Chongqing Travel World E-Business Co., Ltd. compared to same period last year, which was newly incorporated at the late of 2009 with lower revenue in the first quarter of 2010.  We continue to see success in cross marketing and selling our travel related products across our business segments and increased brand awareness from online and offline sales.

Revenues from air-ticketing segment were $5,260,428 for the three months ended March 31, 2011 compared to $ 3,905,975 for the same period last year, an increase of $ 1,354,453, or approximately 34.68%. This increase is generally driven by increase in air-ticket sales volume and higher air-ticket prices than the same quarter last year, and increased revenue from Chongqing Travel World E-Business Co., Ltd. as it gained more local market share over a year’s establishment. We attribute the higher air ticket sales to booming tourism, general inflation in Chinese economy, as well as the downgraded competition among airlines. As China’s economy continues to grow, we believe that our growth in air-ticketing is sustainable in the foreseeable future.

Revenues from the hotel reservations segment were $3,693,953 for the three months ended March 31, 2011 compared to $3,030,106 for the same quarter in 2010, an increase of $663,847, or approximately 21.91%. Excluding the effect on revenue from the newly acquired subsidiary Huangshan Holiday Travel Service Co., Ltd, which was $280,447, our revenues from this segment were $3,413,506 for the three months ended March 31, 2011, compared to $3,030,106, for the same quarter in 2010, an increase of $383,400, or approximately 12.65%. This increase is contributed by increased hotel room sales in the first quarter of 2011. As China’s economy continues to grow, we believe that our hotel segment will continue to grow in the foreseeable future.

Revenues from our packaged tour segment were $24,841,112 for the three months ended March 31, 2011, compared to $13,489,698 for the same quarter in 2010, an increase of $11,351,414, or approximately 84.15%. Excluding the effect on revenue from the five newly acquired subsidiaries, which was $11,765,028, our revenues from this segment were $13,076,084 for the quarter ended March 31, 2011, compared to $13,489,698, for the same quarter in 2010, an slight decrease of $413,614, or approximately 3.07%. The decrease is associated with the dropped sales in international tours in Foshan Overseas International Travel Service Co., Ltd. after the Japan's earthquake, tsunami, and radiation disaster. The related decrease is approximately $2.1 million. Our sales in domestic tours have a steady growth and make up the dropped sales of international tours.

 
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Cost of Services

Costs of services for air tickets cover mainly business and revenue related expenses and commissions paid to retail agents. Costs of services for hotel reservations cover mainly commissions paid to the sales agents for selling hotel rooms in the Company’s system. Commission rates vary and are paid to these sales agents after we are paid our commissions by the hotels. Costs of services for packaged tours include meals, transportation (airline tickets, train tickets and car rental), lodging, airport transfers, tickets to local attractions and tours.

Other direct costs such as systems and related technologies used by each segment operations, and costs associated with payment processing are also included in the Company’s costs of services. In addition, the Company allocates costs of labor and facilities, depreciation, communications, and utility expenses incurred by each segment between costs of services and general administrative expenses. We do not offer any volume rebates but enjoy volume rebates from our vendors, calculated based on the vendors’ own internal rebate policy. We do not record receivables for these rebates, and we only record them as a reduction of cost when received.

Costs of services for the three months ended March 31, 2011 were $24,920,277 compared to $14,169,485 for the same quarter last year, an increase of $10,750,792, or approximately 75.87%. The comparatively higher costs of services resulted from packaged tours making up a greater percentage of our total revenue and their corresponding higher cost of services. Excluding the effect of the costs of services of the five newly acquired subsidiaries, which is $10,164,554 , costs of services for the three months ended March 31, 2011 were $14,755,723, compared to $10,750,792, for the same quarter in 2010, an increase of $586,238, or approximately 4.14%. Although the air ticket price, as a component of cost of services, increased 18% in general, it did not affect our air ticketing segment cost, as we booked our air ticketing revenue in a commission net basis, and we were able to integrate with wider geographic covered local subsidiaries as a result of acquisitions to create synergy to tightly control our packaged tour segment cost. The increase is in tandem with the increase of revenue.

Costs of services from air-ticketing were $1,916,323 for the three months ended March 31, 2011, compared to $1,367,871 for the same quarter last year, an increase of $548,452, or approximately 40.10%. This increase is associated with the higher booking volumes, higher salaries expenses along with increased numbers of employees in this segment.

