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International travel accommodation platform Booking.com has hired Ram Papatla, vice-president of product management at India's e-commerce marketplace, Flipkart.
Papatla will head a new unit at Booking.com to look at providing customers with travel experiences apart from booking rooms. His departure comes at a time when retail giants Walmart and Amazon are in the running for a majority stake in Flipkart.
Papatla would move to Amsterdam, headquarters of Booking.com. He confirmed to Business Standard he would be vice-president for global experiences at Booking.com.
A Flipkart spokesperson also said Friday was his last day at the company.
Prior to his two year, seven-month stint at Flipkart,
