| Business Basics |
 |
|
| Company Name |
Yatra Online |
| Founded in |
2005 |
| Headquartered in |
Gurgaon |
| Company website/URL |
www.yatra.com |
| Industry |
Hospitality/ Travel |
| Stage of the company |
Scaling up |
| Source of idea |
Replicated or modified an idea encountered through previous employment |
| Awards & honors |
* Award for Excellence' in August-07 from TTF-OTM (India's biggest travel show).
* In June, 2008 Yatra.com was recognized as the 'most use...> Read more.. |
| Awards & honors |
* Award for Excellence' in August-07 from TTF-OTM (India's biggest travel show).
* In June, 2008 Yatra.com was recognized as the 'most used travel website' by JuxtConsult.
* Kingfisher has awarded Yatra twice in 2007 for its contribution to national flight bookings.
* Amadeus has honored Yatra for 'Outstanding Productivity' in 2006.
< Back
|
| Partnerships & Tie-ups |
* Mastercard: Special privileges from Yatra to Mastercard users
* Sify: Offering Yatra's services via Sify's 7000 retail points in 220 citi...> Read more.. |
| Partnerships & Tie-ups |
* Mastercard: Special privileges from Yatra to Mastercard users
* Sify: Offering Yatra's services via Sify's 7000 retail points in 220 cities
* Barclay: Issue of exclusive Barclay credit card to Yatra users
* ICICI: Special privileges from Yatra to ICICI customers
* AOL: Powering AOL's travel search functionality
* Indiaplaza: Powering Indiaplaza's travel search functionality
* Hughes: Offering Yatra's services via HughesNet Fusion centers
* Citibank: Special privileges from Yatra to Citibank customers
* ITZ: Offering Yatra's services via ITZ's 3000 retail points
< Back
|
|
|
|
|
| Business description |
Yatra.com is India's leading Online Travel Company. Air tickets, hotel rooms, holiday packages, buses, car rentals; yatra.com has everything to service today's traveler.
With yatra.com, you can book tickets over the internet, through their 24x7 customer care center, Yatra.com Holiday Lounges or by simply using your mobile phone. |
|
| How does the business make money? |
| Commission from service providers (airlines/hotels/buses etc.) on bookings.
|
|
| Team information |
- Manish Amin, Chief Technology Officer & Co-founder
- Sabina Chopra, Chief Operating Office and Co-founder
|
|
|
| Competition |
|
|
| Competitors |
makemytrip.co.in, cleartrip.com, and travelocity.co.in
|
| How different is your product or service? It has... |
Identical or close substitutes available in India |
| In what way is your product or service different? |
* We have the best brand recall in the travel segment and the best site usability according to the recent studies conducted by Juxtconsult and Phoc...> Read more.. |
|
|
|
|
| By The Numbers |
|
|
| |
2006 |
2007 |
| No. of employees |
101-300 |
301-1000 |
| No. of locations |
0-1 |
16-30 |
| No. of customers |
over 50 |
over 50 |
| Turnover |
over 30 crore |
over 30 crore |
|
| Primary source of initial funding |
Personal savings |
| Primary source of additional funding |
Venture capital |
| Raised institutional capital? |
Yes |
| Amount (INR) |
./- |
| Investor |
Reliance Capital |
|
|
|
|
| Why is this startup hot? |
Customers: 0 to 1 million in 2 years
Employees: 2 to 700 in 2 years
Revenue: $200,000/month to $20 million/month in 2 years
Popularity: Highest top of mind recall + Most used travel portal in India
Widest Distribution: Website, 24x7 Call center, Retail outlets, mobile application, shop-in-shops at big hyper markets
> Read more.. |
Customers: 0 to 1 million in 2 years
Employees: 2 to 700 in 2 years
Revenue: $200,000/month to $20 million/month in 2 years
Popularity: Highest top of mind recall + Most used travel portal in India
Widest Distribution: Website, 24x7 Call center, Retail outlets, mobile application, shop-in-shops at big hyper markets
Most payments options: Credit Card, Net Banking, M-Chek (mobile payment facility), Cash on Delivery
Loyalty Program: Yatra miles - First loyalty program in online travel
< Back
|
|
| What keeps the team awake at night? |
| How we can better the customer experience at Yatra.com? How we can reduce Online Fraud? How we can we make our product and services remarkable? |
|
