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Middle East is the next battleground in online travel

By Kevin May | October 25, 2016

It was only a few years ago that the growth in the global economy — and that of travel — was centred on the so-called BRICs (Brazil, Russia, India and China). Each of these countries were emerging Read More

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Cleartrip expands activities into local

By Martin Cowen | June 23, 2016

Indian OTA Cleartrip is adding a "Local" tab to its redesigned app, creating a clear distinction between local activities and its core travel products. Local, with the emphasis on experiential, is Read More

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Cleartrip books into hotel IT sector

By Martin Cowen | May 31, 2016

Indian OTA Cleartrip has invested an undisclosed sum in Calcutta-based hotel IT business IManageMyHotel. The OTA has bought the business in order to help it get more smaller properties onto its boo Read More

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Out of the way tourists, Indians are exploring their own cities [INFOGRAPHIC]

By Martin Cowen | May 10, 2016

Indian OTA Cleartrip has found that most customers of its recently-launched activities channel are people looking to do more in their own city. Cleartrip launched its activities channel last August Read More

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Ixigo adds in-app bookings to flight and hotel meta

By Martin Cowen | March 4, 2016

Ixigo's conveyor belt of new products and services has brought another innovation to the Indian metasearch market, with "ixibook" now offering direct in-app bookings of flights and hotels. It has s Read More

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Yatra brings in Travel-Logs for new urban tours brand

By Martin Cowen | January 21, 2016

Indian OTA Yatra.com has acqui-hired tours specialist Travel-Logs and will use it at the basis for a new product range to be known as Metro X. Metro X will be run by Travel-Logs co-founder Dhiresh Read More

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Yatra users willing to spend more on trips

By Martin Cowen | January 14, 2016

Indian OTA Yatra.com has released its winter survey which shows that Indian travellers are increasingly willing to spend more on their leisure trips. The study of 10,000 Yatra users found that 30% Read More

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Yatra uses Travelguru presence to launch budget hotels and homestays brand

By Martin Cowen | October 18, 2015

Yatra.com's president Sharat Dhall has said that the launch of TG Rooms and TG Stays strengthens its position as India's largest provider of budget accommodation options. Speaking to Tnooz, he said Read More

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Interview - Cleartrip sees mobile web and app remaining active

By Martin Cowen | October 13, 2015

Indian OTA Cleartrip is seeing a strong take-up of its recently launched activities channel and confirmed ambitious plans to add more content in more cities over the next year or so. Subramanya Sha Read More

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Indian travellers want activities [INFOGRAPHIC]

By Martin Cowen | August 18, 2015

Nearly half of Indian travellers make their travel decisions based on the activities on offer rather than the destination itself, according to Expedia's Indian business. The survey is more of a sna Read More

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Uber devotes an extra $1 billion to ramp up India operations

By Martin Cowen | July 31, 2015

Uber has confirmed that it has earmarked another $1 billion for the Indian market and is confident that there will be one million Uber rides a day in India within the next six to nine months. The Read More

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Cleartrip sees benefit of mobile web revamp

By Martin Cowen | July 23, 2015

Indian OTA Cleartrip is still seeing more room nights booked from desktop than mobile, with some interesting patterns emerging between the different mobile platforms. Its Quarterly Insight infograp Read More

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Cleartrip shows the value of mobile web

By Martin Cowen | June 9, 2015

Indian OTA Cleartrip has outlined a sharp growth in mobile bookings and expects its relaunched mobile web site to drive even bigger numbers in the future. In the first three months of last year, m Read More

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Wearables booming in Asia-Pacific, so travel and Apple Watch have a big opportunity

By Viewpoints | May 21, 2015

We are all told that the Apple Watch is ideal for bite-sized pieces of information, all consumed in a fraction of a second. Yet this gives travel businesses looking at a product for the Apple Watch Read More

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HolidayIQ buys mobile development expertise

By Martin Cowen | May 13, 2015

Indian travel community HolidayIQ has responded to a big lift in mobile traffic by buying the travel mobile development team from SourceN. SourceN, based in Bangalore India and Silicon Valley USA, Read More

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