Travelocity’s Case Against Cleartrip – CEO And Director Arrested, Released

by | posted: August 10, 2010
Yesterday, Cleartrip CEO Stuart Crighton and Director Amit Taneja participated (read arrested) in the investigation conducted by ACP Surender Singh, Gurgaon Police. The arrest was made based on a complaint...
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80% Urban Indians Plan Holidays Via Travel Portals – Are The Best Days Back?

by | posted: August 31, 2009
When was the last time you booked a ticket using one of the online travel portals like MakeMyTrip or Yatra? Even if you think that was long time back, chances are high that you used them at least to check...
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Travelocity Buys Travelguru – Implications For Indian OTA Space?

by | posted: August 18, 2009
In what seems to be a first of its kind deal (in terms of size – though the actual acquisition price isnt disclosed) in the Indian online travel space Travelocity – the global travel giant...
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Recap 2008: Online Travel

by | posted: December 31, 2008
The year 2008 can be termed as the year of online travel as this space has seen immense traction all throughout the year. Whether it was launching of discounted travel, expansions, acquisitions, investments,...
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RateGain Launches Hotelly.com For India – An International Hotel Comparison Site

by | posted: December 9, 2008
RateGain a Noida based technology company has launched a video and price comparison site for international hotels by the name of hotelly.com. This site was launched in the UK in november and is now launched...
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iXiGo Now To Power Flight Search & Booking On TravelGuru.com

by | posted: November 24, 2008
Travelguru.com which initially started as a flight booking platform but later repositioned its core focus from Flights to hotel booking has now taken a step futher to ‘cut costs’ and further...
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CitiBank Travelguru Tieup For TravelRewards.co.in – A Marketing Gimmick For Slowdown?

by | posted: November 12, 2008
Citibank India and travelguru.com have come together to launch TravelRewards.co.in, a travel rewards platform for its cardholders which will earn them reward points and discounts on their spending on hotel...
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State of Affairs: WATBlog Analyses The Indian Online Travel Space

by | posted: September 24, 2008
Innovations, deals, slowdown, growth, if anyone has been tracking the Online Travel Agents and Portals space lately it is abuzz with news of all kinds. The highs and travails of being one of the few successful...
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TravelGuru Sells Out To Expedia For 17 Million $ – Finally Some Travel Consolidation!

by | posted: June 30, 2008
Update: Travelguru Founder has denied the story but speculation still exists and now the valuation is being pegged at 75 million $ and acquisition at a higher amount!   Earlier Posted:The travel scene...
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Travel Update: Travel Portals Looking at Models Beyond Ticketing as Margins Dwindle. A Birds Eye View of Online Travel in India and Insights on the Future

by | posted: May 22, 2008
Firstly I don’t think many of the ‘travel’ portals that mainly sell tickets can be considered as ‘travel’ portals anyway. They are ticketing portals. Or rather they were. Some of them are changing...
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iXiGo Launches Hotel Search

by | posted: April 9, 2008
iXiGO.com which recently got funded has launched hotel search. Hotels has been a domain which first came into focus when travelguru shifted its focus from being a flight booking engine to a hotel booking...
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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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Travelguru Goes Shopping: Buys Out Desiya.com For $25 million

by | posted: December 20, 2007
These days we hear a lot about company mergers, partnership and all. Few days back, we heard about Google partnering with HolidayIQ. This partnership simplified the local search for hotels, resorts and...
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Expedia to launch Indian site soon!

by | posted: October 18, 2007
We have mentioned earlier how the Indian Online travel space is one of the most crowded spaces in the Internet arena. Also now international players are also wanting to be a part of this crowd. So if earlier...
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Online Travel Portals Taking Flight To Offer Cool Discount Deals

by | posted: October 12, 2007
Most travel portals are catching up on the festival spree that starts right from the months Aug-Sept-Oct each year as the volume of travelers through Air, Road and Rail increases. The travel portals are...
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Get a room…Anywhere, Any Budget! – Travelguru promises

by | posted: June 9, 2007
Riding high on its recognition as “India’s largest hotel network”, travelguru has come with a guaranteed hotel room anywhere, and budget. Their marketing campaign for the same takes off...
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