By Casey Hall
SHANGHAI, May 25 (Reuters) - Chinese food delivery giant Meituan on Thursday posted a bigger-than-expected 26.7% rise in quarterly revenue as it fended off competition from rivals such as Alibaba-backed Ele.me and ByteDance unit Douyin.
Meituan - whose app provides services including bike-sharing, ticket-booking and maps - reported January to March revenue of 58.62 billion yuan ($8.48 billion), up from 46.27 billion yuan a year earlier.
The result compared with the 56.48 billion yuan average of 14 analyst estimates compiled by Refinitiv.
($1 = 6.9121 Chinese yuan renminbi)
(Reporting by Casey Hall; Editing by Jan Harvey)
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