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Cleartrip to raise employee headcount by 40% in coming quarter

The additional hiring will be across tech, product, growth and emerging business areas, it added

EaseMyTrip net profit zooms over four-fold to Rs 27 crore in Sept quarter

The online travel firm on Tuesday reported an over four-fold jump in consolidated net profit

Early recovery for travel portals, little impact of likely third wave seen

Higher pace of vaccination, lifting of lockdown curbs is aiding recovery; but it is clipped as only 72.5% of airlines are allowed to fly as per present rules

Air traveller numbers treble from May low as states get into unlock mode

But the grim reality is that the average daily passengers for June from the second week is still around 40 per cent of the levels reached in March when it rose to 313,000 passengers a day

Holiday first, pay later: Offer suited only to travellers with deep pockets

No amount blocked on advance booking but such borrowing is reckless

From Marriott to MakeMyTrip, hotels and travel firms look for summer relief

Most hotels expect a marked improvement in the June quarter numbers compared to the December quarter

Real estate, travel and tourism blues hit India's consumption story

Experts say despite the revival in the sales of essential goods, several sectors are continuing to drag private consumption down.

Travel firms roll out discounts in domestic circuit to woo customers

With only a few foreign destinations welcoming tourists, players such as Thomas Cook, Yatra.com and MakeMyTrip are tapping demand for stays in villas, havelis and forts with local experiences

Yatra.com aims to become digital services platform: CEO Dhruv Shringi

The company is taking certain steps especially on the corporate side of business

MakeMyTrip narrows adjusted operating cash loss to $5.5 mn in Q4

Total Adjusted Revenue falls to $137.2 million in the quarter ended March 31, 2020 from $163.3 million in the same quarter last year

After Covid-19, clients will look at WFH issues: HCL Tech's C Vijayakumar

C Vijayakumar, president and chief executive officer of HCL Tech, tells Neha Alawadhi that though demand has fallen in some sectors, others continue to be strong.

What makes IRCTC click in the travel sector amid the Covid-19 pandemic?

Amid the market sell-off, travel service companies such as Thomas Cook and Cox & Kings have been falling like ninepins, Indian Railway Catering & Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) has emerged as an outlier

Planning to go abroad? Check with insurer if it will cover coronavirus

If you cancel your ticket, will you be refunded? Before you choose to go, here are a few things that will help you make the right choice

Coronavirus: Online travel firms offer refund after spike in cancellations

"…travellers are being cautious in making their (outbound) travel plans," said a spokesperson at MakeMyTrip

Coronavirus outbreak puts break on travel companies' recruitment drive

Bookings for South-East Asia have hit a snag, and travel firms are bracing for further cancellations with the virus now having spread to Europe

Online travel companies to clock bookings worth $10 billion in FY19

In the first half of FY19 (April-September) the segment players including Paytm, EaseMyTrip and Ixigo are estimated to have clocked total travel bookings of about $5 billion