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“Metasearch engines have a perfect market in the Indian subcontinent”, Ashwin Jayasankar, General Manager, India, Wego
The FICCI Tech Conclave, Delhi saw some leading travel professionals comment on the growing trends in the travel and hospitality sector. One of the topics that pooled various ideas was…
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Wings Travels acquires Bookmycab to drive places across the Indian subcontinent
Wings Travels, a leading BPO transport provider, has acquired Bookmycab, a taxi aggregator for a confidential amount. This acquisition is a part of the plan of Wings Travels to expand…
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Uber drags Ola to court, seeks 50 crores in damages
While the competition between cab hailing companies isn’t something unheard of, Uber has accused its arch rival Ola Cabs of disrupting its business processes by creating fake bookings and then…
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Ola acquires mobile payment startup Qarth to strengthen Ola Money
The digital payment landscape has been expanding fast and the relaxation of banking regulations has further fuelled the growth. Travel companies, especially the ones that rely on immediate payments, are…
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Medical Departures procures Series A funding of USD 2.5 million to promote medical tourism across borders
Medical tourism is gaining grounds with tens of thousands of patients willing to travel abroad for a better medical solution than in their respective hometowns. By increasing the affordability of…
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On Twitter’s 10th birthday, we look back at its amazing journey
Twitter is widely used as a marketing channel by travel brands. The platform has over 332 million active users and almost all the brands use Twitter to engage in real-time…
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WheelStreet draws $500,000 seed funding to expand its perimeter to Pune and Hyderabad
Wheelstreet, a two-wheeler rental start-up, raises a $500,000 from early-stage seed and pre-Series-A venture fund Broadbean Capital Services. Wheelstreet is a Delhi- based aggregator for two-wheelers in rental space. Into 15…
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Confirmtkt and Your Local Cousin emerge as the winners of 2nd Travel Startup Knockdown
FICCI hosted the Travel & Hospitality Tech Conclave and gave us an amazing platform to host the second edition of Travel Startup Knockdown. Dozens of entries came in and finally…
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“Content Marketing is a growth hack at ixigo”- Aashish Chopra, Head Content Marketing, ixigo
The FICCI auditorium witnessed the Travel and Hospitality Tech Conclave 2016 fold with a huge round of applause from the leaders and participating organizations from the travel and technology sector.…
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Excursion app offers you flexibility like no other travel planning app
Trip Planning is considered to be a tough space to survive and often the experts would advise you to stay out of the space because of the challenges. You often…
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Adventure travellers, look out for some GoPro alternatives while on budget
Adventure travel is all about capturing moments that are going to be the witnesses of the adrenaline rush one’s been in. It is usually these times that it dawns upon…
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5 go-to offline apps that backpackers should be aware of
Backpacking is travel in its rawest form. Yes. I know it kills the essence when you don’t rely on “go with the flow” attitude, but if there’s anything essential that…
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