TravelGuru To Acquire Desiya.com

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• VC Circle
• Online Travel Agency
• Amit Taneja

1. TravelGuru, an Online Travel Agency (OTA) funded by Sequoia Capital and Battery Ventures, is close to acquiring another travel portal, Desiya.com, reports VC Circle. Desiya Founder and CEO Amit Taneja has refused to confirm the development.
   
   
   Desiya was founded in 2005 by Amit Taneja, Reuel Ghosh and Andrew Morsi, and has offices in Gurgaon and Kolkata in India and London and New Jersey. It currently employs around 50 people and has a network of 3300 hotels. Around a year ago, Desiya had signed a deal to power MSNs travel section, but that mandate now ... (Read Full Article)
   
   

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