iXiGO (www.ixigo.com),India’s fastest growing online travel search engine today announced the launchof its bus search tool, enabling search, comparison and booking of bus ticketsfrom multiple bus operators and bus booking sites in India.

iXiGO’s bus search tool available at www.ixigo.com/buses aggregates hundredsof private bus operators spread over 500 towns and across 2300 routes. iXiGOcompares bus travel options ranging from non-AC buses to luxury sleeper busesand air-conditioned Volvos, allowing travelers to search using variousparameters such as timings, amenities and price. Once the user selects the bestdeal on iXiGO, he or she is redirected to the checkout page of the bus bookingsites, where the transaction is completed.

iXiGOhas partnered with Ticketvala, redBus and TicketGoose, India’s leading onlinebus booking sites, to enable the online bus ticketing. Speaking on thepartnership, Phanindra Sama, CEO of redBus said, “We are delighted to beassociated with India’s leading travel search engine. Their meta-searchtechnology adds value to our bus ticketing capabilities.” Haranath Lokanadham, CEO of Ticketvala added,“We have immense faith on iXiGO’s top-rated product and team. Together, we canoffer more value to travelers searching for buses as a part of their journey inIndia”.

Announcingthe launch of the service, Aloke Bajpai, Founder & CEO of iXiGO said,“There is huge potential in online busbooking and we will work with our partners to search a wider base of bus operatorsand offer Indian consumers a more comprehensive and usable bus ticket searchengine over time.”

iXiGO’spioneering approach to online travel aggregates information from multipletravel websites enabling travelers to save time and money by searching moreefficiently and comprehensively. For its partners, iXiGO’s business modelgenerates qualified leads from focused travelers. Earlier, iXiGO has launchedIndia’s biggest hotel booking search,featuring 6000+ hotels from over 400 cities in the country, and India’s mostcomprehensive direct-booking domestic airfaresearch. The website has posted a month-on-month growth of 20% in search trafficand has recently received seed financing from BAF Spectrum, Singapore.

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ABOUT iXiGO.com:

iXiGO.com ® is India’s leading online travel search engine based out of Gurgaon. 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. For more information about iXiGO, visitwww.ixigo.com.