5 New Travel Startups From India That Have Momentum
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India's public company stars MakeMyTrip and Yatra get all the attention in travel. But several startups have the execution chops and the support of experts like Sequoia Capital and Amadeus to thrive in providing services to the country's online population, now numbering more than 400 million.
India's startup sector is buoyant. Entrepreneurs are racing to provide services for the country's online population, now numbering more than 400 million.
Travel-focused startups are thriving — OYO Rooms and ZO Rooms are perhaps the two best-known examples. More new travel startups will be spotlighted as best-known examples. More new travel startups will be spotlighted at a summit in New Delhi next month.
The hottest travel startup at the moment is probably Ixigo, a travel search company. After several shifts in its business focus since its 2007 founding, the Gurgaon-based company hit its stride in the past couple of years by becoming a multi-modal marketplace for hotels, activities, air fares, cabs, and train tickets — including a rail booking app, which has been downloaded nine million times.
This winter Sequoia Capital India and the Chinese conglomerate Fosun are
