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Several reasons are cited for the growth and prosperity of India’s travel
and tourism industry. Economic growth has added millions annually to the
ranks of India’s middle class, a group that is driving domestic tourism
growth. Disposable income in India has grown by 10.11% annually from
2001-2006, and much of that is being spent on travel.
The keys trends are shift in competition from air to non-air segment, growing m-
commerce platform and offline counters, entry of meta search engines, travelogues
and booming religious tourism.
Make my trip.com:
MakeMyTrip.com, India’s leading online travel company was founded in the year
2000 by Deep Kalra. Created to empower the Indian traveller with instant booking
and comprehensive choices, the company began its journey in the US-India travel
market. It aimed to offer a range of best-value products and services along with
cutting-edge technology and dedicated round-the-clock customer support.
After consolidating its position in the market as a brand recognised for its reliability
and transparency, MakeMyTrip followed its success in the US by launching its India
operations in 2005.
With the foresight to seize the opportunities in the domestic travel market, brought on
by a slew of new airlines, MakeMyTrip offered travellers the convenience of online
travel bookings at rock-bottom prices. Rapidly, MakeMyTrip became the preferred
choice of millions of travellers who were delighted to be empowered by a few mouse
clicks!
MakeMyTrip’s rise has been lead by the vision and the spirit of each one of its
employees, for whom no idea was too big and no problem too difficult. With untiring
innovation and determination, MakeMyTrip proactively began to diversify its product
offering, adding a variety of online and offline products and services. MakeMyTrip
also stayed ahead of the curve by continually evolving its technology to meet the
ever changing demands of the rapidly developing global travel market.
Steadily establishing itself across India and the world, MakeMyTrip simultaneously
nurtured the growth of its offline businesses like its franchises and affiliates
simultaneously, augmenting the brand’s already strong retail presence further.
Today, MakeMyTrip is much more than just a travel portal or a famous pioneering
brand - it is a one-stop-travel-shop that offers the broadest selection of travel
products and services in India. MakeMyTrip is the undisputed online leader, with its
share of the travel market extending to more than 50% of all online sales, a fact
evinced by the trust placed in it by millions of happy customers.
Remaining reliable, efficient and at the forefront of technology, MakeMyTrip’s
commitment and customer-centricity allows it to better understand and provide for its
customers’ diverse needs and wants, and deliver consistently. With dedicated 24x7
customer support and offices in 20 cities across India and 2 international offices in
New York and San Francisco (in addition to several franchise locations),
MakeMyTrip is there for you, whenever and wherever.
Presently, the company is on track to achieve sales of INR 2500 crores
(approximately US$ 500 million) in the financial year ending March 2010, making it
India’s largest travel company.
In September 2005, MakeMyTrip.com launched its India operations and has been growing
exponentially ever since, with annual growth rates in excess of 100%. The company is on
track to achieve sales of $400M (Rs.1700 crores) in the f.y.e. March 2009. MakeMyTrip is
the dominant market leader with over 50% market share.
The young pioneer (MMT) in travel was voted one of Asia's hottest technology start
ups after undergoing a stringent review process, by Red Herring's editorial team. In a
recent development, Red Herring adjudged MakeMyTrip.com among the top 100
companies in Asia. It is also the top seller among online and offline travel companies
for all the major airlines and hotels in India. The head quarters of this company are
in Delhi. It’s a privately held company with around 750 employees. The revenue
generated in the current financial year by the company summed up to Rs.
$400,000,000.
In India it was founded by Mr. Deep Kalra. The co- founder of this avenue is Mr.
Sachin Bhatia.
MakeMyTrip.com ensures that every transaction you conduct online is in a safe and
secure environment. To achieve this, MakeMyTrip.com is protected by Secured
Socket Layer (SSL) technology by VeriSign, the leaders in encryption technology.
The process of encryption takes your credit card information and converts it into bits
of code that are securely transmitted over the Internet. This scrambled data cannot
be read as the information travels over the Internet. Your credit card details may be
shared with our service providers or vendors to the extent deemed to be necessary
In September 2005, MakeMyTrip.com launched its India operations and has been growing
exponentially ever since, with annual growth rates in excess of 100%. The company is on
track to achieve sales of $400M (Rs.1700 crores) in the f.y.e. March 2009. MakeMyTrip is
the dominant market leader with over 50% market share.
