Digital Travel Booking
Theme parks to digital nomads: Agoda reveals seven travel trends of 2025
84% of travellers expect to visit new destinations in 2025. Travel inspiration can come from many sources including personal interests and hobbies (71%), great value deals (56%)
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Travel platform Ixigo IPO opens for bids today: Should you apply or not?
On June 07, Ixigo secured Rs 333.05 crore from anchor investors, offering a total of 35,811,405 shares
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Looking to extend Digi Yatra facility to international passengers: Scindia
As per the guidelines issued by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation, Digi Yatra is a decentralised mobile wallet-based identity management platform
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63% people believe digital services are crucial in holidays: Cisco
As many as 35 per cent of Indians would be angry if apps fail, said the survey done among 12,000 people in multiple countries
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Festive demands up airfares by 20-30% on key routes across country
The hike in airfare prices is a result of the increased cost of aviation turbine fuel, according to ixigo's data
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Flipkart launches hotel-booking service, sees travel industry gaining
Flipkart Hotels will provide room bookings at 3 lakh domestic and international hotels. It will offer customers services like flexible travel and booking-related policies, and easy EMI options
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Indian Railways cancels trains on Saturday: Over 170 trains affected
IRCTC cancels 115, reschedules 17, diverts 11 and partially cancels 29 trains on Saturday, 20 August. Read this article to know everything about IRCTC trains cancelled today
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Cleartrip to raise employee headcount by 40% in coming quarter
The additional hiring will be across tech, product, growth and emerging business areas, it added
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Digital booking, fitness certificate a new norm as travel bodies issue SOPs
No clarity yet on when countries will open borders for Indian tourists. On the domestic side, most of travel happening now is of essential and emergency nature
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MakeMyTrip raises focus on homestay segment to compete in a growing market
A growing number, millennials in particular, is looking for alternatives to hotel bookings when planning a holiday
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Tour operators merge online with offline to tap digital customers
Online travel booking is a largely untapped market, especially in Tier-II and Tier-III cities, which contribute only five per cent to the overall transactions
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