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Cleartrip buys FlyIn in record Middle East deal as online travel arena heats up

By Kevin May | June 21, 2018

A corporate roll-up has emerged in the Middle East as Saudi Arabia's largest online travel agency FlyIn becomes part of Cleartrip. Read More

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MakeMyTrip boosts distribution with Flipkart partnership

By Mitra Sorrells | April 5, 2018

Less than a month after buzz circulated that Amazon could make a move into travel – again – one of its biggest e-commerce competitors is doing just that. Read More

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MakeMyTrip narrows losses amid revenue boost

By Kevin May | February 8, 2018

Indian online travel agency giant MakeMyTrip reduced losses and saw a significant jump in revenue in last quarter of 2017. Read More

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OYO commits to exclusive inventory, sees strong repeat booking rates

By Martin Cowen | February 5, 2018

Ritesh Agarwal, founder and CEO of OYO, was in London recently and sat down with tnooz to talk about the past, present and future of India's biggest hospitality company. OYO has more than 60,000 ex Read More

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How Chinese investments are shaking up India's digital economy

By Madhav Chanchani - Economic Times | January 15, 2018

When online grocer Bigbasket went to market in early 2017 to raise capital just a year after securing $150 million, the list of suitors was very different. Read More

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Why is there no global B2C online travel brand yet?

By Viewpoints | December 1, 2017

This is a viewpoint from Philippe Der Arslanian, CEO, Answair. The online travel space is missing something big: a global B2C brand. Sure, powerful brands such as Expedia and Priceline dominate Read More

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VIDEO: Buying Skyscanner and Trip.com, targeting the world

By Kevin May | November 23, 2017

Let's be honest, Ctrip was very much seen in the West as a giant of the Chinese online travel scene, but perhaps not much else. Read More

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VIDEO: Being hyper-competitive in an emerging market

By Kevin May | November 16, 2017

MakeMyTrip has seen it all in its home market of India - but the sector is changing rapidly. Read More

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India: travel tech’s final frontier

By Bernadette Giacomazzo | November 9, 2017

With more than 800 million Indians on mobile platforms – and 430 million Indians on laptop platforms – travel tech’s penetration in the Southaast Asian market is more important than ever. Read More

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Transaction frequency data revealed for India's OTAs

By Martin Cowen | September 15, 2017

Kalagato has come up with a new set of metrics which give a fresh perspective on India's online travel market. The data analytics firm has made public some of the findings from its paid-for researc Read More

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GoFro nabs more cash from MakeMyTrip and others, heads to Japan

By Martin Cowen | September 7, 2017

Indian online holiday marketplace GoFro has confirmed MakeMyTrip as one of the participants in a Series B round worth more than $10 million. The round has yet to close, with other investors in talk Read More

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Travelport sees further potential in India through MakeMyTrip deal

By Marisa Garcia | August 23, 2017

Indian online travel agency, MakeMyTrip, has signed an agreement with InterGlobe Technology (ITQ)—Travelport’s distributor for India—for the use of Travelport's Travel Commerce Platform. Under the Read More

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Yatra's big marketing spend leads to more direct and unpaid traffic

By Martin Cowen | August 15, 2017

Nasdaq-listed Indian OTA Yatra has revealed the extent to which marketing costs are driving the landgrab for customers in the country, with its Q1 spend on this line up by nearly 250% compared with th Read More

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MakeMyTrip records gross bookings of $1 billion for the quarter

By Martin Cowen | August 10, 2017

MakeMyTrip's results for the April-June quarter tell a familiar story of double and triple-digit increases across the board in terms of revenue, room nights and flight segments, with sales and marketi Read More

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High marketing and sales spend drives loss at MakeMyTrip

By Michele McDonald | May 20, 2017

MakeMyTrip, India’s largest online travel agency, reported adjusted operating losses of $35.8 million for the fiscal fourth quarter. The company attributed the loss to “our continued high spends on Read More

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