The young pioneer (MMT) in travel was voted one of Asia's hottest technology start
ups after undergoing a stringent review process, by Red Herring's editorial team. In a
recent development, Red Herring adjudged MakeMyTrip.com among the top 100
companies in Asia. It is also the top seller among online and offline travel companies
for all the major airlines and hotels in India. The head quarters of this company are
in Delhi. It’s a privately held company with around 750 employees. The revenue
generated in the current financial year by the company summed up to Rs.
$400,000,000.
Makemyrip.com is both B2C and B2B model. It is a transaction based revenue model. Their
main target is customers who travel, and those who access internet.It is financed by
Nexus India capital. The co- founder of this website is Mr. Sachin Bhatia.
MakeMyTrip.com ensures that every transaction you conduct online is in a safe and
secure environment. To achieve this, MakeMyTrip.com is protected by Secured
Socket Layer (SSL) technology by VeriSign, the leaders in encryption technology.
The process of encryption takes your credit card information and converts it into bits
of code that are securely transmitted over the Internet. This scrambled data cannot
be read as the information travels over the Internet. Your credit card details may be
shared with our service providers or vendors to the extent deemed to be necessary.
There are instances when the security issues has posed a threat to retain
consumers.
That's why we've provided this Privacy Policy, which sets forth our policies
regarding the collection, use and protection of the personal information of those
using the MakeMyTrip.com website. Personal information means information that
can be linked to a specific individual, such as name, address, telephone number, e
- mail address, and credit card number.
Financial Investors include SAIF Partners, Helion Venture
Partners, and Sierra Ventures
ABN AMRO Bank in association with India's leading travel portal MakeMyTrip.com launched
the Travel Credit Card `GO'. The `'GO Card is a distinctive offering in the travel credit card
space; powered by `GO' Miles it has a unique rewards program which gives the cardmember a
chance to redeem points as Cash against any air ticket to any destination or any hotel stay or
holiday booked on MakeMyTrip.com. That's not all, to ensure that cardmember could quickly
fund his/her own travel there is an option of `Accelerated GO Miles' whereby the cardmember
gets up to 10 times more rewards on purchases made at MakeMyTrip.com. The Card also
comes with a comprehensive range of travel related offers and discounts.
Airline
Air Canada – Outstanding Performance – 2008
Singapore Airlines – Top Passenger Agent – 2007-08
British Airways – Outstanding Revenue Contribution – 2007-08
Air Mauritius – All India Top Ten Agent//Top North India Sales Award – 2006-
07//2007-08
Cathay Pacific – Outstanding Performance – 2007
Malaysia Airlines – Top Agent Award – 2007
Lufthansa – Outstanding Performance – 2006-07
Kingfisher Airlines – Outstanding Performance – 2006-07
Indian Airlines – Achieving Highest Domestic Passenger Sales – 2006-07
Air India – Outstanding Contribution to Passenger Sales – 2005-06
Jet Airways – Award of Excellence – 2005-06
Gulf Air – Continuous Support
MakeMyTrip’s Services:
International and Domestic Air Tickets- : Search, compare and book
tickets on any airline, including LCCs (Low Cost Carriers)
and full service airlines
Holiday Packages – tour packages to travel around the globe at affordable
prices.
Hotels - Real-time booking of over 25,000 domestic and
international hotels at discounted tariffs
Domestic Bus and Rail Tickets-
Private Car and Taxi Rentals- it provides services such as personal cars for
tourist who book through them.
Weekend Breaks: Thousands of options for short stay
holidays at all price points
MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences & Exhibitions) - The meetings,
incentive, conferences and exhibitions team provides a
stellar service which has been testified by over 200
corporate houses.
Road trips: Myriad options for motorable trips from all
large cities; with interactive maps
1. BRANCHES OF MAKEMYTRIP :
They have several bracnes all over the world. The branches that are being
operated in India and other countries are mentioned below:
INDIA
Mumbai Nagpur
Ahmedabad Kolkata
Vadodara Nashik
Bangalore Chennai
Surat Goa
Guwahati ludhiana
Hyderabad Lucknow
GLOBAL BRANCHES :
U.S.A NEW YORK
AUSTRALIA SYDNEY
WHAT PERSONAL INFORMATION WE COLLECT FROM YOU AND HOW WE USE IT?
