Tripmela

Quiz : Who acquired Tripmela?

By sinha 4 Comments

We conduct quiz on twitter (follow us) everyday @ 2 PM and the same enthusiasm has now percolated to pluGGd.in. So today’s quiz question – Who acquired Tripmela? To give you some context, Tripmela was a deal sourcing site and … Read More »

Indian travel Industry, ixigo, tripmela

05 Feb

TripMela sold for Rs. 112,000

By sinha 7 Comments

TripMela (travel lead generator), which put itself for sale @ eBay was sold for a paltry sum of Rs. 112,000! At the time of sale, tripmela’s revenues (as reported) were in the range of Rs. 1- 1.25L per month and … Read More »

tripmela

10 Dec

TripMela shuts shop – on sale @ eBay

By sinha 1 Comment

Travel lead generator, TripMela has decided to shut down their operations and the site is on sale @ eBay.in Tripmela’s business model revolved around lead generation (via travel newsletters) and has an opt-in email database of 80,000 subscribers. We’ve done … Read More »

ShortCircuit, tripmela

07 Jun

Online Travel Industry in India – the story so far

By sinha 28 Comments

The online travel market, as we all know is overcrowded. Here is a quick recap of the existing players, what they do and their funding status: OTA (online travel agency) Funding Investor Extra plugs FlightRaja (now called Via) $5 million … Read More »