NDTV Convergence partners with iXiGO.com for travel search
Leading travel search engine to power flight searches on NDTVtravels.com
iXiGO (www.ixigo.com), India’s fastest growing onlinetravel search engine has announced its partnership with NDTV Convergence for poweringairfare searches on NDTV.com (www.ndtvtravels.com).NDTV’s flight search, powered by iXiGO.com, will enable users to search lowestair fares in real-time across all airlines and airports in India, and book themdirectly on airline websites, effectively by-passing travel agencies and savingon booking fees charged by travel portals.
The newly launched NDTVtravels.com is a first of its kindtravel supermart, aggregating niche players to provide the consumer with acomplete travel shopping experience. NDTV Convergence partnered with iXiGO.comfor its flight search because of its promising business model, a disruptivemeta-search technology that helps users access deals from multiple travel sitesand presents unbiased information, allowing for better travel buying decisions.With its innovative offerings, iXiGO’s flight search engine will strengthen NDTVConvergence’s leadership in online and mobile media, extending their bouquet ofofferings to online travel.
Announcing the partnership, Mr. Sanjay Trehan, CEO NDTVConvergence commented,
“NDTV Convergence is pleased to partner with iXiGO.com topower the fare search on its travel portal, www.ndtvtravels.com.We are always on the lookout for partners who believe in our vision of constantinnovation to satisfy changing user behavior and prepare for disruptivebusiness models. This partnership fitswell with our philosophy of delivering valuable, unbiased, real-timeinformation to our users.”
Mr. Aloke Bajpai, founder and CEO of iXiGO, added, “NDTVConvergence’s visionary leadership has proven its commitment to innovation bychoosing to partner with iXiGO. We are committed to delivering the mostpowerful and feature-rich airfare search engine in India to users on NDTV.com . Thispartnership is a significant milestone for iXiGO’s success and growth.”
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ABOUT iXiGO.com:
iXiGO.com ® is India’s leading online travel search engine based out of Gurgaon. iXiGO searches across multipleairlines,hotels, andbus bookingsites and finds the best deals for travelers. Launched in June 2007 by an entrepreneurial team of young IITians and INSEAD MBAs, iXiGO.com has been recognized as a NASSCOM Top-100 Innovator and BusinessToday and WSJ-Mint have named it among India’s hottest startups for its unique market approach, product usability, and passionate management team. iXiGO is backed by BAF Spectrum, a Singapore-based seed-investment fund . For more information about iXiGO, visitwww.ixigo.com.
About NDTV Convergence:
NDTV Convergence Ltd., a 100% subsidiary of NDTV Networks Plc, is a leading web 2.0 company. The company develops exclusive content for cross media platforms such as internet, mobile, ITV and IPTV. NDTV Convergence operates www.ndtv.com along with other leading verticals, namely, NDTVProfit, NDTVGoodtimes, NDTVMovies, NDTVTravels, CricketNDTV.com, NDTVArabia, NDTVImagine, NDTVCooks and NDTVGadgets. The bouquet covers an entire gamut of news and beyond encompassing recipes, travel, entertainment, shopping, books, health, gadgets and special features. The company also has a short code presence through its brand NDTV mobile- 56388(India), 63880(UK), 6388(UAE) and an IVR platform with 5056388
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