When browsing our site, you are not required to provide any personal information unless
and until you choose to make a purchase or sign up for one of our e-mail newsletters or
other services as described below.
Making a Purchase
In order to purchase travel and/or related services through our site, you must provide us
with certain personal information such as your name, credit card number and expiration
date, credit card billing address, telephone number, e - mail address and the name or
names of the person(s) traveling (if not you). We may also ask you for other personal
information, such as your frequent traveler numbers. We require this information to
process, fulfill and confirm your reservations and transactions and keep you informed of
each transaction's status. If you are making a reservation for one or more travelers other
than yourself, you must confirm and represent that each of these other travelers have
agreed, in advance, that you may disclose their personal information to us.
Member Registration
If you choose to become a registered member of MakeMyTrip.com site, you must provide
your name, address, telephone number, e-mail address, a unique login name, password,
and password validation, and a password hint to help you remember your password. This
information is collected on the registration form for several reasons including but not limited
to:
Personal identification
To complete air, hotel, car, and other reservations
To allow us to contact you for customer service purposes, if necessary
To customize the content of our site to strive to meet your specific needs; and/or
To make product or other improvements to our site. In addition, we need your e - mail
address to confirm your new member registration and each reservation you transact on
our site. As a MakeMyTrip.com site member you will also occasionally receive updates
from us about fare sales in your area, special offers, new MakeMyTrip services, and
other noteworthy items. However, you may choose at any time to no longer receive
these types of e - mail messages. Please see our Opt - Out Policy described below for
details.
Member Profile
As a MakeMyTrip.com site member, you can choose to complete your online profile by
providing us with travel preferences, frequent - traveler or affinity numbers, credit card
billing information, paper ticket delivery address, and other personal information. This
information is primarily used to assist you in making reservations quickly without having to
type in the same information repeatedly. For example, you can store your airline frequent -
flyer numbers so that when your make a reservation on that airline, we may automatically
pre - fill the frequent - flyer number input box for you.
Online Surveys
MakeMyTrip values opinions and comments from members, so we frequently conduct
online surveys. Participation in these surveys is entirely optional. Typically, the information
is aggregated, and used to make improvements to the MakeMyTrip.com site and its
services and to develop appealing content, features and promotions for MakeMyTrip.com
site members. Survey participants are anonymous unless otherwise stated in the survey.
Cookies:
"Cookies" are small pieces of information that are stored by your browser on your
computer's hard drive. There are many myths circulating about cookies, but you should
know that cookies are only read by the server that placed them, and are unable to do such
things as run programs on your computer, plant viruses or harvest your personal
information. The use of cookies is very common on the Internet and MakeMyTrip's use of
cookies is similar to that of such sites as Expedia and Orbitz, as well as Yahoo!, CNN.com
and other reputable online companies.
First and foremost, you can rest assured that no personally identifiable information ("PII")
about you (e.g., name, address, etc.) is gathered or stored in the cookies placed by the
MakeMyTrip.com site and, as a result, none can be passed on to any third parties.
Cookies allow us to serve you better and more efficiently, and to personalize your
experience at our site. MakeMyTrip uses cookies to personalize your experience on the
MakeMyTrip.com site, and with respect to advertisements. As to the former, these types of
cookies allow you to log in without having to type your log - in name each time (only your
password is needed. We may also use such cookies to display an advertisement to you
while you are on MakeMyTrip.com site or to send you a "Best Day to Buy" email (or similar
emails - assuming you have not opted out of receiving such emails) focusing on
destinations in which we think you might be interested. None of this information is passed
to any third party, and is used solely by us to provide you with a better user experience on
MakeMyTrip.com site.
A cookie may also be placed by our advertising server. Such cookies are used only for
purposes of tracking the effectiveness of advertising served by us on our site and no PII is
gathered from you by the use of these cookies, nor is this information shared with any third
parties. Similarly, a cookie may be placed by our third - party advertising companies.
These companies may use aggregated statistics about your visits to this and other web
sites in order to provide advertisements about travel - related goods and services that you
may be interested in. The information they collect does not include your PII.
The third - party advertising companies may also employ technology that is used to
measure the effectiveness of ads. Any such information is anonymous. They may use this
anonymous information about your visits to this and other sites in order to provide
advertisements about goods and services of potential interest to you. No PII is collected
during this process. The information is anonymous, and does not link online actions to an
identifiable person. If you would like more information, and want to explore the option of not
having this information collected by third - party advertisers.
Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies. Of course, by changing the options on
your web browser or using certain software programs, you can control how and whether
cookies will be accepted by your browser. MakeMyTrip supports your right to block any
unwanted Internet activity, especially that of unscrupulous websites. However, blocking
MakeMyTrip cookies may disable certain features on the MakeMyTrip.com site, and may
make it impossible to purchase or use certain services available on the MakeMyTrip.com
site. Please note that it is possible to block cookie activity from certain websites while
permitting cookies from sites you trust, like MakeMyTrip.
What further differentiates them is that they believe in working out the plans of the
program much before the allotted time.
Affiliate Partners:
• HindustanTimes.com
• Sify.com
• Adchakhra.com
• Tyroo.com
• Komli.com
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• Flights
Makemytrip has tie up’s with the following locations for hotels
which includes the 5 stars and 3 stars hotels in the below
mentioned locations.
• Hotels
Online portals:
Yatra:
Yatra.com
Yatra Online Pvt. Ltd. is a smart travel company providing information, pricing,
availability and booking facility for air travel, hotels, buses and car rentals across
5000 large cities and small rural areas around the globe. As an online travel
company, Yatra.com acts as a complete tour planner for travelers and is a one-stop
shop for every travel need.
The Yatra.com team is currently 700 people strong with staff being based across 16
cities in India. Yatra.com wins the ‘BEST ONLINE TRAVEL AGENCY’ Award for the Year
2008
By Galileo Express Travel World
Travelchacha.com
travelChaCha.com is a part of Culture Holidays India Pvt. Ltd, a complete TRAVEL
MANAGEMENT COMPANY teamed by hardcore professionals with average experience of 12 years
in overseas client servicing and growing in geometric proportions, approved by the Government of
India, Department of Tourism and also a members of ASTA (American Society of Travel Agents) and
IATO (Indian Association of Tour Operators ).
India, the country of thousand facets has it all, from the desert frontier of Rajasthan to splendid
Himalayan hideaways, an incredibly dissimilar South, endless beaches, wildlife encounters, erotically
appealing sculpture on granite, encomiums of rare art and craft, serene landscapes and monumental
edifices of five millennia waiting to be explored and that is where we, travelChaCha.com, a
professional at the epitome of success on Indian tourism-step in to help you to zero down on the right
kind of places you want to visit and to help you getting closer to your destination of dreams.
travelChaCha.com is the travel site that gives the users the best deals possible.That's not all,
several consumers today can plan entire vacations by just logging on to our website.
travelChaCha.com has everything that one needs to know about going on a trip to one
destination. Our customers have been our ^ambassador^. A corporate culture of PUTTING PEOPLE
FIRST has given us the edge and made us FIRST AMONG EQUALS We stand tall among the herd.
Being different from the rest . Being the leader not a follower has made us the proverbial 24 karat gold
which has been tempered. We have been recognized in the industry as being the consumer's best
travel companion. We have been operating a variety of tours for our Groups and Individual tourists
and have been able to mastermind our tours with great deal of efficiency. Our tours are as below:
Tailor-made packages, cultural tours, adventure tours, religious tours, yoga & meditation tours,
Rejuvenation & Ayurveda tours, safaris, special interest tours, conferences, incentives and much
more in the Indian Subcontinent. Other services are Hotel Booking, Air Booking, Itinerary Planning
and Tailor Made Holiday,
Travelchacha.com is a leading india travel agent and tour operator providing unparalleled
tour packages that perfectly suit the budget traveler and holiday seeker. It is backed by
superior technology and excellent customer service with unmatched convenience of 24×7
Online Hotel Reservations Guide which make it easier for travelers to make travel and
vacation reservations at their finger tips.Book Cheap flight tickets @ Free taxes extra.
Travelmartindia.com:
TMI is a part of the Gursahani Group of Companies, and we have interests ranging from
Travel, Healthcare and Real Estate Management etc.
TMI has been established since the last 26 years and offers the following Travel services:
TMI has a large network of Travel Affiliates worldwide (more than 26 Countries) which
enables us to fulfill our client’s customized Leisure Holiday requirements in an effective and
timely manner.
