WWW: WAT Weekly WrapUp 8th August – 15th August 2010

This week saw the Blackberry – DoT saga continue. Most companies faced a tough week as RCOM and Airtel results showed losses, Cleartrip’s CEO and Director were arrested, Google’s South...
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Travelocity’s Case Against Cleartrip – CEO And Director Arrested, Released

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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Travelocity Buys Travelguru – Implications For Indian OTA Space?

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

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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Online Travel Portals Taking Flight To Offer Cool Discount Deals

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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Online travel – Are we in a crowded space?

A lot has been spoken about how indian online travel is booming! There is also a lot of news articles on all sorts of travel sites poping up. And now it seems even international players are down in India...
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