December 18th, 2018
India’s popular travel company MakeMyTrip has taken a strict action and taken five travel and tourism websites to court for allegedly using similar sounding names. These companies include MakeMyYatra, MakeMyJourney, Make My Happy Journey, Pick My Trip and Superb MyTrip.
MakeMyTrip alleged that these companies are not only...
December 7th, 2018India government in a first its kind of move will setup certain guidelines for Online travel aggregators like Air B&B, Makemytrip, Yatra and Oyo to be recognised by the Tourism Ministry in order to operate, a senior official said.
For the first time, the ministry has prepared a set of guidelines by which it will approve and...
October 29th, 2018Ibibo Group founder Ashish Kashyap which was later acquired by travel giant MakeMyTrip, has now launched his second entrepreneurial venture called IndWealth, 13 months after quitting the domestic travel behemoth.
IndWealth is an artificial intelligence and machine learning-based wealth management and advisory platform. The company...
July 25th, 2018Good News! Now the passengers can check their train and live train status online via WhatsApp. Appreciation to Indian Railways, the passengers can check the train running status through WhatsApp, and make provisions beforehand.
Indian Railways have come to terms with MakeMyTrip, a travel company headquartered in Gurugram, Haryana, to...
July 4th, 2018The popular foodtech company Zomato has reportedly on boarded former MakeMyTrip executive Mohit Gupta. The company has appointed him as the chief executive officer of the food delivery business.
The online food delivery company, through this move, aims to expand and accelerate its growth by strengthening its senior management and...
June 23rd, 2018Yatra Online, country's second largest travel aggregator is eyeing to raise an estimated $50 Mn (approx Rs 332.6 crores) via share sale, as revealed by its SEC filings.
The company has plans to share 9 million shares, where it is also offering additional 1.35 Mn shares to underwriters, which if exercised to full will lead total...
June 21st, 2018Online travel agency Cleartrip has sealed its first ever cross-border acquisition in Saudi Arabia's Travel Aggregator Flyin. The acquisition will help Cleartrip strengthen its presence and expand its client base in Saudi Arabian market.
Though the financial details of the deal have not been disclosed by the travel firm, it has come...
May 20th, 2018This week featured 9 funding articles amounting to $61.7 million (Rs 410 crores) (excluding two companies as their funding sum was undisclosed).
FreightBazaar
FreightBazaar, India’s first online portal for truck hiring intended for businesses, recently raised a pre-Series A funding round with Omphalos...
May 16th, 2018MakeMyTrip recently raised capital from its Nasdaq-listed parent company through a rights issue that took the Gurugram-based company’s valuation to Rs 26,000 crore.
Documents filed by the Indian tour and travels aggregator to the Registrar of Companies demonstrate that MakeMyTrip received around Rs 128 crore from its parent company...
April 6th, 2018MakeMyTrip, the online travel company and Flipkart, the e-commerce marketplace announced on Thursday that it would begin a partnership intended for the travel services market.
MakeMyTrip owns several branches such as Goibibo and redBus, and will use the large client base of over 100 Million registered users of Flipkart to increase the...
March 12th, 2018Gurgaon based Goibibo, an Online travel platform has signed an agreement with the winner of last season of IPL Mumbai Indians team as a principal sponsor of the for one year. The details of the deal have not been disclosed.
Goibibo is acquired by MakeMyTrip offering online services like travel, ticket booking etc. The 11th edition of...
October 18th, 2017India's Ecommerce Unicorn Flipkart is planning to relaunch its loyalty programme to compete with Amazon Prime that has become a key differentiator for the American internet giant.
The online retailer is in talks with online travel portal MakeMyTrip and event and tickets booking platform BookMyShow and cab aggregator Ola to provide...