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Indian OTAs – Who is riding the traffic wave?

By sinha 5 Comments

So the consolidation in Indian OTA business has begun and what’s interesting is that post Travelguru acquisition, Travelocity will be an OTA as well as a search player (iXiGo powers Travelguru’s flight search). We believe there will be further consolidation … Read More »

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18 May

Indian OTAs on Airline’s decision to launch their Agency (Rang7)

By sinha 12 Comments

We earlier covered the launch of Rang7, OTA created by Kingfisher/Spicejet and Indigo airlines that will enable users to buy tickets directly from the site (and help airlines reduce agency/distribution cost). Though there are few concerns we had regarding domain … Read More »

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26 Dec

Ghajini has a Gajodhar spoof from OkTataByeBye

By sinha 2 Comments

Interesting spoof by OkTataByeBye on Ghajini: What’s your take?

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15 Feb

Exclusive: mChek wins Global GSM award, powers MMT’s mobile product

By sinha 2 Comments

mChek on Airtel postpaid bill payment service has won the prestigious GSMA Global Mobile Award 2008 for Best Billing and Customer care solution. The award was announced at the 13th Annual GSM Association Global Mobile Awards 2008 at Barcelona on … Read More »

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15 Dec

Travel industry wrapup: MMT to foray into bus ticketing, Expedia to enter Indian market

By sinha 2 Comments

MakeMyTrip(MMT) to foray into bus ticketing service MMT, after raising $15mn is foraying into other areas like bus ticketing service – this, for sure is validation of RedBus.in’s business model. Too early to say whether MMT will buy some stake … Read More »

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10 Oct

Indian Travel Industry roundup: TravelGuru to acquire Desiya, MakeMyTrip raises $15mn, Yatra plans IPO

By sinha 12 Comments

It’s show time (as well as consolidation time) in the online Travel space and here is the current roundup: TravelGuru to acquire Desiya (reports vccircle) Gurgaon-based Desiya was founded in early 2005, and currently employs about 50 people. It only … Read More »

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