India is going to be a mobile-first country when it comes to the travel industry, says Google travel industry boss, Siddharth Dabhade.
Google’s take on mobile influence in Indian and US travel industry
April 18, 2013 By 3 Comments
How Google uses the crowd to fill in the gaps on Maps
March 22, 2013 By Leave a Comment
While Google is (controversially) phasing out services such as Reader, it is also increasingly focussed on its core products, especially its travel-related tool Maps.
India: MakeMyTrip buys HotelTravel for $25M, RezNet debuts for hotels, and iXiGO grows in metasearch
November 19, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Two eye-catching stories out of India: RezNext, a hotel distribution platform targeting Asian businesses first, has debuted, and India’s largest online travel agency by ticket volume, MakeMyTrip, has purchased travel site HotelTravel for $25 million.
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The Scan: Pheed may be the new Twitter, and today’s travel tech news
October 22, 2012 By 2 Comments
Hipmunk lists private air taxi options and Google reveals that how Indians search mobile maps differently from Americans — all are in our roundup of the stories making news and driving opinion on 22 October.
The Scan: Emirates deals Oneworld a blow with Qantas tie-up, and more news
September 6, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Starting in April 2013, Emirates will no longer be constrained about walking all over the interests of Oneworld member British Airways, and other news from our daily roundup.
Indian giant MakeMyTrip makes its next moves
August 3, 2012 By 2 Comments
MakeMyTrip is India’s largest online travel agency by ticket volume. Here’s a round-up of what’s new with the company, which has grown its revenue 66% in the past year to $197 million and is headquartered in Gurgaon.
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Travelocity sells Travelguru hotel site to Indian agency giant Yatra
June 29, 2012 By 1 Comment
Deal time on the subcontinent, with Travelocity selling its hotel spin-off service TravelGuru to Yatra, one of the biggest online travel agencies in India.
Venture capitalists see a sure — or likely — thing in TaxiForSure
May 24, 2012 By 1 Comment
TaxiForSure.com, a car rental and taxi aggregator operating in Bangalore, India, raised venture capital funding from Accel Partners, Helion Venture Partners and Blume Ventures.
MakeMyTrip debuts airline social seating
April 27, 2012 By 1 Comment
Airlines are doing it so why not online travel agencies? MakeMyTrip, the India OTA, has introduced in beta, Tripalong, a social seating site for flights.
Mobile users drive Cleartrip Expressway one-click flight bookings
March 29, 2012 By 2 Comments
It’s happening more frequently now — innovations in mobile are finding their way into travel companies’ desktop solutions.
