Events Update : NDTV New Media Congress, IAMAI Online Travel Conference

by | posted: April 21, 2008
NDTV New Media Congress   As a part of its endeavour to emerge as a thought leader in the New Media space, NDTV Convergence is organizing the New Media Congress in New Delhi on 8-May-2008.   On...
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Travelobuddies.com = Social Utility Services + Travelers Community

by | posted: February 11, 2008
  Previously we have blogged on travel social networking site WAYN coming to India and on the Travel + Web 2.0 strategy of other travel sites.     Now, another player Travelobuddies has...
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Are we ready for Travel 2.0 ?

by | posted: February 4, 2008
Travel planning and booking on the web are among the most popular online activities and online travel sales are growing at an explosive rate in India.Online travel in India is expected to double by 2008,...
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MakeMyTrip.com Tries To Attract Holiday Travellers With “Holiday Plus”

by | posted: February 1, 2008
Few days back we had discussed about Travelguru TAP’ing with bloggers and website holders. Travelguru is focusing on hotels now which itself is a big market whether for business travelers or leisure...
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Travelguru To TAP The Long Tail Of Blogs & Websites Through An Affiliate Program

by | posted: January 30, 2008
  Sometime back Travelguru had gone for shopping and bought desiya.com. This deal helped travelguru to build a strong base in UK. Google’s partnership with HolidayIQ simplified the search...
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Sampurn Steps Into Online Travel Industry With FundooTrip.com

by | posted: January 11, 2008
With lots of mergers and acquisitions, Indian online travel industry is booming up. Some time back we had blogged about Travelguru buying Desiya for Rs 100 crores. Online travel industry is adding a lot...
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Social Networking Diversifying Fast To Capture Every Possible Opportunity!

by | posted: November 1, 2007
As we had earlier blogged about the social networking sites taking over the world, the trend is fast evolving into tapping the available opportunities as well as fast creating the opportunity for the lay...
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Cleartrip.Com Goes International!

by | posted: October 30, 2007
We had earlier mentioned in our blog that online travel bookings are booming in India. It is one of the hassle free ways to book your tickets instantly. Lately many of the offline players are switching...
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Indian E-Commerce Trade To Cross Rs. 9000 Crores By End Of Mar’08

by | posted: October 9, 2007
As we had mentioned in our previous posts about Fabmall-manorama launching an e-commerce site and the launch of Futurebazaar, Indian e-commerce market is booming right now. Big players like Big Bazaar,...
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Search, Book & Pay for Airline tickets from your mobile

by | posted: April 20, 2007
  Travelmartindia India’s first E-commerce Travel portal has recently launched a service that allows customers to Search, Book and make Payment of Airline tickets using sms on mobile phones....
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Sabeer Bhatia officially relaunches Arzoo as Travel portal

by | posted: October 6, 2006
Well i think most people would know about Sabeer Bhatia’s Arzoo.com which has been relaunched as a travel portal. It has been in testing mode for sometime and infact i had also seen a few ads in...
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New Websites launched – issue 2

by | posted: September 16, 2006
Continuing with our series on latest entrants into the internet space in India, here’s a new list of those we could get our hands on: Stockhive – "Stockhive provides individual investors...
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Raj travels looking at Indian hotel bookings

by | posted: September 13, 2006
Raj Travels is one of the oldest travel and tour operators based out of Mumbai and it also owns the online bus coach service Rajnationalexpress.in. Although it has not ventured into the online travel space...
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Get ready for Maha yatra

by | posted: September 13, 2006
Yatra is one travel portal that is targetting the masses in a big way and when i say masses i mean B and C class towns and cities in a bid to differentiate itself from other travel portals. To make sure...
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New websites Launched – Issue 1

by | posted: September 6, 2006
The Internet space seems to be hotting up each day as new websites are launched. Some of these websites are noteworthy hence we thought of a "New websites launched" series which would mention...
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Lintas wins Ministry of Tourism account

by | posted: September 5, 2006
Industry sources say that Ministry of Tourism (MoT) is planning an online spend of Rs 14-15 crore, among the highest online spends for an organisation in India and to advertise online has roped in Lintas...
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