Online Ticketing Agents (OTA), especially for movies, are being questioned by Bombay High Court (HC) for overcharging patrons who purchase movie tickets from them, reports Medianama. The HC has asked multitude of online companies like BookMyShow.com, Big Cinema, Fame India, INOX, Fun Multiplex, Sterling, Globus Cinema, New Excelsior, 24 Karat Multiplex, HDIL Broadway, Abhiruchi City Pride and E-Square...

After the success of its Android app, Goibibo.com has launched its iOS app. The OTA, though a bit late to enter the iOS ecosystem, has done a sleek job in designing the app. The app only facilitates domestic and international flight bookings for now, so that is one limitation. But I guess they will soon integrate other services like hotel bookings, bus bookings too. The landing page of the app will...

Online Travel Agency (OTA) MakeMyTrip’s (MMT) financial results have a few interesting patterns that indicate the progress of the segment & preferences of online travelers. MakeMyTrip generated gross revenue of US$ 228.8 Million in the year ended March 31, 2013, an increase of 16.4% (29.7% if currency fluctuation is not factored) over the previous year. However, the company reported 1.4% decline...

In what could be called a bold move, Goibibo has announced that it will guarantee a bus ticket booking for all of its customers whose tickets get cancelled due to unavoidable reasons. And what if they don’t? The company says that it will give back double the money to the affected consumer. While this particular line of marketing is not unheard of, this is the first time that I am hearing of this...

Even though booking flight tickets online has become simpler thanks to multiple OTAs vying for your attention and business, it seems there are quite a few pain points that have ended up not being solved in the online flight booking process. One of them is rescheduling flights. Normally, you have to call the OTA or the airline customer support. You are then inundated with flight information and making...

It’s that time of the year when absolutely every brand tries its hands to leverage the IPL in order to get the attention of their target audiences. Most often it results in pointless ad campaigns which have no real connect with anything. In fact, there is an overdose of this tried, tested and now mediocre approach towards advertising every year. Very few brands end up doing something interesting....

A prominent player in global travel, with multiple operational web entities, the Altria TCB Group has decided to expand its operations in the Indian Sub-Continent. Using its flagship subsidiary, ‘The American Holiday’ (TAH), Altria is positive about getting the relevant traction & response. The company claims to offer multiple single-window services to continents like Australia, Asia, Africa,...

Cleartrip has announced a new service for International flights called Pricewatch. True to its name, the service tracks the often volatile pricing of International flights after you have booked a ticket  and books a cheaper ticket for you on the same flight. The difference is then given back to the customer. Here is an excerpt from the official Cleartrip blogpost which explains the process. “As...

The Indian arm of the US online travel agency (OTA) Travelocity is now shut. It appears that the company which sold its hotel booking site TravelGuru to Yatra.com last year is now redirecting all its India traffic to the global site. On visiting the India site, you are greeted with a thank you page that informs you that Travelocity India is no longer operational. The site gives customer care and booking...

TravelMasti is holiday booking package service which works both in the online and offline space. The company has been doing offline operations in Dehradun, Rajkot, Surat and Jamnagar as part of its TravelMasti Lounge Network. The company was founded in 2006 and had raised capital from Bennett Coleman Company Limited (BCCL) the following year. The company has now been acquired by travel aggregator...