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MakeMyTrip Limited is an Indian online travel company founded in 2000.^[1] Headquartered in Gurugram, Haryana, the company provides online travel services including flight tickets, domestic and international holiday packages, hotel reservations, and rail and bus tickets. As of 31 March 2018, they have 14 company-owned travel stores in 14 cities, over 30 franchisee-owned travel stores in 28 cities, and counters in four major airports in India. MakeMyTrip has offices in New York, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Phuket, Bangkok, and Dubai.

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History[edit]

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MakeMyTrip was founded by Deep Kalra,^[2] an alumnus of IIM-Ahmedabad. It was launched in the US market in the year 2000 to cater to the overseas Indian community for their US to India travel needs. MakeMyTrip started Indian operations in September 2005, offering online flight tickets to Indian travellers. The company also started to focus on non-air businesses like holiday packages and hotel bookings. On 17 August 2010, MakeMyTrip Limited was listed on the NASDAQ after its initial public offering.^[3]

In 2011, the company created several travel related apps for mobile devices. MakeMyTrip also made three acquisitions—Luxury Tours and Travel Private Limited (Singapore), ITC Group Hotel Travel Group, and ETB Group—to enter new markets in south east Asia and Europe. In September 2014, MakeMyTrip instituted a $15 million innovation fund to support travel start-ups.^[4]

MakeMyTrip acquired MyGola, a travel planning website, in April 2015. The acquisition was done through the innovation fund and all employees of MyGola were absorbed into the MakeMyTrip team.^[5]

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In July 2015, MakeMyTrip invested in the travel information and hotel review portal HolidayIQ and picked up approximately thirty percent stake in the company^[6]. In the same month, it invested $5 million in Bona Vita Technologies, a start-up which plans to utilize the funds to build innovative products in the travel industry^[7].

In January 2016, the Chinese travel booking company Ctrip agreed to invest $180 million to MakeMyTrip^[8].

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Mergers, acquisitions and investments[edit]

MakeMyTrip and Ibibo Group merger[edit]

In 2016, MakeMyTrip and Ibibo Group, India's largest travel booking portals, merged through a stock transaction. Through this transaction, MakeMyTrip acquired its rival, Ibibo Group, in one of the biggest acquisition in India's online travel space. Post merger, MakeMyTrip shareholders own a sixty percent stake and Ibibo Group shareholders get a forty percent stake. Naspers and Tencent, who jointly owned Ibibo Group, became the single largest shareholder in MakeMyTrip.^[20]

Products and services[edit]

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MakeMyTrip offers flight tickets, rail and bus tickets, cab service, and hotel booking services on its portal. In 2012, MakeMyTrip launched travel mobile applications for Windows Phone, iPhone, Android, and Blackberry devices. MakeMyTrip route planner provides all the basic required information on more than one million routes in India.^[21]

Awards and recognition[edit]

References[edit]

1. ^'MakeMyTrip Limited: Private Company Information'. Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
2. ^'MakeMyTrip bets on hotel business to drive growth'. The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
3. ^'A new journey begins for MakeMyTrip'. Rediff. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
4. ^'MakeMyTrip's early stage investment fund is an extension to M&A strategy: Magow'. VCCircle. 23 September 2014. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
5. ^Krishnamurthy, Krithika (21 April 2015). 'MakeMyTrip acquires travel startup Mygola'. The Economic Times. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
6. ^Chanchani, Madhav (23 July 2015). 'MakeMyTrip picks up 28% stake for 95 crore in HolidayIQ to boost hotels & holidays business'. The Economic Times. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
7. ^Jain, Samiksha (31 July 2015). 'MakeMyTrip invests $5M in travel start-up Bona Vita, acquires 67% stake'. Entrepreneur. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
8. ^Reporter, B. S. (8 January 2016). 'Ctrip buys $180-mn stake in MakeMyTrip'. Business Standard India. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
9. ^'MakeMyTrip acquires Luxury Tours & Travels' pata.org, 20 May 2011
10. ^'SAIF Partners, MakeMyTrip Buy 76.6% In iXiGO.com For $18.5 Mn' dealcurry.com, 11 August 2011
11. ^'MakeMyTrip buys My Guest House Accommodation Kochhar and ARA advise' barandbench.com, 21 November 2011
12. ^'MakeMyTrip Acquires Majority Interest In Thailand’s ITC Group For $3.2M' medianama.com, 27 November 2012
13. ^'MakeMyTrip acquires Hotel Travel Group for $25 m' The Hindu Business Line.com, 7 November 2012
14. ^'MakeMyTrip acquires EasyToBook.com' livemint, 7 February 2014
15. ^'Inspirock attracts seed funding of $3m, unveils new site', Tnooz. Retrieved on 20 July 2015.
16. ^[1], The Hindu. Retrieved on 14 August 2015
17. ^'Makemytrip invests Rs 95 crore in HolidayIQ'. The Times of India. 23 July 2015.
18. ^'MakeMyTrip invests $5 million in former Snapdeal CTO's Bona Vita Technologies'. The Economic Times. 30 July 2015.
19. ^'CCI nod to MakeMyTrip, Ibibo Group merger'The Economics Times. Retrieved on 21 January 2017
20. ^'MakeMyTrip Limited and ibibo Group to combine'. www.naspers.com. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
21. ^NextBigWhat. 'MakeMyTrip launches routeplanner – competes directly with iXiGo?'. www.nextbigwhat.com.
22. ^'A trip to success'Express TravelWorld, December 2007
23. ^'MakeMyTrip.com- Superbrands'superbrandsindia.com. Retrieved 27 June 2013.
24. ^'MakeMyTrip Ties Up with Visa- About MakeMyTrip'thetelegraphindia.com, 23 June 2011
25. ^'Lowest price guarantee on Bus ticket-booking on MakeMyTrip.com'arrowtimesmedia.com. Retrieved 14 February 2013.
26. ^ ^abTNN, 'Jet Airways, Makemytrip sweep inaugural Times Travel Honours'timesofindia.indiatimes.com, 18 October 2011
27. ^Gunjan Piplani, 'Retailers eye tier II & tier III cities in 2013'indianretailer.com.Retrieved 20 March 2013.
28. ^'Safari India National Tourism Awards'patwainternational.com. Retrieved 14 February 2013.
29. ^'Leisure & Travel E-Retailer Award'franchiseindia.com, 2012
30. ^'Celebrating Excellence in Asia's Low Cost Aviation and Travel Industry'Budgie$ & Travel Awards – terrapin.com, 9 February 2012
31. ^Abhinandan Mishra, 'Porter Prize 2012 awarded'Porter Prize- Sunday Guardian. Retrieved 2010-10.
32. ^'Social Media & Mobile in Travel Asia 201327-28th November 2013, Langham, Hong Kong' events.eyefortravel.com. Retrieved 27 June 2013.
33. ^'MakeMyTrip.com awarded the best Travel & Tourism company in India'afaqs.com, 10 May
34. ^ ^ab'Lonely Planet Magazine India launches first-ever Travel Awards on 3rd May'mediavataar.com, 30 April 2012
35. ^'Readers’ Choice Winners'Outlook Traveller Magazine, 1 February 2013
36. ^''Honouring Excellence in Retail''.
37. ^'World Travel Awards 2014 Asia Winners'. World Travel Awards.

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