Costs of services from hotel-reservation were $1,374,384 for the three months ended March 31, 2011, compared to $998,417 for the same quarter last year, an increase of $375,967, or approximately 37.66%. Excluding the effect on cost of services from the newly acquired subsidiary Huangshan Holiday Travel Service Co., Ltd., which was $51,455, our cost of services from this segment were $1,322,929 for the three months ended March 31, 2011, compared to $998,417 for the same quarter last year, an increase of $324,512, or approximately 32.50%. The increase is associated with the increase in commission split to retail agencies for promoting our business.

Costs of services from packaged-tour were $21,629,570 for the three months ended March 31, 2011, compared to $11,803,197 for the same quarter last year, an increase of $9,826,373 or approximately 83.25%. The increase is in tandem with the increase of revenue. Excluding the effect of the costs of services for the five newly acquired subsidiaries, which was $10,113,099, our costs of services from this segment were $11,516,471 for the three months ended March 31, 2011 compared to $11,803,197 for the same quarter in 2010, an decrease of $286,726, or approximately 2.43%. The decrease is also in tandem with the decrease of revenue.

Gross Profit

Gross profit for the three months ended March 31, 2011 was $8,875,216 compared to $6,256,294, for the same quarter last year, an increase of $2,618,922, or approximately 41.86%. The increase in gross profit is due to the growth in revenue and control of cost as explained above. The growth in both our domestic air-ticketing business and hotel reservations business is a result of synergies from our packaged tour operations.

 
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Gross profit in our air-ticketing segment was $3,344,105 for the three months ended March 31, 2011, compared to $2,538,104 for the same quarter last year, an increase of $806,001, or approximately 31.76%. Gross profit margin for the three months ended March 31, 2011 was 63.57%, slightly lower than 64.98% for the same quarter last year. We anticipate that our gross margin in the air-ticketing segment will be stable and improve in the foreseeable future.

Gross profit in our hotel reservation segment was $2,319,569 for the quarter ended March 31, 2011 compared to $2,031,689 for the same quarter last year, an increase of $287,880, or approximately 14.17%. Gross profit margin in this segment for the three months ended March 31, 2011 was 62.79%, compared to 67.05% for the same quarter last year, a slight decrease of 4.26%. The decreased gross profit margin is mostly due to commission split to retail agencies to promote our business.

Gross profit in our packaged tour segment was $3,211,542 for the three months ended March 31, 2011 compared to $1,686,501 for the same quarter last year, an increase of $1,525,041, or approximately 90.43%. Gross profit margin in this segment for the quarter ended March 31, 2011 was 12.93% compared to 12.50% for the same quarter last year, an increase of 0.43%. The stability in gross margin for this segment was mainly attributable to improved profit margins from our five newly acquired subsidiaries into this segment. We believe that our strong local networks contacts and network established through are subsidiaries are critical in our nationwide expansion strategy.

Our air-ticketing and hotel reservations have much higher gross margin than our packaged tour business primarily as our revenues from air-ticketing and hotel reservation are the commission we generated. Our costs of service are mainly business taxes, systems and related technologies used in operations, costs associated with payment processing, and allocation of costs of labor and facilities, communications, and utility expenses, which all together are not substantial, while costs of services for the packaged tours include meals, transportation (airline tickets, train tickets and car rental), lodging, airport transfers, tickets to local attractions and tours, that all together are much substantial variable and fixed overheads.

Consolidated gross margin for the three months ended March 31, 2011 came in at 26.26%, a 4.37% decrease from the 30.63% in the same quarter last year. The lower gross margin is mainly due to our increased weight of our lower margin packaged tours segment in our revenue mix. Due to the difference in revenues recognition, our packaged tour segment has lower gross margin. During the first quarter of 2011, revenues generated from packaged tours grew at a much higher rate than revenues generated from air ticketing and hotel reservation segments as a result of acquisitions of five packaged tour travel agencies, leading to lower overall gross margin. However, management believes the packaged tour segment is critical to the substantial growth of air ticketing and hotel reservation segments in the long run, and overall gross margin is expected to improve as integration among segments improves and as our strategy increases focus on online development.

Selling, General and Administrative Expenses

Major selling, general, and administrative expenses for the three months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010 are as follows:
 
   
For the three months ended March 31,
   
Increase /
       
   
2011
   
2010
   
(Decrease)
   
Percentage
 
Salary and commission
  $ 446,353     $ 316,000     $ 130,353       41.25 %
Marketing
    336,076       71,242       264,834       371.74 %
Rent
    83,240       80,584       2,656       3.30 %
Depreciation and amortization
    238,591       232,562       6,029       2.59 %
Professional fees
    403,757       265,005       138,752       52.36 %
Stock-based compensation
    933,939       336,632       597,307       177.44 %
Other general and administrative expenses
    556,142       263,962       292,180       110.69 %
Total
  $ 2,998,098     $ 1,565,987     $ 1,432,111       91.45 %

 
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Selling, general and administrative expenses totaled $2,998,098 for the three months ended March 31, 2011 compared to $1,565,987 for the same quarter last year, an increase of $1,432,111, or approximately 91.45%.

