BWI: MakeMyTrip Ties Up with Visa

Press release from Business Wire India
Source: Visa
Thursday, June 23, 2011 01:04 PM IST (07:34 AM GMT)
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MakeMyTrip Ties Up with Visa


New Delhi, Delhi, India, Thursday, June 23, 2011 -- (Business Wire India) -- MakeMyTrip.com, India's largest online travel agency has tied up with Visa, global leaders in electronic payments technology, to provide exciting offers to Visa Platinum, Signature and Infinite cardholders on the purchase of holidays and flights on MakeMyTrip. These benefits include free airport transfers and free airlines tickets.

Visa Platinum, Infinite and Signature cardholders can avail a free airport transfer, at any airport in India, on purchase of an international air ticket or holiday from MakeMyTrip, or they can avail an additional domestic air ticket free on purchase of three domestic air tickets.

Commenting on the tie up with Visa, Mr. Deep Kalra, Co-founder & CEO MakeMyTrip said, "Being industry leaders we strive to offer our customers value at every level of purchase of travel and holidays through MakeMyTrip. This facility will be helpful to Visa cardholders and will enable them to avail maximum benefits while travelling. This tie up gives us the bandwidth to reach out to more Visa cardholders and increase our customer base.

Customers can gain different offers on the purchase of International and Domestic products from holidays to flights. This PAN India deal is valid exclusively for Visa card holders.

He further added, "with people planning their vacation Visa cardholders can gain by opting for some of our great offers available for international holidays like Europe, South East Asia, US and more where Visa cardholders can benefit."

Mr. Uttam Nayak, Group Country Manager - India and South Asia, Visa, said, "MakeMyTrip is one of the leading travel portals in India and Visa is glad to collaborate with them and offer exciting benefits to Visa cardholders under their brand proposition of providing Unlimited Memories. We at Visa are continuously working towards providing offers to cardholders to encourage them enjoy the benefits of electronic payments, including the convenience it provides. We are sure this offer will be utilized by many cardholders to plan their holidays."

About MakeMyTrip India:

The India business of MakeMyTrip was launched in September 2005. As the first and only comprehensive online travel site with real time booking for flights, hotels, holidays and cars, MakeMyTrip.com heralded a revolution in the way travel is bought in India. After a successful launch, MakeMyTrip continues to lead the market with innovative products and services. The site attracts over 4.5 Million unique visits every month according to Omniture Web Analytics. Headquartered in Gurgaon, The company achieved a sales of Rs.3400 crore during the financial year ending March 2011. Outside of New Delhi, MakeMyTrip has presence in 30 locations within India.

For providing best-in-class services to travelers, MakeMyTrip has received numerous accolades. The company was ranked second in the 'Great Places to Work' 2010 Survey by the Great Place to Work® Institute, India. MakeMyTrip has also received the CNBC Travel Award (2009), Best Service provider company (tour operators category) by Indian Council of Market Research (2009), Most Preferred travel & Holiday Website" by IMINT Shoppers and Consumer Insights Awards in 2010, Galileo- Express Travel World "Best OTA Award" (2007), and was recognized as the 'most-preferred full-service Online Travel Agency in India' in a user survey conducted by TravelBiz Monitor in 2008. It has been recognized as a Superbrand by Consumer Superbrands India in 2009.

For more information about MakeMyTrip visit: www.makemytrip.com

About Visa

Visa is a global payments technology company that connects consumers, businesses, financial institutions and governments in more than 200 countries and territories to fast, secure and reliable digital currency. Underpinning digital currency is one of the world's most advanced processing networks-VisaNet-that is capable of handling more than 10,000 transactions a second, with fraud protection for consumers and guaranteed payment for merchants. Visa is not a bank, and does not issue cards, extend credit or set rates and fees for consumers. Visa's innovations, however, enable its financial institution customers to offer consumers more choices:
Pay now with debit, ahead of time with prepaid or later with credit products.

For more information, visit www.corporate.visa.com .



CONTACT DETAILS
Prajakta Bhosale, Genesis Burson-Marsteller, +91 9899043917, prajakta.bhosale@bm.com
Deeksha Pradhan, Genesis Burson-Marsteller, +91 9899309389, deeksha.pradhan@bm.com
Anuja Sharma, Visa India, +91 9004604426, ansharma@visa.com
Preeti Hoon, Edelman India, +91 9867520717, Preeti.hoon@edelman.com

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