Articles for "Travel"

1. Organizations in the News

   (30 articles) Yatra

   (22 articles) Ixigo

   (16 articles) TiE

   (15 articles) Travelguru Affiliate Program

   (12 articles) Kingfisher

   (8 articles) VC Circle

   (8 articles) Travelocity

   (6 articles) Irctc

   (6 articles) Mahindra Group

   (6 articles) Economic Times

2. People in the News

   (15 articles) Sandeep Murthy

   (10 articles) Aloke Bajpai

   (8 articles) Dhruv Shringi

   (6 articles) Ashish Sinha

   (5 articles) Sachin Bhatia

   (5 articles) Nikhil Pahwa

   (4 articles) Sharat Dhall

   (3 articles) Amit Taneja

   (3 articles) Ashwin Damera

   (3 articles) Hrush Bhatt

3. VC Funds in the News

   (6 articles) Sequoia Capital

   (5 articles) Draper Fisher Jurvetson

   (2 articles) Battery Ventures

   (2 articles) DAG Ventures

   (1 articles) Helion Venture Partners

   (1 articles) WestBridge Capital Partners

   (1 articles) Norwest Venture Partners

   (1 articles) Citigroup Venture Capital

   (1 articles) Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers

   (1 articles) Sherpalo Ventures

1. Rediff Launch Bus Fare Search with Flights, Train and Hotels

   IndianWeb2.com (Aug 8 2008) Travel Explore Article

   Rediff followed by its previous fare search utility service for Air Tickets and Train Tickets, Rediff.com, India’s one of leading online portal, today announced the launch of Rediff Bus FareSearch service. Noticeably Rediff is working gradually to expand its Rediff FareSearch to all the off-shoots of Transport/ Travel domains. Rediff Bus FareSearch allows the users [...]
   

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2. Companies heed the online message

   livemint.com (Aug 3 2008) Social Networking , Travel Explore Article

   Companies heed the online messageLivemint, India - 8 minutes agoAccording to technology and market research firm Forrester Research, demand for Web 2.0 tools such as wikis is expected to grow strongly in 2008, ...
   

   Comment on Article Mentions:   Ixigo   Aloke Bajpai   Forrester

3. iXiGo Launches Hotels 2.0 - While Competition Heats Up In Travel Aggregator Space With Kayak.in

   WATBlog.com (Jul 16 2008) Travel Explore Article

   iXiGo which had first launched the hotel search option earlier this year in april has now upgraded to what they term as hotel 2.0. This new upgrade has many new additions of interesting features along with tying up with more hotel information service providers. Also with the entry of the international player Kayak we might see more action in this space going forward..
   

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4. Capt. Gopinath Seeks $50 Million For His Cargo Venture

   VC Circle (Jul 15 2008) Travel , Acquisition Explore Article

   Capt G R Gopinath, founder of India’s first and largest low cost airline Air Deccan (which he sold to Vijay Mallya’s Kingfisher Airlines), is planning to raise $50 million for his new venture, an air cargo business. According to a report, Gopinath needs the capital to part finance the $200 million cargo venture. Gopinath may [...]
   

   Comment on Article Mentions:   Deccan Aviation   Edelweiss Capital   Kingfisher

5. Rediff Follows Cleartrip Footsteps Launches Train Search - An Outcome Of Air Ticket Hike?

   WATBlog.com (Jul 3 2008) Travel Explore Article

   Rediff Trains fare search gives the users options to book the tickets either through IRCTC site or through travel agents whose details are also available on the system which is currently not provided by cleartrip.
   

   Comment on Article Mentions:   Rediff   Kingfisher   Jet Airways

6. TravelGuru sells majority stake to Expedia: media

   eyefortravel.com (Jul 1 2008) Travel , Acquisition Explore Article

   The website is funded by Sequoia Capital India (formed by a merger between Sequoia Capital and WestBridge Capital Partners) and Battery Ventures, ...
   

   Comment on Article Mentions:   Travelguru Affiliate Program   Sequoia Capital   WestBridge Capital Partners

7. Expedia acquires TravelGuru stake - No Deal

   Startup Dunia (Jun 30 2008) Travel , Acquisition Explore Article

   Nikhil has an update from TravelGuru CEO Ashwin Damera that ongoing rumors of Expedia acquiring majority stake in TravelGuru for $17 million are mere speculation and that no deal has been signed. Just like everyone else reported, a $17 million for a majority stake would be just like a desperate deal. Something seemed very odd about the numbers. Copyright © Pranav Dharma -StartupDunia, 2006-2008 436351e6071a7eb576c4616f80308eb7 Related PostsTravelGuru acquires Desiya for ...
   

