MakeMyTrip sees big growth in corporate travel in next 2-3 years

Portal launches product catering to SMEs; enrols 1,000 companies in 2 weeks

MakeMyTrip expects corporate travel to be an important business segment in next two or three years.

The country’s largest online travel portal is tapping the corporate travel segment and this move comes in the backdrop of rival firm Yatra acquiring corporate travel specialist Air Travel Bureau.

Last week, MakeMyTrip announced the launch of its self-booking tool targeting small and medium enterprises (SMEs), which accounts for 70 per cent of the corporate travel business in India.

“Our corporate business should be an important division within the next two or three years. Our plan is to reach out to a large segment of SMEs across