The company said it has signed a deal with Cox & Kings to transfer it's business travel agreements with corporates in India with EbixCash's Mercury Travel division
Shares of Cox & Kings, which defaulted on some of its borrowings earlier this year, have fallen 98% over the last 12 months to give it a market value of about $11 million
Booking website LateRooms and holiday firm Superbreak ceased operations on Thursday after their parent, Malvern Group, declared insolvency
Cox & Kings has been facing a liquidity crisis, resulting in loan defaults and rating downgrades in the past few months
The tour operator informed the stock exchanges that Bhargava resigned with effect from Tuesday due to personal commitments
The tour operator had moved Bombay High Court earlier in the month and secured an interim relief against invocation of bank guarantees
Last month IATA suspended Cox & Kings from selling airline tickets on credit after it defaulted on commercial paper payments
This came in the wake of the default on commercial paper payments and rating downgrades in recent weeks
According to June shareholding pattern filed by Cox & Kings, the promoters' holding in the company declined to 39.73 per cent from 49.80 per cent at the end of March 2019 quarter.
The firm said it has also failed to pay the interest of over Rs 41 lakh on secured redeemable non-convertible debentures worth Rs 50 crore in timely manner
The stock was trading at new low of Rs 23, and has tanked 54 per cent during the period from level of Rs 50 on June 25.
The tour operator has been facing a cash crunch resulting in delays in salaries and vendor payments
The tour operator issued a statement on Tuesday in the backdrop of financial crisis faced by rival firm Cox & Kings
IATA decided to review the tour operator's credit worthiness on June 28 after it defaulted on commercial paper payments of Rs 150 crore
Cox & Kings had a total debt of Rs 3,238 crore at end of FY19 and this included both short-term and long-term loans
Credit rating agencies Brickworks and CARE Ratings once again downgraded the company's debt following latest default
Unsurprisingly, the share price has lost 83 per cent since its high in November last year, half the loss coming over the past week
There were pending sell orders for 5.16 million shares representing 3 per cent of total equity capital of Cox & Kings
Cox & Kings, which runs the tours and hotels business in India and abroad, has been downsizing its operations since the past few years to pare back its debt
Brickwork Ratings downgraded the credit rating of NCD issue which highlighted delays in debt reduction and an increase in receivables