Yatra.com wins the 'Best online travel agency' Award for the Year 2008 By Galileo Express Travel World
Yatra.com, one of India's largest and leading online travel companies, has been declared the 'Best Online Travel Agency' of the year 2008 at the Galileo Express Travel World's awards on December 10, 2008 in New Delhi.
Tweet-- Yatra.com, one of India’s largest and leading online travel companies, has been declared the ‘Best Online Travel Agency’ of the year 2008 at the Galileo Express Travel World’s awards on December 10, 2008 in New Delhi. In line with the Galileo Express Travel World belief that excellence and responsibility must go hand in hand and that responsible action will not only ensure a better future but also good business prospects, the theme for the awards this year was climate change and responsible tourism.
The Galileo Express Travel World Awards recognize the best in the industry every year. The winners are chosen through a transparent process which is certified by leading management consultants - Deloitte Touché Tohmatsu India Pvt. Ltd. These awards were first incorporated in 2003 with the objective of promoting professionalism and encouraging the travel & tourism industry to attain higher levels of performance. In their sixth edition now, the Galileo Express Travel World Awards continue to be endorsed by the Indian travel and tourism fraternity as the most credible industry awards and are considered the voice of the tourism industry.
Speaking on being awarded, Dhruv Shringi, Co founder & CEO, Yatra.com, said, “I am truly honored and humbled to win an award of this magnitude. On behalf of Yatra.com, I would like to thank our loyal customers who continue to use our services regularly. At Yatra.com, each and every employee strives consistently to understand and provide services that we think customers look for not from just a travel portal but a travel specialist.”
Established in August 2006, Yatra.com has fast grown to become India’s leading travel company, serving over 1 million customers. 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 15 retail Holiday Lounges spread across the country. Yatra.com has an employee base of more than 700. The Company achieved a turnover of $120 million in the year 2007 and projects a turnover of US $ 220 million by the end of calendar year 2008.
Yatra.com has received a lot of prestigious awards and recognitions. It is the only Indian travel company among the ‘Top 100 start ups in Asia’ awarded by Red Herring. It has also been recognized as the ‘most used travel website’ by Juxt Consult in their India Online Survey 2008. Yatra.com has 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).
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About Yatra.com
Yatra.com is India's leading Online Travel Company. Backed by some of the biggest business houses and venture capital firms like Intel Capital, Reliance Capital, Norwest Venture Partners & Network 18, Yatra.com has become a one-stop-shop for all travel needs. From air tickets to hotel rooms to holiday packages to buses to 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 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 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. Currently yatra.com is doing average revenue of Rs 80 crores a month and a volume of more than 6,500 air tickets and 300+ hotel room nights per day. More information about Yatra.com is available on the Internet at www.yatra.com.