Mumbai-based Online Travel Agency (OTA), Arzoo.com, earlier this month launched the hotel booking option for their Preferred Sales Agents (PSA) network. Arzoo.com now offers close to 3,000 hotels from 150 Indian cities to their current network of 2,000 PSAs. The company is targeting a total of 5,000 PSAs by year-end and 10,000 agents by the end of 2010. “We are targeting Tier-II and III cities for the PSA network. The hotel booking will allow them to book hotels conveniently. Also as part of the inaugural offer, we are offering 15 per cent commission to the agents. The process of clearance of commissions is faster and more efficient so that smaller agents do not suffer,” said Sameer Patil, Head Marketing, Arzoo.com. The company started building the PSA network in February this year.
To cash in on monsoon season, the OTA has launched special monsoon packages titled ‘Magical Monsoons’ to 35 destinations across India. The destinations include areas close to Mumbai such as Matheran and Karjat, and other places like Aurangabad, Ajanta Ellora, Goa, Himachal Pradesh, Chennai Triangle Tour, Shimla, Kerala, Nilgiri Falls, Puducherry etc. |