MakeMyTrip.com selects Amadeus as its exclusive technology partner to power all online bookings
Amadeus has today announced that MakeMyTrip.com, the leading OTA and amongst the top three travel companies in India, will be fully powered by Amadeus. For the website’s customers, this will mean more choices as well as an enhanced online shopping experience.
Business Release
19 Mar 2009
New solution provides greater flexibility and functionality at the same time as reducing costs
Bangkok, Thailand (Asia Pacific), 19 March 2009. Amadeus, a leading global technology and distribution partner to the travel and tourism industry, has today announced that MakeMyTrip.com, the leading OTA and amongst the top three travel companies in India, will be fully powered by Amadeus. For the website’s customers, this will mean more choices as well as an enhanced online shopping experience.
MakeMyTrip.com has been operating its international bookings engine on Amadeus’ platform since 2007. Following the success of this partnership, MakeMyTrip.com has decided to move its domestic airline booking engine onto the Amadeus platform as well. The resulting synergies in domestic and international operations will lead to the lowering of operational costs for the travel portal.
The website will operate using Amadeus Web Services 2.0 - a second-generation, state-of-the-art global technology platform that provides full access to Amadeus’ content. Amadeus Master Pricer, a cutting-edge low fare search tool, will help customers to quickly and easily find options that suit their travel needs and budget. In addition, Amadeus provides a dedicated 24x7 service team in India which is backed up regionally by an Asia Pacific support structure, thereby ensuring faster turnaround and seamless support to the end consumer.
""We are pleased to announce that all the online travel bookings on MakeMyTrip.com will henceforth be processed by Amadeus. We expect this to greatly benefit our customers as domestic travellers can access a greater number of travel options than before due to the comprehensive content on Amadeus," said Keyur Joshi, Co-Founder and COO of MakeMyTrip. "We have had a fruitful international partnership with Amadeus who is the market leader in India helping us to continuously stay ahead of the competition. The move to bring our domestic engine onto the same platform will enable us to focus on marketing our products and serving our customers more effectively, and ensure that our operating costs are kept low."
Amadeus Web Services is based on open standards, it is wholly language and platform neutral, and fully Web 2.0 compliant.
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About Amadeus
Amadeus is a chosen technology partner for providers, sellers, and buyers of travel. The company provides distribution, IT and point-of-sale solutions to help its customers adapt, grow and succeed in the fast changing travel industry. Customer groups include travel providers (airlines, hotels, car rental companies, railway companies, ferry lines, cruise lines, insurance companies and tour operators), travel sellers (travel agencies) and travel buyers (corporations and travellers). Solutions are grouped in four solution categories – Distribution & Content, Sales & e-Commerce, Business Management and Services & Consultancy
The company is owned by WAM Acquisition, whose shareholders are BC Partners, Cinven, Air France, Iberia and Lufthansa. Amadeus employs over 8,600 employees worldwide, representing 105 nationalities.
More information about Amadeus' solutions for airlines is available at: www.amadeus.com/airlines.
About MakeMyTrip.com (www.makemytrip.com)
The India business of MakeMyTrip.com was launched in September 2005. As the first and only comprehensive online travel site with real time booking for flights, hotels, holidays and cars, MakeMyTrip.com is heralding a revolution in the way travel is bought in India.
After a successful launch, MakeMyTrip.com continues to lead the market with 50% share and innovations in products and services. They sell over 10,000 flight tickets, 1000 hotel room nights and over 100 holiday packages every day. The site attracts over 2 Million unique visitors every month according to ComScore Media Matrix, an independent internet research agency.
The company has achieved a turnover of Rs. 1500 cr. in the current fiscal.Outside of New Delhi, MakeMyTrip has office in 23 locations within India.
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