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eBay India tries the travel booking route, signs deal with Yatra
The Indian division of auction giant eBay is following its UK counterpart by unveiling travel search and booking to its website. The embedded system on its travel category pages is provided by Indian...
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Yatra raises $44M, India becoming hotbed of action for investors
Indian online travel agency Yatra has attracted a new round of investment worth $44 million from a string of US venture capital firms. The deal sees a new investor in the business in the shape of...
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Yatra edging close to MakeMyTrip – Top India travel websites, July 2 2011
Indian online travel agency Yatra has narrowed the gap on its rival MakeMyTrip and extended its lead over third placed Cleartrip to 5% of the market. Yatra now has a 22% share of the market, behind...
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Gap narrows again between MakeMyTrip and Yatra – Top India travel websites,...
Just 6% market share separates rivals MakeMyTrip and Yatra in the leading travel websites in India. The gap between the pair has narrowed in recent weeks although combined they still have a commanding...
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AZDreams sweeps into third place – Top India travel websites, August 20 2011
Enormous jump for AZDreams as it gains 10% market share and leaps over Via and Cleartrip in the list of leading agency websites in India. It is the highest ever position for the site and sees it...
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MakeMyTrip and Cleartrip gain – Top India travel websites, September 10 2011
Cleartrip and MakeMyTrip both added 1.5% market share to their tallies to put them in third and first place respectively in the top ten India travel websites. MakeMyTrip now has almost a 10% lead over...
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MakeMyTrip secures mammoth lead – Top India travel sites, October 22 2011
A massive gap has emerged between MakeMyTrip and the remaining brands in the list of leading travel websites in India. There is now a 10% gap in market share between MMT and Yatra, despite the second...
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MakeMyTrip, Yatra, Cleartrip take two-thirds of audience – Top India travel...
The top three online travel agencies in India – MakeMyTrip, Yatra and Cleartrip – have secured over two-thirds of the web audience in the country. Capturing a 65% market share of the overall traffic to...
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Agency trio capture two thirds of traffic – Top India travel sites, December...
MakeMyTrip, Yatra and Cleartrip have managed to capture 65% of web traffic to travel websites in India. Third place Cleartrip added almost 0.75% market share to its tally in the previous week, Yatra in...
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Travelocity sells Travelguru hotel site to Indian agency giant Yatra
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. The sale, for an undisclosed fee, ends a...
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Indian giant MakeMyTrip makes its next moves
One out of every 12 domestic air tickets are booked through MakeMyTrip the Indian travel agency. The company claims it is the largest online seller of tickets in India. Here’s a round-up of what’s new...
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The Scan: Skyscanner heads to the US, Marriott tests lobby booking, and more...
Skyscanner, PhoCusWright, Marriott, Yatra, OneTwoTrip, WAYN, TripRental, Rover, TUI, TourWrist, Yelp, JetBlue, and American Airlines are mentioned in today’s round-up of travel tech news. STARTUP...
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Package trip startup WeAreHolidays gets real capital injection to push...
India-based holiday package portal WeAreHolidays, which was created by a number of MakeMyTrip alumni, has raised its first round of funding. The investment was led by Mumbai Angels with participation...
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Yatra site goes down for hours as error during domain renewal causes mayhem
A curious and frustrating time for users of Yatra, after the Indian agency’s service went completely offline for a significant period over the weekend. Initially, from about 4.30pm (India Standard...
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