Last-minute airfares drop this winter as crude prices fall Times Now
Airfares for domestic travel have been rising since October led by an increase in fuel prices and the beginning of the peak travel period. New Delhi: If you are planning to travel between Christmas and New Year and have not booked your flight tickets yet, then it is highly possible that you may get […]
Cleartrip went to Dubai. What happened next is fundamentally changing one of Indian Internet’s grand old companies. ET Prime
At a time when flashy upstarts like Ola and Oyo are making noise for their overseas moves, early bird Cleartrip is quietly scripting its own transformation. Stuart Crighton sounds almost wistful. “India was our singular focus,” the founder and CEO of Cleartrip muses about his move to Dubai a couple of years ago. “We […]
These 5 new-age glocal startups are spreading wings globally Deccan Chronicle
Some things are better with two distinct features. “Think local, act Global” is a term coined by the Americans and is truly fit for new age startups, skyrocketing all across Asia and Africa. In those terms, companies in India have been employing technology for the good and have been spreading its wings all across the […]
Focus not only on growth, but the product – Stuart Crighton, Founder, Cleartrip Your Story
(Interview) Cleartrip Founder Stuart Crighton talks about the company’s journey, India’s travel segment, and the acquisition of Saudi Arabia’s Flyin. The online travel aggregator (OTA) space in India has many players, but few leaders. Online travel agency Cleartrip was founded by Hrush Bhatt and Stuart Crighton in 2006 at a time when the Indian internet, […]
How technological disruption has led to transformation in the Indian travel industry ET Tech
(Article) Disruptive technologies such as Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning are currently working to transform the travel space, and have so far succeeded in making it more convenient, personalized, affordable, and user-friendly. Making a travel plan, barely two decades ago, was a mind-numbing task that was approached with extensive preparation. Researching about different destinations, […]
Airfares don’t rise despite passenger traffic increase of 17% in the last year Financial Express
Although passenger traffic has seen a fairly big increase over the past year — up by about 17% —, the keen competition in the sector together with a 15% additional capacity created has prevented airlines from raising fares.
Impactful Independence Day campaigns that stood out Exchange4Media
From a humorous take on promotion-led ads during Independence Day to memoirs of those who fought for our freedom, this year, brands have adopted some interesting India will celebrate its 72nd Independence Day on Wednesday. And as the nation preps up to ring in this significant day, brands are capitalising on the patriotism fervour. Each year, […]
International biz comprises 40% of our revenue – Cleartrip TechCircle
The online travel services segment in India is a crowded space, with Players like Make My Trip, Cleartrip, Yatra, US-based Ebix, and even Flipkart all vying for the leadership position in the market. To beat the competition, Mumbai-based Cleartrip is venturing Overseas. In June this year, it acquired Saudi Arabia based Flyin its first cross-border […]
Cleartrip Enters Into An Exclusive Partnership With Haryana Tourism Travel Trends Today
Cleartrip has tied up with Haryana Tourism as its exclusive online booking partner for tours and activities in the state. As an exclusive online ticketing partner, Cleartrip will now enable its users to easily discover and book a variety of experiences, including visits to museums, amusement parks and kids gaming zones, recreational activities like boating […]
Tier-II travellers match wanderlust with metros Times Of India
Not just upwardly mobile, big city travel enthusiasts are packing their bags for vacations in India and abroad, travellers from small-town India too are giving them stiff competition when it comes to satiating their wanderlust. Travel and tour operators point out that tier-2 and tier-3 c ..
Cleartrip announces acquisition of Saudi Arabia-based OTA Flyin Money Control
The deal is expected to offer Cleartrip a wider outreach and a larger client base in an adjacent market Online travel agency Cleartrip on Thursday said it has acquired Saudi Arabia-based Flyin. It did not disclose size of the deal. This deal is expected to offer Cleartrip a wider outreach and a larger client […]
Cleartrip launches end-to-end experiential travel in Europe, South East Asia Economic Times
Cleartrip said on Tuesday that it has expanded its international footprint by partnering with activities platforms, Klook and Musement. The company said the associations enable Cleartrip to augment its offerings with a new selection of activities and experiences, curated from 48 European and 18 South East Asian countries. It said the access to Klook’s and […]
Seller empowerment through analytics support is a big theme for us Travel BizMonitor
In the past few years there has been a gradual focus being accorded to hotel bookings by online travel agents and Cleartrip is no different. Ankit Rastogi, Vice President – Hotels, Cleartrip in an interaction with talks about penetration of online hotel booking space, customer engagement, dynamic pricing, rate parity and the mobile platform. QWhat is your strategy […]
Variety in ‘activities and experiences’ space next frontier for Cleartrip Business Standard
To address the quality issues related to service delivery by vendors, Cleartrip is building in-house technology capabilities that would help it organise and manage multiple layers of experiences With air and hotel booking becoming a highly fragmented and commoditised business, online travel aggregators are increasingly focusing on growing the allied “activities and experiences” aspect […]
Cleartrip on Alexa Integration, Building Apps for Voice, and the Smart Speakers Scene in India Gadgets 360
Amazon’s Alexa-powered Echo smart speakers launched in India in October last year , and its main rival, the Google Home , only launched in India last week. Developers can integrate the Echo speakers with their applications to enable voice-based use cases and since their launch, Amazon has been trying to get more and more Indian services on board, and the latest to do so […]
Cleartrip posts strongest quarterly results in its history Arabian Business
The company will launch in Egypt later in 2018 Mobile and online travel company Cleartrip Middle East has posted its strongest ever quarterly results in Q4 2017, after a 59 percent year-on-year increase in bookings in the MENA region. “We marked a strong finish to 2017 with the best quarterly performance in Cleartrip Middle […]
Cleartrip appoints former Quikr executive Manoj Sharma as CTO VCCircle
Mumbai-based Cleartrip Pvt. Ltd, an online aggregator of hotels, flights and train bookings, has hired former Quikr technology head Manoj Sharma as its chief technology officer, a company statement said. Sharma’s appointment will help Cleartrip focus more on automation, wherein it can deploy machine learning and artificial intelligence-driven solutions and develop value-driven systems for its […]