TMI has a strong and experienced Management Team supported by an experienced dynamic
Middle Management Team and we currently have staff strength of more than 50 Executives.
TMI pioneered India’s first Online Travel Portal and our mantra is to use the synergy of
People, Process and Technology to deliver exceptional value to our clients.
Our experience of over 2 decades in the Travel Business , has enabled us to develop a strong
internal processes and tools like CRM, Knowledge Management, Corporate Intranet etc to
effectively service the increasing demands of our clients.
At TMI ,we firmly believe that our success story has been scripted by YOU …
our customer who has reposed faith in our services over the years….we feel
that this is the best form of advertisement…rather than spending money on Full
Page Ads & Expensive TV commercials ( …hey…we are not taking a dig at
our competitors) , but we honestly believe that we should pass the benefit to
our customers ( who are spending their hard earned money)
Our efforts have been recognized, year after year by our various partners in
Service, the following are the awards which have been bestowed on us.
Originally known as Sound Travels, we have been in the travel industry for
over 23 years .. At the beginning of the millennium, we transformed
ourselves to Travelmartindia.com, India's first brick and click company,
making us the first Indian IATA travel company to have it's own e-
commerce travel portal.
Travel guru.com:
Travelguru is India’s leading travel website, offering you the best prices on flights,
hotels and holiday packages across India and the world. Travelguru makes planning
and buying a holiday or a business trip easy and convenient.
Transparency: We have no bias towards any airline or hotel. We present you with all available
options and you decide what the best option for you is. Also, our prices are inclusive of all taxes
Choice: We offer access to deals on more than 500 airlines and 90,000 hotels across the globe and
the options continue to grow.
Convenience: As a one-stop shop, Travelguru allows you to view all deals on a single website –
www.travelguru.com. You can also call us on +91 22 4275 4878 (standard charges apply) between
8am-10pm. You can also SMS “TRIP” to 58888 and one of our reservation agents will call you to help
you plan and book your travel.
Savings: We can offer you the best deals that are available thanks to various alliances we
have entered into with leading airlines and hotels.
Security: Travelguru understands your need to transact in a safe and secure environment.
All your information, be it financial or otherwise, is protected using the Secure Socket Layer
(SSL) technology standards from Thawte.
Travelguru’s flight booking engine is powered by iXiGO.com®, the award winning meta
search engine available on the internet and mobile. iXiGO searches across multiple airlines
and finds the best deals for travelers.
Travelguru’s current product offering consists of airline tickets, hotel rooms, vacation
packages and cruises. We will shortly be expanding our services to offer a wide
array of travel-related services including car rentals.
Comparison of traffic of diff online
portals:
Source: quantcast
Yatra n mmt are two popular websites that offrbook railway, airline, bus & hotel
tickets. Both these websites give you the comfort of ordering tickets from home with
just a click of mouse.
b.) Yatra.com offers the following booking services : airline, railway and bus tickets
and reserve hotel rooms and car rentals throught call center/internet.
makemytrip.com offers all the above services except railway & bus. However
maketrip.com visitors also have the option of Car rentals in popular Indian cities
c.) I ran both the websites on firefox ( sorry Microsoft I’m not an IE fan ) both the
websites have pretty much the same look and feel except for the fact that Yatra’s
homepage seems more dominate by text/content. Perhaps Boman Irani is Yatra’s
brand ambassador. Both the websites have made pitches for “holidays” both
domestic & international. Yatra.com’s navigation menu ( not exactly a menu but
clickable links at the top) are better from the usability perspective.
d.) Makemytrip.com has two irritating links of “We are hiring” & “Corporate level”.
Two blinking bright colored links which are irritating to the eyes. ( seems they’ve
used Java Script.)
e.) Yatra.com has a toll-free customer care number which was not evident on
makemytrip.com’s website. (Is it there or not ? I couldn’t see a search-tab either. I’m
not sure but perhaps “online ticketing websites” don’t need a search function despite,
the extensive pages in the website.
f.) makemytrip.com does need people as is evident from its recruitment section.
Yatra.com on the other hand has a couple of jobs in the tech. domain at its Gurgaon
office. Seems makemytrip.com is on a hiring spree for people from all domains
( definitely some customer care execs. ) I didn’t google much on makemytrip’s hiring
plans though. Yatra on the other hand seems to have enough people on board and
wants a couple of (atleast) techies.
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