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  • ixigo introduces six independent directors to the board panel

    ixigo introduces six independent directors to the board panel

    Mumbai: Online travel app ixigo on Monday announced the appointment of six independent members to its board of directors.

    The new independent members of the board are NASSCOM Foundation ex-chairman & trustee Arun Seth; IRCTC (Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Limited) ex-chairman & managing director Mahendra Pratap Mall; ICICI Ltd & ICICI Prudential Life ex-vice president Shubha Rao Mayya; Hopper Inc founder & CEO Frederic Lalonde; Hamstede Living MD & CEO and ex Lemon Tree Hotels, Ginger Hotels, Rahul Pandit and Innerchef co-founder Rajesh Sawhney.

    Taking to social media, ixigo’s Group CEO & co-founder, Aloke Bajpai tweeted: “We are thrilled to welcome 6 new independent board members bringing rich, diverse and relevant experience to our Board. Together, we will take our iconic travel-tech offerings to the next level!”

    Launched in 2007 by Aloke Bajpai and Rajnish Kumar, Ixigo is an AI-based travel app based in Gurugram and has a user base of more than 250 million. The travel firm has divided its apps based on user interest – the ixigo train app and the ixigo flight app. 

    Earlier this year, the company acquired Bengaluru-based online train discovery and booking platform Confirmtkt for an undisclosed amount. ixigo is the fourth Indian online travel company to go public after MakeMyTrip, Yatra, and  EaseMyTrip.

  • IRCTC Partners with ixigo for Hotel Bookings

    IRCTC Partners with ixigo for Hotel Bookings

    MUMBAI: Travel marketplace ixigo has partnered with IRCTC to exclusively power hotel bookings for IRCTC users. 

    Through this partnership, ixigo’s wide range of accommodation offerings from its domestic and international hotel partners and OTAs will be available on IRCTC’s web and mobile platforms.

    Railway travellers can now go to IRCTC hotels and compare budget and luxury hotels across prices, ratings, reviews and amenities through this new hotel search and booking platform. ixigo searches and compares over 40,000 hotels from all leading travel websites and allows travellers to filter by offerings such as ‘pay at hotel’ and ‘free cancellation’.

    IRCTC CMD Mahendra Pratap Mall says, “Our partnership with ixigo is a part of our efforts of enhancing service offerings to railway customers. The smart and personalised hotel booking options aggregated from multiple online travel sites will help IRCTC deliver affordable accommodation to users through ixigo’s simple and innovative hotel platform.”

    ixigo CEO and co-founder Aloke Bajpai adds, “We are delighted to power hotels for IRCTC and extend our offerings for their large base of rail customers. As a company, we have a decade-long commitment towards understanding the pain points of train travellers and solving them. Through this partnership with IRCTC, ixigo’s hotels meta-search technology will be made available to fulfil the government’s vision of providing more convenience and services to rail travellers.”

    IRCTC’s website and app witnesses over seven lakh train bookings a day and through this exclusive partnership with ixigo, it aims to fulfill the hotel booking requirement for thousands of travellers every day. Rail travellers will benefit from exclusive deals and discounts as ixigo will aggregate and compare prices across branded budget hotel aggregators and OTAs on IRCTC. 

    Launched in 2007, ixigo is India’s leading travel marketplace, with a user base of over 100 million travellers. ixigo allows you to compare and book from 120+ travel suppliers and OTAs across flights, hotels, trains, cabs and destinations.