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  • The 5-week long jubilation includes honoring its valued customers of last 5 years

    Goibibo completes five years

    By A Correspondent

     

    Goibibo.com has completed five years of its journey in India. The company is celebrating the 5th anniversary with the Goibibo management team meeting the first 50 bookers in person and honoring them with a certificate of appreciation for showing faith and confidence when Goibibo was just starting out along with a goCash gift voucher worth Rs. 10,000.

     

    Goibibo’s first booker is Sandeep Arya from Gurgaon who works with Gartner and the second is Richard Barraud from Delhi who is an Architect and teaches at School of Planning and Architecture.

     

    Besides this, on a daily basis five lucky online bookers will get Rs.1000 in goCash, five weekly bookers have a chance to win Rs.5000 in goCash on bookings made during the week and the five mega winners will win Rs.50,000 in goCash on bookings made in the 5-week period.

     

    As per a statement issued by the company, “Goibibo.com has had a very successful 5-year stint in the market. We have carefully nurtured the brand to help it reach its present status as the most popular travel website in India.  Our valued customers have played a very significant role in helping us reach this milestone. Through the 5-week mega celebration we want to demonstrate our gratitude and appreciation for their loyalty by rewarding them with these incredible deals and offers.”

     

  • Travel website Goibibo.com tracked the trend of travellers on their frequency of change in their plans, based on insight from its buyers' data

    25% Indian travellers change plans post booking confirmation: Goibibo.com

    By A Correspondent

     

    Travel website Goibibo.com has found that 25 per cent of travellers change their travel plans after booking. The website tracked the trend of travellers on their frequency of change in their plans, based on insight from its buyers’ data. The report adds that 20 per cent more women change their travel plans compared to men.

     

    According to the research report, the top routes for travel plan changes have been found to be Bengaluru-Delhi and vice versa followed by Mumbai-Delhi. The top five reasons are said to be: ‘Change in business travel plans’, Extension of stay at destination’, ‘Travellers’ health issues’, ‘Personal or family emergency’ and ‘Change in flight timings’ by the airlines. Women have been found to change their travel plans more frequently than men. It has also been seen that Bengaluru has the highest number of women travellers followed by Mumbai, Hyderabad and Delhi.

     

    Ashish Kashyap, Group CEO, ibibo Web said, “At Goibibo.com we are obsessed with data and analytics and thereby leveraging the same to drive a superior user experience. We publish travel insights based on real data that we study every hour of the day.  With the insights of large volume of changes in a travelers plan, Goibibo has enabled the traveler to access the fastest re-scheduling, cancellation and refund processes.”

     

    Goibibo.com, which was launched in September 2009, is a part of the MIH India Group. It enables travellers to buy air, bus tickets, hotels and holidays.