At this year’s edition of Travel Technology Track at OTM, Mumbai we’re excited to bring to you an exciting workshop-panel by Lonely Planet India followed by a workshop featuring Ankush Nijhawan, MD at Travel Boutique Online.

The session will primarily focus on evolution of Indian traveller, changing patterns and how two of the leading B2C and B2B travel companies see the landscape changing in 2018.

The Director of Lonely Planet India, Sesh Seshadri is one of the most established names in the publishing industry today. Carving a niche for himself with a career spanning over four decades, he played a vital role in Lonely Planet’s entry into the Indian market with the launch of its series of Travel Guides in 2012. Lonely Planet has till date launched 48 titles. His current role is to create a sustained and successful presence for Lonely Planet in India adding value to their future developments.

Travel Boutique online is India’s largest B2B Travel Portal. TBO currently has over 25,000+ travel agents as its customers and has customer presence in more than 300 cities in India and Middle East. TBO provides variety of services pertaining for Travel requirements. Ankush Nijhawan, Managing Director at TBO has been a successful angel investor and has invested in 9 start-ups.

The Travel Technology Track also has an Innovator Showcase and workshops and panel discussions.

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Naspers backed B2B travel portal Travel Boutique Online (TBO) has partnered with Fxkart.com to enable the agents of TBO to easily book foreign exchange seamlessly. Fxkart.com is a marketplace of foreign exchange dealers that allows for travellers to book forex easily. With multiple forex dealers competing against each other, travellers get the best deals without any hassles. TBO has 19,000 travel agents on the platform and they will be able to gain from this partnership.

Mr. Ankush Nijhawan, Co-Founder, TBO Group said, “Fxkart.com is one of the most promising startups in the fin-tech sector. With foreign exchange being one of the biggest pain points for the travel agent, this would be a shot in the arm to seamlessly book forex on the portal and servicing the customer at the lowest rates.”

Despite the increase in size of online travel market in India, the offline players continue to hold a strong share of the huge market. This offline market is driven by travel agents and platforms like TBO allow them to offer competitive prices to the travellers. With this partnership in place, the job of these travel agents will be simplified resulting in better experience for their customers.

On this occasion, Mr. Abdul Hadi Shaikh, CEO Fxkart.com said, “We are happy to be on the platform as it gives us an instant reach to service travel agents who trust TBO across India with the help of technology.”

Fxkart was the winner of our very first Travel Startup Knockdown hosted in association with OTM Mumbai. Startup Knockdown is back, this time with lot more opportunities for the participants. Find more details at startupknockdown.travhq.com.

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Travel Boutique Online has taken an equity stake in Deyor Camps, a chain of branded adventure camps in India. The Naspers-backed portal has more than 19,000 agents, and Deyor Camps would cross- sell each other’s products.

The company quoted that Travel Boutique Online would enable its partners to sell branded campsites at more than 45 locations in India. Deyor Camps was founded by Dheeraj Jain, who is currently placed as a partner at a British hedge fund Redcliffe Capital, Chiraag Gupta, Aakaar Gandhi and Gautam Yadav.

Jain quoted to Economic Times,”DeyorCamps has been instrumental in sending 10,000 people for camping during its first quarter of operations. With Travel Boutique Online as our strategic partner, we will be able to reach out to its well-established database of consumers who trust the company and its travel agents.”

Chirag Gupta reveals that Deyor Camps plans on launching a technology platform that would make booking a camping trip as hassle-free as reserving a hotel room giving shape to a highly fragmented sector.

Ankush Nijhawan, MD of Travel Boutique Online quoted,”The value proposition offered by Deyor Camps is unmatched in this market.”

Deyor Camps aim at expanding into the neighbouring south and Southeast Asia to leverage demand for alternative accommodation. It has entered into a contract with over 100 campsites in 45 locations and an additional 75 campsites for three years. It’s targeting 300 campsites by the end of the year.

Sorce: EconomicTimes

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