Category B and C cities tops MakeMyTrip’s expansion list

MakeMyTrip, a comprehensive online travel site is looking forward to open stores pan-India with special focus on category B and C cities. Currently, it has 58 stores across India. Out of these, 16 are company owned branches and the remaining 42 are franchisee run.

The company recently bought a 25 per cent stake in Bangalore-based digital hotel marketing solutions firm Simplotel. In February 2014, MakeMyTrip completed the acquisition of www.easytobook.com which is headquartered in Amsterdam and has a technology development team based in Herzliya, Israel.

Elaborating on the achievements of the company, Ranjeet Oak, Head-Holidays, MakeMyTrip  says, “MakeMyTrip Group (MMYT) acquired majority stake in Luxury Tours and Travel Pte Ltd, a Singapore-based agency in 2011. This was followed in 2012 by acquisition of Thailand-based Hotel Travel Group that operates website, www.hoteltravel.com and Thailand-based ITC Group.”

MakeMyTrip is one of the leading online travel companies of India. It was founded in the year 2000 by Deep Kalra. It was created with an aim to empower the Indian traveller by providing him/her instant booking and comprehensive choices. It began its journey in the US-India travel market. It aims to offer a range of best-value products and services along with cutting-edge technology and dedicated round-the-clock customer support.