Rumor machine is On and the machine indicates that an Indian travel biggie is up for grabs.
While the machine cannot disclose the exact names, it has thrown some hints:
- The travel company has a “verb” in it’s name (see the list of Indian Travel OTAs)
- The acquiring company name has elements of “world’s knowledge base”.
While we wait for the story to unfold, wanna take a shot at names?
By the way, the rumor machine earlier confirmed MIH/Burrp talks.
Dude
I have tried all weird combination!! Wanna ask ur “rumor’ m/c to give more hints?
is it Yatra.com ??
Nopes buddy
holidayiq / tripadvisor?
Nopes! Not Yatra..not holidayiq/tripadvisor!
make thy trip dat kaam is it ?
So,Google buys makemytrip.com , huh ?
nice.
Is it eZeego? they have been spending a lot of money on traffic acquisition (read boosting valuations) these days….and if you are hinting at Nasper (MIH) being the acquirer..then I seriously wonder what is Mr. Kashyap thinking….Will wait for ur response Ashish..
Oh ! Sulekha
Hmmm….well one of you is real close
..and i know who
if buyer is Google than there is a big chance that its Cleartrip .
thanks to common investor in both of the companies KPCB .
this is not to say that Cleartrip is a inferior product
@Prashant: Buyer is not Google
Is this buyer itself in online travel industry like expedia, travelocity orbitz???
Expedia? But they have set up their own office in Gurgaon.