App seems the way for travel portals like Yatra, MakeMyTrip, Expedia; traffic outpaces that of websitesTraffic outpaces that of websites, revenue through mobile platform contributing significant share of revenues
14 Sep, 2015, 04.46 AM IST
MakeMyTrip: Deep Kalra's journey from failure in bowling startup to travel majorStarted at the height of the dotcom crash, Deep Kalra talks about his entrepreneurial journey to start MakeMyTrip, why the company may need...
05 Aug, 2015, 04.42 PM IST
SBI to launch mobile payments platform for corporate clientsSBI had 78.5 lakh mobile transactions to its credit in April’15 followed by HDFC Bank and ICICI banks with 38.6 lakh and 17.5 lakh transact...
02 Jul, 2015, 04.23 PM IST
Trademark case: Delhi High Court grants interim relief to Makemytrip.comManmohan Singh restrained Make My Tours Pvt Ltd and others from using "deceptively similar" trademark till February 13, next date of hearin...
30 Dec, 2014, 03.18 AM IST
How unprecedented boom in entrepreneurship is drawing a diverse set of Indians into the frayTake for instance the case of Advitiya Sharma, cofounder of realty portal Housing.com, which he set up with eleven classmates from IIT-Bomb...
05 Dec, 2014, 04.00 AM IST
Makemytrip's Deep Kalra most most powerful digital influencerMakemytrip.com CEO Deep Kalra has emerged as the most powerful Digital influencer, in a list of 100 most influential business leaders in th...
23 Dec, 2012, 12.10 PM IST
Jet Airways, IndiGo dump MakeMyTrip in protest against opaque fares scheme'Opaque fares' was a scheme offered by a few travel portals, which offered heavily discounted air tickets without disclosing the airline na...
18 Apr, 2012, 12.14 PM IST
- Jet Airways calls opaque fares a scam, threatens pullout from travel portals
The aim of this scheme, described variously as discount or special fares by the portals, is largely to get rid of tickets of Kingfisher Air...
26 Mar, 2012, 10.39 AM IST
We are sensitive to users' pain from congestion on IRCTC website: Rakesh Kumar TandonClogged bandwidth resulting from too many users logging in at the same time is one of our biggest challenges.
09 Mar, 2012, 06.04 PM IST
IndiGo, GoAir hike fares on metro routes by 20%Private carriers have raised fares on metro routes as Air India stopped bookings till May 3, creating a supply shortfall amid peak summer t...
29 Apr, 2011, 10.36 AM IST
- StanChart PE to use IPO door to part-sell Endurance stake
Standard Chartered Private Equity plans to sell a portion of its 13.7% stake in auto component maker Endurance Technologies in a proposed i...
09 Nov, 2010, 05.02 AM IST
- Travel's back in focus this Diwali as economy lights up
After a year-long lull, Indians are once again ready to dust off their backpacks to take a break at beaches & hill stations.
16 Oct, 2009, 12.11 AM IST
- MakeMyTrip set to outsource ops to IBM Daksh
In a multi-million dollar contract, Travel portal Makemytrip.com is all set to outsource it’s entire contact centre operations to IBM Daksh...
27 Mar, 2008, 05.15 AM IST
- Now, Sabeer Bhatia wants to do a Google
Soya ice-creams for lactose intolerant people in India? That’s just another idea Sabeer ‘Hot male’ Bhatia throws up at a meeting with ET.
22 Sep, 2007, 12.20 AM IST
- Travel portals click on telecom cos to woo customers
Travellers are on the go. So are travel portals, which are now offering convenience of searching and booking air tickets using mobile phone...
28 Aug, 2007, 01.59 AM IST
- Tourism in Karnataka to grow by 2009
Bangalore, which has the highest number of young people with disposal incomes, will drive travel and tourism growth in Karnataka with the r...
12 Jun, 2007, 06.50 PM IST
- Helion, Sierra plan to invest in travel portal
Helion Ventures and Sierra Venture Capital are looking to invest in makemytrip.com a travel portal started six years ago and which survived...
03 Oct, 2006, 01.25 AM IST