   Comment on Article Mentions:   Ashwin Damera

8. TravelGuru Sells Out To Expedia For 17 Million $ - Finally Some Travel Consolidation!

   WATBlog.com (Jun 30 2008) Travel , Acquisition Explore Article

   The travel scene has been an overcrowded one and we have been blogging about both the amount of funding and the number of funded players since quite sometime now. We had even done a story on cleartrip securing more funding than required and expedia launching in India. There was also a chart (given below) which [...]
   

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9. Exclusive: Travelguru Sells Majority Stake To Expedia For $17 Million

   VC Circle (Jun 30 2008) Travel , Acquisition Explore Article

   Exclusive: In a significant development, world’s leading travel portal Expedia has acquired a majority stake in India’s leading online hotel aggergator TravelGuru for $17 million. The deal values TravelGuru and Desiya.com (which was acquired by the former in December last year) at about $30 million, which according to industry sources is a modest valuation. Expedia, [...]
   

   Comment on Article Mentions:   Sequoia Capital   Yatra   Ashwin Damera

10. TravelGuru Sells Majority Stake To Expedia For $17 Million

    contentSutra.com (Jun 30 2008) Travel , Acquisition Explore Article

    This story was provided to us by our content partner VCCircle... In a significant development, the world's leading travel portal Expedia has acquired a majority stake in India's top online hotels aggregator TravelGuru for $17 million. The deal values TravelGuru and Desiya.com (which was acquired by the former in December last year) at about $30 million, which, according to industry sources, is a modest valuation. Expedia, which recently launched its ...
    

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Sequoia Capital   Yatra   Blackberry

11. BCCL Buys Stake In TravelChacha.com

    VC Circle (Jun 20 2008) Travel , Acquisition Explore Article

    Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd (BCCL) seems to have an appetite for online travel vertical. The Delhi-headquartered media group has acquired an undisclosed stake in Culture Holidays Pvt. Ltd, a company owning TravelChaCha.com, a travel portal that claims to provide end-to-end travel planning services. Travelchacha.com is not different from other travel portals in their offerings. [...]
    

    Comment on Article Mentions:   TravelChaCha.com   Bennett , Coleman & Co.   Travelguru Affiliate Program

12. ClearTrip Launches 100% Refund On Cancellation

    Information Madness (Jun 6 2008) Travel Explore Article

    Just noticed this on ClearTrip website while I was surfing. Looks like Travel portals are spicing up the war for who is best . Its like a survival of the fittest . Just last week, Yatra launched its service to help customers save some money.Now ClearTrip has launched a new campaign to offer 100% refund on cancellations. When you book any flight with Cleartrip and subsequently cancel your flight tickets, ...
    

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Web18   Yatra   Citibank

13. Travelguru.com Launches New User Interface For Hotel Search in India

    WATBlog.com (Jun 6 2008) Maps/Local , Travel Explore Article

    Travelguru, India’s one of the largest hotel networks, has launched a new user interface on its website to enhance users’ overall hotel booking experience. After acquiring Desiya.com in December 2007, the level of aggregation of data regarding the hotels in the country has considerably increased for the travel portal.     While speaking about the latest development, Hari [...]
    

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Google

14. Cleartrip Launches Videos

    contentSutra.com (Jun 1 2008) Travel , Video Explore Article

    Cleartrip has launched Cleartrip Videos gleaned from the Short Flicks Festival which had been sponsored by the DAG, KPCB and Sherpalo funded online travel portal. The one to three minutes long user submitted videos are across multiple cities. This is a good addition to the Lonely Planet content tie-up feature, Small World. Integrating both under a city-wise feature would be ideal instead of having seperate entities, the user generated videos ...
    

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15. Mohit Gupta Joins MakeMyTrip as CMO via WATJob

    WATBlog.com (May 27 2008) Travel Explore Article

    Mohit  Gupta has joined online travel agency MakeMyTrip.com as chief marketing officer.   Earlier, Gupta was vice-president, marketing, flavours, at PepsiCo International.   Commenting on his move from offline to online marketing, Gupta says, “The intention is to participate and contribute in those areas of marketing which are showing a higher growth.”   He adds, “At MakeMyTrip.com, I will look after marketing strategy, [...]
    

