Yatra.com becomes the only online travel company from India to make it to the list.
Yatra.com, India’s leading online travel company, has won the coveted Red Herring Asia 2009 awards under the category of ‘100 Most Innovative Private Technologies Companies in Asia’. This is a prestigious award which recognizes companies that will lead the next wave with innovative and potentially disruptive technologies.
The Red Herring editorial board diligently surveyed the entrepreneurial scene throughout Asia and identified the top 100 out of more than 1,000 closely evaluated companies that are leading the next wave of innovation.
Established in August 2006, Yatra.com has grown fast to become India’s leading travel company, serving over 1 million customers per annum. Yatra.com believes in providing the best in class services to its customers and reaches out to them through its website, 24x7 call centre and 11 Premium Retail Holiday Lounges spread across the country. Yatra.com has an employee base of more than 700.
Speaking on being awarded, Dhruv Shringi, Co founder & CEO, Yatra.com, said, "We are truly honored to be awarded by Red Herring second year in a row. Being the only Indian travel company to be awarded endorses our position as a leading player in the online travel space.”
Last year Yatra.com was announced as a winner of the ‘2008 Red Herring Top 100 Start-ups’ in Asia. In the past, Yatra.com has received a lot of prestigious awards and recognitions. It has been recognized as the ‘most used travel website’ by Juxt Consult in their India Online Survey 2008. It has also been declared to have the ‘best brand recall’ in the travel segment and the ‘most user friendly website’ according to the recent studies conducted by Juxt Consult and Phocus Wright, which are independent research organizations. Yatra.com has also been awarded for ‘Excellence’ in August-07 by TTF-OTM (India’s biggest travel show). Yatra.com has also won ‘Best online travel agency’ Award for the Year 2008 By Galileo Express Travel World.
About Yatra.com
Yatra.com, rated as India’s No. 1 travel website by Juxt Consult - India Online Survey 2008 is a one-stop-shop for all travel needs. From air tickets to hotel rooms to holiday packages to car rentals, yatra.com has everything to service today's traveller. With yatra.com, you can book air tickets over the internet, through their 24x7 customer care centre, Yatra.com Holiday Lounges or by simply using your mobile phone. Yatra.com gives you an access to the best travel deals across a myriad of national and international destinations. It is one of the largest consolidators of hotels in India. Yatra.com provides reservation for 3,000 hotels across 250 destinations in India. Yatra.com also has international tie-ups with all the major international airlines and provides real time access to over 90,000 hotels across the world. All products at yatra.com come with a best price guarantee and an assurance of instant bookings.