India's leading eCommerce marketplace, today signed a strategic deal to promote the products of Yatra.com across eBay India. As a part of this deal, Yatra.com will be featured as a recommended travel website on eBay India's homepage. In return, Yatra.com will offer the customers of eBay India the option to search and book travel products – domestic & international flights and domestic hotels.


Speaking on the alliance, Bharat Malik, Head of Online Marketing, Yatra.com, said,, "This will be a long term partnership wherein Yatra.com and eBay India will explore more innovative methods of promoting various travel deals and products offered by Yatra.com. This tie up will help us reach a huge base of customers who are transacting online on eBay India and hence will enable us increase the brand awareness of Yatra.com."


eBay customers can book their travel through a dedicated travel page containing special offers for them created by Yatra.com which will be linked directly from the eBay India's homepage. In addition, eBay India will provide dedicated display advertising inventory to Yatra.com domestic on its homepage and other sections of the website. This will be done by highlighting the top deals offered by Yatra.com with the help of banners across eBay India.

Yatra.com has also been the recipient of several prestigious awards and recognitions. From being declared the ‘Best Online Travel Agency' of the year 2008 at the Galileo Express Travel World's awards, 2008 to being the only Indian travel company among the ‘Top 100 start ups in Asia' awarded by Red Herring. And also being recognized as the ‘most used travel website' by Juxt Consult in their India Online Survey 2008, Yatra.com has garnered a distinct mindshare of consumers.

The Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) has renewed their contract with Yatra.com. This would mean that users can continue to book their train tickets using Yatra.com.

The IRCTC is biggest ecommerce site in India and provides millions of users with eTickets for the Indian Railways. Yatra will continue to offer train bookings at a added premium.

Yatra.com has also rolled out yet another exciting and unique scheme for their customers making their rail travel bookings on the website. Under this offer, a customer can avail a discount of Rs. 1000 on any domestic hotel of his or her choice just by booking his rail travel on Yatra.com.

Everyday over 1.2 million people travel across India through 7000 passenger trains, and booking tickets online is one of the most convenient way. IRCTC will continue to offer tickets through the portal irctc.co.in.

Yatra.com signs advertising deal with Yahoo India
05 January, 2010
Yatra.com and Yahoo India have signed an advertising deal under which Yahoo India will feature Yatra.com as the recommended travel website on its homepage. Yahoo India will also provide display advertising inventory to Yatra.com on its Homepage, Finance and News sections. Yatra.com will also be featured as the Knowledge Partner on Yahoo Answers for Travel category.

Bharat Malik, head, online marketing, Yatra.com, has said, “It is a long term partnership, whereby we will harness the strengths of Yahoo, the preferred destination of Indian internet users. It will enable us to increase the brand awareness of Yatra.com and have a positive impact on our advertising in other online mediums as well.”

Dhruv Shringi, co-founder and CEO, Yatra.com, has said, “Partnering with a leading site like Yahoo India is a logical choice for Yatra.com. Through this association, we believe that Yatra.com will benefit from the strong reach of Yahoo in India.”

Arun Tadanki, managing director, Yahoo India, has said, “The Yahoo network reaches 72 per cent of all internet users in India and we are committed to strengthening our audience growth through product innovations and marketing investments. We are also very focused on providing our advertisers with comprehensive solutions to reach their target audience effectively. Our advertising partnership with Yatra.com leverages various properties of Yahoo India to provide strong visibility to this leading travel portal.”

Yatra.com has announced the extension of their strategic relationship with IRCTC by renewal of its contract to offer train bookings on its travel portal. IRCTC, the fastest growing ecommerce website in Asia pacific has extended their agreement with Yatra.com because of its proven track record and number of bulk bookings that have happened in their alliance thus far.

In keeping with its innovative spirit, Yatra.com has also rolled out yet another exciting and unique scheme for their customers making their rail travel bookings on the website. Under this offer, a customer can avail a discount of Rs. 1000 on any domestic hotel of his or her choice just by booking his rail travel onYatra.com.

Speaking on the contract renewal and new offer, Dhruv Shringi, Co Founder and CEO, Yatra.com, said, “Travel by Indian Railways is the single largest and most economical mode of public transport in India, with over 1.2 million travelers booking and travelling through 7,000 passenger trains daily. With this number growing phenomenally every year, it was essential to meet the demands of our customers and continue providing them with the option to travel by trains. AtYatra .com we always aim for high customer satisfaction our constant efforts are towards introducing maximum unique offers which add more value to our products and services.”

The key highlight is Yatra’s best-in-class booking experience that uses most advanced technology and offers customers quick & easy navigation. Under this service, users can view all available trains, timings, fares and seat availability for 5 days on a single screen, in addition to being able to book and cancel online. Tatkal bookings and senior citizen quotas too are available for booking.

Along with easing the booking process for customers, Yatra.com through its retail arm, Yatra Holiday Lounges, develops ideas for customers who would like to personalize and customize their travel. These holiday lounges allow customers to book a holiday best suited to their needs in consultation with aYatra Travel Expert. Currently, Yatra .com, has eleven premium Lounges spanning across the country, located in Bangalore, Ahmedabad, Baroda, Mumbai, Delhi, Gurgaon (Delhi NCR), Noida (Delhi NCR), Chennai, Chandigarh, , Ludhiana, & Pune.

