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Hotel.com Adds New iPad Apps To Its Mobile Portfolio

Hotels.com, one of the better known hotel booking website, has launched a new specially-designed iPad application available for free download. Available in more than 30 languages, the app allows users...
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Hotel Aggregation Company MagicRooms Acquired By Yatra

It was reported that Yatra.com had raised investment of 200 crore from investors like Valiant Capital Management, Norwest Venture Partners (NVP) and Intel Capital.  The investment was utilized to modify...
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Intel Capital’s Investment Of Rs. 80 Crores In Five Indian Firms

Last year, Intel invested in $77 million in 18 companies estimating there would  be a breakthrough into domains like smartphones, tablets and smart T.Vs. Presently,  it is declared that Intel Capital...
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Yatra.com Raises Investment Of Over 200 crores – Pre IPO Investment?

Investors like Valiant Capital Management, Norwest Venture Partners (NVP) and Intel Capital have invested Rs.200 crore into Yatra.com, online travel company. According , to Yatra.com this investment is...
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Companies Cash In On World Cup Fever With Cricket-Themed Games

With the world cup mania at its peak, companies are launching online cricket games and apps to ride the wave. The target audiences seem receptive enough as the these games are giving these sites high traffic...
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Starting Up – Is There A Right Time? – Panel Discussion At TiEcon 2009, Delhi

As the title conveys this panel discussion at the first  day of TiEcon Delhi tried to answer the question whether it’s downturn or not, is there a right time to start a business. The panelists included: Ms....
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Yatra Opens Up To Ads – A Sign Of Revenue Pressure On OTA’s?

Yatra.com the OTA backed by Reliance Capital and Capital18 has announced that its opening up of its travel site for advertising. Yatra.com is pitching itself to be the destination which is visited by a...
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Tencent Holdings To Buy Out 50% In MIH India (Ibibo Web Pvt Ltd) For 7.5 Million $

This is just in: According this news piece Tencent Holdings Ltd a hongkong listed firm said it has secured an option to acquire up to 50 pct of MIH India Global Internet Ltd. They will be doing so by investing...
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Online Travel Moving Towards Aggregators While OTA Look Offline

Online travel has been a really bitterly fought segment with tonnes of funded players and many of them having more money than they need. With so many options to buy tickets Travel aggregators have come...
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“Online Travel Market To Touch USD 6 Billion By 2010”- Dhruv Shringi – CEO Yatra.com

Yatra.com, one of the online travel website that offers booking tickets have reached a revenue of 120mn$ by the end of 2007 and now claims to reach the sales of 210mn$ in2008. Country’s online travel...
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Are we ready for Travel 2.0 ?

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”

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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Sify In Tie Up Mode! Forges ties with Yatra.com and Deal4loans.com

There are two tie up news this week both concerning Sify Technologies.   Sify ties up with Yatra.com    In the first one Sify has tied up with Yatra.com to provide on counter payment through...
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Cleartrip.Com Goes International!

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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