Travelguru is planning to diversify with different distribution options in their current business model which focuses on hotels. The company, which has an inventory of 4,000 Indian hotels across three, four and five star category, is planning to provide the inventory to global distribution companies, international portals and also international tour operators. “We are holding talks with GDS companies, international portals and tour operators to provide our inventory of Indian hotels. The talks with GDS companies are at a very nascent stage and we are almost close to working with international portals and tour operators. However, it will be difficult to disclose their names,” informed Ashwin Damera, CEO and Co-founder, Travelguru.
Further more, the company is also looking at starting group tours for which it is currently in dialogue with Indian tour operators who will develop the group package tours on behalf of Travelguru. The company is evaluating options with multiple tour operators and is likely to commence group tours by January next year. |