Selling, general and administrative expenses were approximately 8.87% of revenue for the three months ended March 31, 2011 as compared to 7.67% for the same quarter last year. General increase in selling, general and administrative expenses are in connection with the growth in business operations during the first quarter of 2011, as compared to the same quarter last year. During the first quarter of 2011, we incurred extra professional fees, more amortization expenses of identified intangible assets and less depreciation expenses than the same quarter last year, and higher stock based compensation for 2010 incentive stock plan. To promote our businesses, especially air ticketing, we spent $234,352 on advertisements on popular Chinese websites in the first quarter of 2011, while we did not incur so much for the same quarter last year. The increased salary expense and commission are due to the increased split on commissions to large retail agencies and an increase in the number of new hires including employees from our five new acquisitions.

Other Income (Expenses)

Gain on change in fair value of derivative liability for the three months ended March 31, 2011 was $349,812 compared to $109,451 for the same quarter last year. The Company adopted Derivative and Hedging, ASC 815-40 effective January 1, 2009. The warrants issued in connection with the “Securities Purchase Agreement” dated August 28, 2008 were reclassified from equity to derivative liability and marked to market. Therefore, the Company recorded a gain on change in fair value of derivative liability of $349,812 on March 31, 2011 to mark to market for the decrease in fair value of the warrants from January 1, 2011 to March 31, 2011.

Net Income

Net income was $4,455,530, or 13.18% of revenues for the three months ended March 31, 2011, compared to $3,546,435, or 17.36% of revenues for the same quarter last year, an increase of $909,095, or 25.63%. The increase in net income is mostly due to our efforts to expand our business, our merger and acquisition strategy, and the non-cash gain on change in fair value of derivative liability.

LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

Cash for operations and liquidity needs are funded primarily through cash flows from operations and equity raise. Cash and cash equivalents were $58,682,354 as of March 31, 2011. Current assets and current liabilities as of March 31, 2011 were $115,112,099 and $8,562,735, respectively, yielding working capital of $106,549,364. We believe that the funds available to us from operations and equity raise are adequate to meet our operating needs for the next twelve months. For the three months ended March 31, 2011, net cash provided by operating activities was approximately $15,850,253, which resulted primarily from our operations and effective management of cash flow.

Capital Expenditure

Total capital expenditure for the three months ended March 31, 2011 was $18,249 to purchase fixed assets, primarily transportation equipment. Management may consider substantial increase in decoration and equipment or other supporting machinery expenditures as we start our franchise model and to support the fast development and expansion of our business.

 
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Working Capital Requirements

Historically, operations and short term financing have been sufficient to meet our cash needs. We believe that we will be able to generate revenue from operations to provide the necessary cash flow to meet anticipated working capital requirements. However, our actual working capital needs for the long and short term will depend upon numerous factors, including operating results, competition, the opportunity to acquire or start-up new businesses, and the availability of credit facilities, none of which can be predicted with certainty. Due to our rapid growth and expansion, our need for additional capital may arise, and management will seek to raise capital for the maintenance and expansion of our operations through the issuance of debt or equity if necessary. To satisfy these capital needs due to our broad expansion in PRC, we may incur additional capital expenditures.

We filed a Registration Statement on Form S-3 to register $50,000,000 worth of securities on August 7, 2009, which became effective on November 5, 2009. In December 15, 2009, we closed Subscription Agreements with certain investors to sell to them an aggregate of 2,222,222 shares of common stocks for net proceeds of $18.9 million. We also closed another common stock public offering transaction on June 16, 2010. In this transaction we issued 2,857,143 shares of common stocks for net proceeds of $18.8 million.

Unless otherwise indicated in a prospectus supplement, we intend to use the net proceeds from the sale of the securities under the S-3 registration for general corporate purposes, including expanding our products, and for general working capital purposes. We may also use a portion of the net proceeds to acquire or invest in businesses and products that are complementary to our own, although we have no current plans, commitments or agreements with respect to any acquisitions.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

We have never entered into any off-balance sheet financing arrangements except leases and have never established any special purpose entities. We have not guaranteed any debt or commitments of other entities or entered into any options on non-financial assets.

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.

We currently do not hold or use any derivative or other financial instruments that expose us to substantial market risk and we have no foreign exchange contracts.

