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March - 2010 - issue > Top 25 Most Promising Internet Companies

Traveltechie.com Hitting the Right Opportunity

Jayakishore Bayadi
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Jayakishore Bayadi
Indeed it’s a herculean task for a traveller to find the best deal which meets the requirements of his travel needs and most importantly the budget. Obviously it takes great deal of a user’s precious time in researching for the same in a crowded travel market. Sameer Patil, a seasoned travel industry professional and ex-Arzoo.com veteran is quick to recognize the opportunity. Traveltechie.com, his newly founded travel information portal, helps anyone who is looking for the best deals, discounts and offers in travel from the airlines, hotels, resorts, cruises, travel agents, tour operators and various travel suppliers under one roof.

Sameer Patil looks happy. No doubt his maiden venture Traveltechie.com has hit the right opportunity at the right time. “We are India’s first publisher of the best deals in travel to the frequent travelers (B2C) as well as to the Travel Trade (B2B),’’ proclaims the proud founder. The portal aggregates all the special offers from various travel suppliers and brings the best of the offers consolidated in one place. “If a traveller wants to save time looking for the best deals to save on his travelling costs, then Traveltechie.com is the right place,” explains Patil.

Traveltechie lists the best deals available on its portal in a unique way. Each week Traveltechie team researches the various deals, special offers, promotions offered by various travel companies across India and publishes the same after filtering them based on parameters like the cost saving it offers or the uniqueness of the product. The team edits the Best 25 deals and informs it to their registered users via email. “We are not a travel agency or an online travel agent. We don’t sell or book air tickets or hotel rooms. The booking always happens on the service provider site which can be an airline website, a hotel website or a travel agency,” clarifies Patil.

“The portal also publishes the an e-newsletter covering latest travel industry news which reaches out to over 12,000 travel trade registered members and over one lakh frequent travellers visiting the website. Unlike other travel information sites Traveltechie make revenue from various avenues. Informs Patil, “Our revenue model is based from the advertisement options on our site, e-newsletters as well as exclusive mailers done for the travel suppliers to showcase and promote their travel products to our registered user base.” A user can find the latest travel industry news as well on the portal, which has already tied up with leading travel events and exhibitors as their online media partners helping them promote their events on Traveltechie.com.

Traveltechie.com has plans to expand globally in major countries having high number of Travellers. Being an innovative concept, the challenges involved start right from educating the customers (Travellers) about using Traveltechie.com to find a good deal to making a travel supplier understand the digital platform for marketing their Travel Products to Travel Trade and travellers in a cheaper, quicker and more innovative way. However, says Patil, “With the increase in the Internet penetration and growth of broadband along with the rise in the maturity levels of the internet users, we are positive about larger acceptance of Traveltechie.com as a preferred site for travel information and also a cost effective platform for travel suppliers to market and promote their travel Products to B2B and B2C segments.”


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