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Overview |
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Travelguru is India’s leading
travel website, offering you the best prices on flights, hotels
and holiday packages across India and the world. Travelguru
makes planning and buying a holiday or a business trip easy
and convenient.
Travelguru’s current product
offering consists of airline tickets, hotel rooms, vacation
packages and cruises. We will shortly be expanding our services to offer
a wide array of travel-related services including car rentals. |
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The Travelguru Advantage |
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The origins of Travelguru
were rooted in 4 basic tenets that confront all of us travellers:
- Are we well informed of all our travel
options?
- Have we had an enjoyable experience
making our reservations?
- Are we confident we got the best price?
- Is it safe for me to provide credit
card and other personal details to my travel planner?
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Invariably, the answer to all these
questions is No! At Travelguru we believe we can change
this and this is how we do it: |
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- Transparency: We have no bias towards
any airline or hotel. We present you with all available
options and you decide what the best option for you is.
Also, our prices are inclusive of all taxes. What you
see is what you pay for.
- Choice: We offer access to deals on more
than 500 airlines and 72,000 hotels across the globe and
the options continue to grow.
- Convenience: As a one-stop shop, Travelguru
allows you to view all deals on a single website –
www.travelguru.com. You can also call us on our toll free 1 800 102 4878 (from all major mobile operators) or +91 22 40304878 (standard charges apply) between 8am-10pm. You can also SMS “TRIP” to 58888 and one of
our reservation agents will call you to help you plan
and book your travel.
- Savings: We can offer you the best deals
that are available thanks to various alliances we have
entered into with leading airlines and hotels.
- Security: Travelguru understands your
need to transact in a safe and secure environment. All
your information, be it financial or otherwise, is protected
using the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology standards
from Thawte.
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Team Travelguru |
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| Ashwin Damera: CEO and Co-founder |
| Ashwin worked for Citibank in Madras
and Mumbai in various financial and operating roles.
A strong interest in the growth and success of low
cost airlines led Ashwin to work for Dave Barger,
the President and COO of JetBlue Airways. With an
extensive network of family and ex-colleagues in India,
he has returned to India as a successful entrepreneur.
He has completed his MBA degree from Harvard Business
School. Ashwin also holds a chartered accountant qualification
from India. |
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| Ganesh Rengaswamy: Co-founder |
| Ganesh brings extensive business
transformation and information technology experience
to Travelguru.com. At Infosys Technologies, he managed
mission critical engagements for Fortune 1000 clients
in financial services, transportation and online retail
sectors. He was also an integral part of the Infosys
Retail Business unit’s client acquisition and
alliance initiatives. Ganesh did a stint with a cross
border venture capital firm before joining Harvard
Business School. He has a management diploma from
IIM, Calcutta (India) in systems strategy and bachelors
degree in engineering from the Indian Institute of
Technology-Varanasi / IT-BHU, where he was a valedictorian. |
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Rajesh Jindal: Chief Financial Officer |
Rajesh is an MBA in finance from NMIMS in Mumbai. He has eleven years of post qualification experience with companies like Essar Steel, Marico, and Inox Leisure. He has been involved with new business initiatives such as Kaya Skin Care, where being part of the strategy team for business expansion and product diversification he had setup systems and procedures for the new unit.
Before joining Travelguru, Rajesh was heading finance at Inox Leisure as Vice President – Finance. He was part of the core team at Inox to take the company public in Jan 2006 with an IPO and was also part of the team for an acquisition transaction. |
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| Deepak Mavinkurve: Vice President Operations |
Deepak has over 12 years of travel
management and operations experience in leading travel
companies like Thomas Cook, Carlson Wagonlit and Rosenbluth
Travel. During his tenures he managed corporate travel
for some of the largest global travel accounts like
Halliburton, Flour Daniel, Infosys and Wipro. Prior
to joining Travelguru, Deepak was Deputy General Manager
at ICICI OneSource, India’s leading BPO company,
where he pioneered travel BPO services in India. He
has vast experience in transitioning and running operations
for some of the largest travel brands of Europe.