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Bhatia   Sachin Bhatia

16. Cleartrip Ties Up With Plus!

    contentSutra.com (May 26 2008) Mobile , Travel Explore Article

    Cleartrip has tied up with Star India's mobile application PLUS, to deliver travel related information to users. The service allows users to access travel information and make reservations via the client's interface. The release has Sandeep Murthy, CEO, Cleartrip, stating their tie-up with PLUS will give them access to 200 million mobile users and sees 10% revenues coming from mobile in the next 'couple of years'. Hard to digest the ...
    

    Comment on Article Mentions:   TiE   Sandeep Murthy   MakeMyTrip

17. TravelGuru Buying AtYourPrice.in??

    Information Madness (May 21 2008) Travel Explore Article

    I remember the site that was launched earlier this year has the pricing model where you can buy airline tickets at your price in India.Airlines in India have excess capacity resulting in thousands of unsold seats every day so if you are flexible with your travel plans, you can save up to 50% off average retail rates. TravelGuru has launched Flight Auctions.You have to select the destination, date and number ...
    

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Travelguru Affiliate Program   Reliance Industries Limited   Microsoft

18. iXiGO launches hotel search engine

    exchange4media.com (Apr 12 2008) Travel , Funding Explore Article

    iXiGO.com, an online and mobile travel search engine, has added the feature of hotel search in its website. The hotel search engine would help the user get instant confirmation at affordable prices across 4,500 hotels in 320 Indian cities. The hotel search engine also gives the user access to detailed views of maps and photos.
    

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Ixigo   Aloke Bajpai   Travelocity

19. Travel Roundup: Indiatimes-Cruise; Ixigo-Hotels; Cleartrip-Intl

    contentSutra.com (Apr 10 2008) Travel Explore Article

    -- Indiatimes Travel has inked a deal with the Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), Italy's largest privately owned line, and has launched a cruise booking service for customers in India. Given that IT has entered the cruises segment, there should be more deals in the offering with other cruise lines - why restrict customers to just one cruise line? As a customer, I'd probably use IT for price comparison, and then ...
    

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Ixigo   Indiatimes Travel   Travelocity

20. iXiGo launches Hotel Search Engine

    pluggd.in (Apr 9 2008) Travel Explore Article

    iXiGo has launched hotel search engine covering 4500 hotels in 320 Indian cities. iXiGO’s hotel search accesses more than 30 leading national and international hotel booking websites, enabling comparisons of room tariffs of the same hotel across multiple sites within a few seconds. The hotel search engine sorts accommodation by price, star ratings, amenities and allows detailed views for maps and photos; all in a single webpage. The search works ...
    

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Ixigo   Ashish Sinha

21. IXIGO’s launches hotel search Engine

    India Business Blog (Apr 9 2008) Travel Explore Article

    iXiGO, an Indian travel aggregator has announced the launch of its hotel search engine, a natural progression for their travel search. As per the press release, ixigo hotel search engine can search and book accommodation in real time across 4500 hotels in 320 Indian cities. XiGO’s hotel search accesses more than 30 leading national and international hotel booking websites, enabling comparisons of room tariffs of the same hotel across multiple ...
    

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22. iXiGo Launches Hotel Search

    WATBlog.com (Apr 9 2008) Travel Explore Article

    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 engine. It was only natural for iXiGo which was primarily a search engine for flights to include hotels sooner or later. [...]
    

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Ixigo   Aloke Bajpai   Travelocity

23. iBibo owned Dwaar launches travel aggregator

    Startup Dunia (Apr 3 2008) Travel Explore Article

    iBibo owned Dwaar has launched a travel aggregator, which gets flight information from different airlines and OTA’s. They crawl data from various airline sites, Ezeego, Cleartrip, Travelguru, MakeMyTrip and Yatra but since the last two days, MakeMyTrip and Yatra have blocked their crawler. After displaying the results, users are redirected to the parent site for booking the flight. While the site works fine in IE, it failed to render correctly ...
    

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Ixigo   Firefox   Ezeego

24. Tie Ups Update: Makemytrip Ties Up With IBM Daksh While Paymate Tieups with Tata Tele

    WATBlog.com (Mar 27 2008) Travel Explore Article

    In the WAT (Web, Advertising and Technology) Space it seems to be a phase of tieups where companies are trying to build core value by partnering with others. This is especially being seen in the travel space. Lets look at two such tieups which happened recently:   Makemytrip Ties Up with IBM Daksh To Outsource Contact Centre [...]
    

    Comment on Article Mentions:   TiE   IBM Daksh   Tata Teleservices

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