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Articles tagged “yatra”

Business Travel

Why Yatra’s Broken Deal Won’t Help Corporate Travel’s Mergers-and-Acquisitions Prospects

As well as the devastating short-term effects, we're now starting to see how coronavirus can equally have longer lasting impacts on the corporate travel sector.

Matthew Parsons, Skift | 4 years ago

Why Yatra’s Broken Deal Won’t Help Corporate Travel’s Mergers-and-Acquisitions Prospects

Online Travel

Another Travel Merger Sunk by Coronavirus: Ebix Purchase of Yatra Falls Apart

The crisis has caused several deals in the travel sector to come undone, such as an American Express GBT deal, Wex's bid to buy Enett, and Sabre's bid to buy Farelogix. But ever since software firm Ebix offered to buy corporate travel firm Yatra in July 2019, the two companies have been squabbling. So this news isn't surprising.

Ayanti Bera, Reuters | 4 years ago

Another Travel Merger Sunk by Coronavirus: Ebix Purchase of Yatra Falls Apart

Online Travel

Ebix to Acquire India’s Corporate Travel Player Yatra for $338 Million

Corporate travel and event planning seem to be the only profitable paths in India's online travel scene, at least for now.

Sean O'Neill, Skift | 5 years ago

Ebix to Acquire India’s Corporate Travel Player Yatra for $338 Million

Online Travel

Why Ebix Wants to Buy India’s Corporate Travel Player Yatra for $336 Million

Ebix has made a generous takeover bid for Yatra, a corporate travel services provider and online travel agency, to create one of India’s largest end-to-end travel services businesses. Ebix's shrewd CEO Robin Raina is cornering the rare travel segments in India that aren't facing fierce price wars, namely, corporate travel services and currency exchange.

Sean O'Neill, Skift | 5 years ago

Why Ebix Wants to Buy India’s Corporate Travel Player Yatra for $336 Million

Business Travel

Yatra Buys PL Worldways in India-Focused Corporate Travel Push

This tuck-in deal is minuscule, but it underscores Yatra's drive to maintain its position as India's largest online provider of travel booking tools for corporations. Yatra has the potential to build an "Egencia for India" over the course of five or 10 years.

Sean O'Neill, Skift | 5 years ago

Yatra Buys PL Worldways in India-Focused Corporate Travel Push

Online Travel

What India Reveals About the Future of Online Travel: A Skift Deep Dive

Surprising factors have delayed the coronation of MakeMyTrip Group as India's queen of domestic online travel. Paytm came out of nowhere to grab share, Oyo upended budget hotel distribution, Ixigo tried to make price comparison chic, and Booking.com outmaneuvered Expedia for premium hotel bookings. From this scrappy mix, online travel will find new lessons.

Sean O'Neill, Skift | 5 years ago

What India Reveals About the Future of Online Travel: A Skift Deep Dive

Online Travel

Indian Booking Site Yatra Shows Internet Brands How to Advertise Offline

Online travel websites are starting to take their marketing efforts offline to build brand awareness and gain new customers via print and TV campaigns. This is a good example of a multi-faceted service distilling its message down to a simple but powerful image.

Samantha Shankman, Skift | 11 years ago

Indian Booking Site Yatra Shows Internet Brands How to Advertise Offline

Online Travel

OTA Yatra may have raised $14.5 million in Series D funding

This should help refill Yatra's coffers, as the investment amount if correct is just a few million shy of what it spent to acquire Travelocity's Travelguru.com last week

Skift | 12 years ago