Deepak is an IATA/UFTAA advanced diploma holder and
holds Travel Consultancy certifications from Air India,
British Airways and Singapore Airlines. |
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| Hari V. Krishnan: Vice President, Product & Marketing |
| Hari has several years of experience working for leading companies such as Cisco Systems & Yahoo! India. His experience has been in Strategic Alliances, Product Management & Marketing. In his 5+ years in the San Francisco Bay Area, he played a key role in launching an industry-leading product for Cisco, as well as managing teams around the globe. Returning to India, he headed Business Development & Strategy for the largest Business Unit of Yahoo! India. Hari has a Masters of Science degree in Telecommunications from the University of Colorado and an MBA from INSEAD in France. |
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Ankur Agrawal: Vice President, Technology |
Ankur brings strong entrepreneurial and technology experience to Travelguru. He was co-founder and COO of Madhouse, one of the first organized DVD rental companies in India. Highlights included developing and managing multi-city distribution logistics for next day delivery, and harnessing small retailers as an innovative sales and distribution channel.
Ankur has 6 years of experience in software delivery management. He was part of the product development team at ecommerce pioneer Broadvision, and has managed multiple customer accounts at software services firms such as GlobalLogic and Second Foundation.
He has a PGDM from IIM Calcutta and a Bachelors in Computer Science from IIT Delhi. |
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Pradipta Biswas : Vice President, Corporate Sales |
| Pradipta has 14 years of rich experience in sales and revenue management with the hotel industry. He has managed several important hotel brands, including like Royal Orchid Hotels, Blue Diamond Pune, Leela, ITC, Intercontinental, Grand Hyatt and Park Plaza. He has worked closely with several project teams and considers training people as his core strength. Pradipta is a Graduate from Presidency College of Hotel Management, Bangalore and is a certified hotel trainer. |
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Shaun Dubash: Vice President, Business Development |
| Shaun has been with Travelguru since its inception and heads the supplier relations for Travelguru. An MBA, Shaun has 8 years experience in the corporate world and has been a part of India’s largest chain of 5-star hotels – The Taj Group of Hotels. He has also been an entrepreneur for 4 years and his several learnings have been incorporated in the way he works today. Shaun prides himself in the ability to understand people, thus resulting in a highly motivated team that spans the country. |
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| Sequoia Capital India |
| Travelguru is funded by Sequoia
Capital India, formed by a merger between Sequoia
Capital and WestBridge Capital Partners.
WestBridge
Capital Partners is a Mauritius based Indian venture
capital fund with approximately $350 million under
management. The fund focuses primarily on high growth
India domestic services, consumer internet, consumer
wireless, and outsourced services businesses that
are leaders in their market segments. WestBridge
has offices in Bangalore and Silicon Valley.
Sequoia Capital's partners
have worked with innovators such as Steve Jobs of
Apple Computer, Larry Ellison of Oracle, Bob Swanson
of Linear Technology, Sandy Lerner and Len Bozack
of Cisco Systems, Dan Warmenhoven of Network Appliance,
Jerry Yang and David Filo of Yahoo!, Jen-Hsun Huang
of nVIDIA, Michael Marks of Flextronics and Larry
Page and Sergey Brin of Google. To learn more about
Sequoia Capital visit www.sequoiacap.com.
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| Battery Ventures |
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Since 1983, Battery has been investing in technology and innovation worldwide. The firm partners with entrepreneurs and management teams across technology sectors, geographies and stages of a company’s life, from start-up and expansion financing, to growth equity and buyouts.
Battery has supported many breakthrough companies around the world, including: Airespace (acquired by Cisco), Akamai Technologies (NASDAQ: AKAM), Cbeyond (NASDAQ: CBEY), LIFFE (acquired by Euronext), and Neoteris (acquired by Netscreen). Its current portfolio in India includes Tech Process, Tejas Networks and Travelguru. Its portfolio also includes emerging firms such as Bazaarvoice, BladeLogic (NASDAQ: BLOG), Netezza (NYSE Arca: NZ), Spot Runner, and TradeKing, as well as more established companies such as ITA Software, eCredit and MetroPCS (NYSE: PCS).
From offices in Boston, Silicon Valley and Israel, Battery manages nearly $3B in committed capital. For more information, visit www.battery.com
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Contact us |
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You can call us on our toll free 1 800 102 4878 (from all major mobile operators) or +91 22 40304878 (standard charges apply) between 9am-9pm.
You can email us at service@travelguru.com.
Sales inquires: Airlines, hotels, car rentals,
vacations or cruise lines - If you have a travel product
and would like to offer it through our website, write to
us at sales@travelguru.com.
Feedback: We are always eager to hear
from you. Send your comments, questions or suggestions to
feedback@travelguru.com |
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