MakeMyTrip launches Fly Free Domestic Summer Holidays across India

MakeMyTrip, the leader in the Indian online travel space and provider of best-value holidays, has announced its all inclusive summer holiday packages for 2010. These holidays have been created to provide a great degree of flexibility to the traveller, for the first time in the Indian domestic travel space.

Demonstrating high customer focus & understating of modern travel needs, MakeMyTrip Summer Holiday Packages offer industry-first offerings such as:
- Packages inclusive of airfare with a flexibility to travel form 6 major cities across India
- Packages starting from major cities as opposed to traditional departures only from the hub cities of holiday packages
- Daily departures, so that travelers can select date as per convenience

Packages have been created for destinations in Himachal, Ladakh, Kashmir, Uttarakhand, the North-East and South India. Departure hubs include Delhi, Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Kolkata, Bangalore and Chennai. Package cost and itinerary details have been elaborated upon in the annexure.

Elaborating on the new holiday offering, Mr. Keyur Joshi (COO and Co-Founder, MakeMyTrip.com), said, "We have created best-value holidays with elements that have never been offered in the Indian market before. For this, we have utilized our special relationships in the aviation sector as the largest sellers of air tickets in India. We have packaged the best of air and hotel deals to deliver great value & flexibility to Indian travelers.

Mr. Joshi added, "This will change the landscape of the domestic travel industry and how travellers buy holidays in India. MakeMyTrip has always offered greater choice and flexibility to travellers, and we are re-iterating our brand promise with these new products. Our new offering gives customers, the flexibility to choose any departure date against the traditional approach of 4-6 fixed dates of departure.

We will be offering "fly free holiday packages", at no extra cost, from various cities. Now travelers can choose to start their travel from 6 major cities and not pay extra for airfare to reach a fixed hub. For e.g. our flight inclusive Kashmir Package starts from various cities like Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Kolkata, Bangalore, Chennai and Delhi as opposed to traditional fixed itinerary package which would start from only Delhi. Reaching holiday destination by flight not just saves time but also gives an experience to customer to have good time with their family.

SOURCE: Afaqs.com
Date - 28 January 2010
Edition - National