Travelguru
and Air-Deccan ink Alliance
Real time booking
for Air Deccan on Travelguru.com
Mumbai, August 28, 2006:- Travelguru,
India’s premier online travel portal, in a pioneering
effort has entered into a strategic alliance with Air-Deccan
towards making Air-Deccan’s air-fare tickets available
on its website, www.Travelguru.com. Now, potential travellers
can access the Travelguru portal and, at the click of
a mouse, book Air-Deccan tickets in real time. What’s
more, travelers can avail of the best deals Travelguru
and Air-Deccan together have to offer.
Explaining the benefits of the alliance, Captain Gopinath,
MD of Air-Deccan, says, “Our mission is to make
air travel affordable for all Indians. Towards this
mission, we are delighted to enter into a key alliance
with Travelguru, our first online travel partner. Travelguru
brings with it excellent synergy across multiple areas
through its superior technological capability to offer
online travel and stay options. I am confident that
through this alliance we would be able to offer the
growing number of Indian travellers excellent air-travel
options.”
Expressing joy at the alliance, Ashwin Damera, CEO
& co-founder of Travelguru.com, says, “Air-Deccan
is a leader in offering cost-effective air-fare options
to Indian travelers. At Travelguru, we believe in providing
value to our customers. As the first online travel partner
of Air-Deccan, we are in the best position to offer
seamless online booking service ranging from real time
comparison of flight schedules to instant online ticket
payments.” Mr. Damera added that through this
strategic alliance between Air-Deccan and Travelguru,
customers would benefit through increased travel options
that could be viewed real time and the convenience of
swift payment. “When Air Deccan announced its
Re 1 and Re 3 offer, Travelguru was the first and only
portal to market it online and we contributed to a large
percentage of the sale of these tickets”.
Travelguru and Air-Deccan would integrate their customer
relationship management capabilities so that online
customers have access to both Travelguru as well as
Air-Deccan contact centres to address their queries
with speed and accuracy.
About Travelguru
Travelguru is a pioneering travel solutions company
that offers travelers the opportunity to plan and purchase
their travel in a transparent, hassle-free, quick and
smart way. Strategic partnerships and alliances with
travel industry leaders give Travelguru the edge as
an aggregator of travel services. Backed by next generation,
real-time, metasearch technology, Travelguru throws
up a wider range of travel options for domestic and
outbound international travelers. Promoted by two Harvard
Business School alumni with significant travel, technology
and corporate experience and a team of experienced professionals
from industries such as hospitality, travel & trade,
financial services and E-commerce, Travelguru is set
to redefine the way India travels. Travelguru can be
found on the World Wide Web at www.Travelguru.com or can be reached by calling the company’s customer support cente,
+91 - 22 - 4275 4878 (standard charges apply).
About Air-Deccan
India’s fastest growing low cost airline and the
2nd largest airline in the country, with a market share
of 21.2 % (June 2006), Air Deccan has the largest network
in India today covering 55 airports, plying 270 flights
a day. The airline currently operates a brand new fleet
of 14 Airbus A 320 aircraft, with an average age of
1.5 years and 22 ATR Turboprop aircraft. Since its inception
in August 2003, Air Deccan has carried over 6.2 million
passengers and the numbers are growing everyday. The
airline has recorded an on-time performance (within
1 hour) of 98.42% for July 2006. |