MakeMyTrip's Timeline

MakeMyTrip is India’s leading Travel Company and the largest e-commerce business in the country. Lau...nched in India in 2005, MakeMyTrip was the first travel portal in the country and regarded as the pioneer of online travel. Its comprehensive offerings coupled with the convenience of online transactions supported with great-value prices revolutionized the way Indians purchased travel services. After a successful launch, MakeMyTrip continues to lead the market with innovative products and services. The web-site attracted over 7.2 million unique visitors per month in fiscal year 2013 according to comScore. MakeMyTrip also has an offline presence through 61 stores across India. In August 2010, the Company had a successful IPO on NASDAQ, becoming the first Indian travel company to list overseas. The MakeMyTrip Group achieved sales of INR 6400 crores in the financial year ending March 2013. For four years in a row (2010-2013), MakeMyTrip has been ranked among the ten ‘Best Companies to Work for in India’ by Great Places to Work Institute. MakeMyTrip has received numerous accolades for providing best-in-class services to travelers. Most recently, it was awarded the CNBC Travel Award (2013) and the Lonely Planet Travel Award for Best Travel Facilitator (2013 & 2012). MakeMyTrip has also received the Outlook Traveller Award for India’s Favourite Travel Portal (2012), CNBC Travel Award (2009) and Galileo-Express Travel World “Best OTA Award” (2007). It was recognized as “Most Preferred travel & Holiday Website” by IMINT Shoppers and Consumer Insights Awards in 2010, Best Service provider company (tour operators category) by Indian Council of Market Research (2009), and the ‘most-preferred full-service Online Travel Agency in India’ in a user survey conducted by TravelBiz Monitor in 2008. In 2009, it was recognized as a Superbrand by Consumer Superbrands India. In 2012, MakeMyTrip received the inaugural Porter Prize named after Michael E Porter for “Industry Architecture Shift” by “by challenging the very basis of competition, creating new business models, challenging the status quo and exploiting change.”Read More

Name: Manav Narula

Hometown: Gurgaon, Haryana