We are exposed to foreign exchange risk arising from fluctuations in the exchange rate between U.S. Dollars and Renminbi. Our operations are located in the People’s Republic of China and substantially all of our revenues and assets are denominated in Renminbi. However our reporting currency is the U.S. Dollar and some of our expenses are denominated in U.S. Dollars. As a result, our financial results are potentially subject to the impact of changes in value between U.S. Dollars and Renminbi. If the Renminbi depreciates relative to the U.S. Dollar, the value of our revenues, earnings and assets as reported in our financial statements will decline.

 
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Item 4.   Controls and Procedures.

Evaluation of our Disclosure Controls

As of the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, our principal executive officer and principal financial officer have evaluated the effectiveness of our “disclosure controls and procedures” (“Disclosure Controls”). Disclosure Controls, as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), are procedures that are designed with the objective of ensuring that information required to be disclosed in our reports filed under the Exchange Act, such as this Quarterly Report, is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms. Disclosure Controls are also designed with the objective of ensuring that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including the chief executive officer (“CEO”) and chief financial officer (“CFO”), as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Our management, including the CEO and CFO, does not expect that our Disclosure Controls will prevent all error and all fraud. A control system, no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the control system are met. Further, the design of a control system must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints, and the benefits of controls must be considered relative to their costs. Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, within the company have been detected. These inherent limitations include the realities that judgments in decision-making can be faulty, and that breakdowns can occur because of simple error or mistake. The design of any system of controls also is based in part upon certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events, and there can be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions.

Based upon their controls evaluation, our CEO and CFO have concluded that our Disclosure Controls are effective at a reasonable assurance level.

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

There have been no changes in our internal controls over financial reporting during our first fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

PART II - OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1.
Legal Proceedings.

On April 15, 2011, the plaintiff Albert Snellink commenced this putative class action in the United States District Court, District of New Jersey against  the Company, and  Jiangping Jiang, Yizhao Zhang and Jing Xie, officers of the Company.  In the complaint, plaintiff alleges a claim for violations of Section 10(b) and Rule 10b-5 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), against all defendants, and a claim for a violation of Section 20(a) of the Exchange Act against the individual defendants in connection with purported misrepresentations contained in the Company’s public filings and press releases.  The complaint seeks unspecified compensatory damages, and his costs incurred in the action.  The Company’s time to answer or move with respect to the complaint has not yet expired.  The Company believes that the allegations of complaint are without merit, and intends to vigorously defend the lawsuit.

On May 20, 2011, the plaintiff Alex Lob commenced this derivative action in the First Judicial District Court of the State of Nevada in and for Carson City against the Company, and  Jiangping Jiang, Jing Xie, Huijie Gao, Jiduan Yuan, Lizong Wang, Wenbin An, Lawrence Lee, Yizhao Zhang and Liquan Wang, officers and directors of the Company.  In the complaint, plaintiff purports to assert derivative claims against the individual defendants for alleged breaches of fiduciary duties, waste of corporate assets and unjust enrichment based upon alleged conduct of the individual defendants which damaged  the Company’s reputation, goodwill and standing in the business community.  The complaint also alleges that such conduct may result in liability for violations of federal law. The complaint seeks, among other relief, the amount of damages sustained by the Company as a result of the Defendants’ breach of fiduciary duties, waste of corporate assets and unjust enrichment and plaintiff’s counsel’s, accountant’s and experts’ fees.  The Company’s time to answer or move with respect to the complaint has not yet expired.  The Company believes that the complaint has no merit and intends to vigorously defend the lawsuit.

Item 1A. Risk Factors

There have not been any material changes to the Company’s risk factors from its Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on June 8, 2011.

 
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Item 2.
Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

None.

Item 3.
Defaults Upon Senior Securities

None.

Item 4.
(Removed and Reserved).

Item 5.
Other Information

Not applicable.

Item 6.
Exhibits

Copies of the following documents are included as exhibits to this report pursuant to Item 601 of Regulation S-K.
  
Exhibit No. 
SEC Ref.
No.
Title of Document 
     
1
31.1
Certification of the Principal Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
     
2.
31.2
Certification of the Principal Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
     
3
32.1
Certification of the Principal Executive Officer pursuant to U.S.C. Section 1350 as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002*
     
4
32.2
Certification of the Principal Financial Officer pursuant to U.S.C. Section 1350 as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002*

* The Exhibit attached to this Form 10-Q shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) or otherwise subject to liability under that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

 
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SIGNATURES

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.

Date: July 22, 2011

 
UNIVERSAL TRAVEL GROUP
     
 
By:  
/s/ Jiangping Jiang
 
Jiangping Jiang
Chairwoman and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)

 
By:  
/s/ Jing Xie
 
Jing Xie
Chief Financial Officer
 (Principal Financial Officer)

 
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