Jet airways fleet consists of total 85 air craft's plus 47 aircraft which are in the process to be delivered to jet airways in the coming future. Jet Airways fly Boeing 777-300 ER aircraft, Airbus A330-200 aircrafts, Boeing 737-400/700/800/900 aircrafts and modern ATR 72-500 on domestic and international routes.Jet Airways is Mumbai based India’s second largest international Airline offers flights for both domestic destinations and international destinations. Jet Airways operates 400 daily flights to 64 destinations in India and abroad. Its primary base is Mumbai and other hubs are Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Pune and Chennai in India and Brussels in the international hub. In India Jet Airways main destinations are Bangalore, Hyderabad, Pune, Ahmedabad and Amritsar.

Jet Airways has increased domestic connectivity between Ahmedabad, Indore, Bhopal, Raipur & Hyderabad cities with its new ATR 72-500 aircraft in all economy configurations.It has also introduced more flights on the Ahmedabad- Mumbai sector. Jet Airways also provide flights to other 22 destinations across the world on code sharing basis. It shares code with Air Canada, All Nippon Airways, American Airlines, Brussels Airlines, Emirates Airline, Etihad Airways, Qantas Airways and United Airlines. Some of the main international destinations are Colombo, Dhaka, Kathmandu, Bangkok, Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur, Shanghai, Singapore, Brussels, London, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Bahrain, Doha, Kuwait, Muscat and Toronto.

As per March 2008 figures, Jet Airways domestic aviation market share stood at 29.8%, including its LCC arm JetLite's share of 7.1%.According this stat Jet airways is the largest airline in India, followed by other domestic carriers like Kingfisher Airlines (including Air Deccan), SpiceJet and IndiGo Airlines. In Sep 2008 Jet Airways for voted as seventh best airline in the World. Earlier this year (2008) It was also honoured as the world's best long-haul airline after Singapore Airlines.Jet Airways operates largest numbers of Delhi-Mumbai flights and Mumbai-Delhi flights. Some the flights are direct from Delhi and Mumbai but some the flights are connecting flight to and from other cities.You can see all Delhi to Mumbai flights schedule here.

Jet Airways

et Airways is the India's largest airline after state own Air India. Jet Airways airlines is own by Mr. Naresh Goel, a well known person in the Indian aviation industry. Jet Airways is full service airline operate flights for both domestic destinations and international destinations. Currently Jet Airways operates over 385 flights daily to 64 destinations in India which includes all the main cities in India like Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad, Bangalore and Kolkata. Jet airways offers world class flight services for both domestic and international flight travelers. Primary hubs for JetAirways domestic flights are Mumbai (Bombay) and Delhi & for Jet airways international flights hub is Brussels. That's the reason why most of the domestic flights are routed either via Delhi or Mumbai. However secondary hubs for Jet Airways Domestic flights are Chennai, Ahmadabad and Kolkata. Jet Airways focus cities are Hyderabad and Pune.

JetAirways airline is known for its high quality in flight services at reasonable airfare rates. You can book Jet airways cheap tickets online by selecting your destination in the online booking engine and paying by credit card/debit card. You can book Jet airways cheap flight tickets as per your convenience and requirements. For example you can book early morning flight or late night flights depending on your flight ticket requirements. Jet Airways flights can be booked online for three classes viz - First Class, Première and Economy. You can also avail frequent flier program better known as JetPrivilege.

As the much awaited Bollywood movie, ‘New York’, releases on June 26, 2009, Yatra.com, the leading online travel company, has rolled out an innovative promotional campaign – “See Din Mein Stars” that will offer a once -in -a -lifetime opportunity for its customers to meet one of their favorite Bollywood Stars - John Abraham or Katrina Kaif.

The two biggest things in India are cricket and Hindi Cinema. Yatra.com was the official travel partner for the Delhi Daredevils team and has now associated with the film New York. To get a chance to meet the stars, one needs to book one’s travel on Yatra.com between June 21st and July 9, 2009. As a plus, you could also get audio CDs & movie tickets of the film.

Speaking on this promotional offer, Nikhil Rungta, Head Marketing, Yatra.com, said, “Yatra.com is proud to be associated with one of the most eagerly awaited movies of the year. Hindi movies are a great way to connect with the Indian customer. Our association with the film ‘New York’ is a result of the fact that New York is a popular destination and we are a travel company, therefore, we see a great connect with our brand.

Speaking on the promotional tie-up, Rafiq Gangjee, VP - Marketing & Communications, Yash Raj Films, said, we are proud to be associated with yatra.com for our film New York. It is a strategic tie up as the name of the film and the business of yatra.com has a great connect. We are sure that this association would be a great success and we would look forward to such associations in future.

To communicate this promotion, yatra.com is doing complete 360 degree marketing. In support to television promotion, it is being promoted through print, online, e-marketing, mailers, SMS & much more. The TV commercial went live on June 21, 2009 and is being aired across popular channels.

A Yash Raj Films production, New York has been directed by Kabir Khan, produced by Aditya Chopra and releases on June 26th, 2009. The movie is a story of three friends in New York. New York stars John Abraham, Katrina Kaif, Neil Nitin Mukesh and Irrfan.