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Cleartrip's agency business is recording fast growth, a sign of its growing stake in the online travel sector in India.
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Online travel agency Cleartrip has announced that its travel agent partners increased by 40% in 2023 as compared to 2022. The company's business-to-business platform Agentbox 2.0 recorded four times higher volume of business in 2023 than the previous year, it added.
Agentbox 2.0: Cleartrip’s agency business is a platform that aims to provide travel agents with a one-stop solution for booking airlines, hotels, and holiday packages. It allows agents to earn commissions as well as create sub-agents and expand their businesses.
With 70% growth in monthly agent transactions, Cleartrip had onboarded more than 5,000 agents in fiscal 2022, establishing what it called "the fastest-growing agency network in India." In a May 2023 release, the company had said that it has built a presence in over 27 cities.
Cleartrip on Indian market: In the Skift India Travel Podcast, Cleartrip CEO Ayyappan Rajagopal shared that the company aims to become a