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Reviewed Oyorooms

NOT TRUSTWORTHY- BLUNTLY DENIED ME MY BOOKED ROOM

First, I had booked a particular hotel in Ranchi but OYO Rooms shifted that booking to another hotel, without my consent and just sent me the information. When I actually reached the other hotel(Shivangi Home, Ranchi) on the day of the booking, I was told very coldly that no rooms were available...Read more

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A great effort by Capt Gopinath n Team! Cheers!
Simplifly Deccan

Without much exaggeration, I must say that there is nothing really unusual about MDs traveling their own airlines. In fact if they didn't and instead traveled another airline on a route which their own airline flies, it would be cause for scrutiny. Talking to their customers or operating machines in... their own factories, besides their workers are normal activities for MDs and CEOs particuarly of privately owned enterprises. Ask anyone working for Infosys and they will tell you that Narayanamurthy and Nandan Nilekani stand in queue for lunch at the same food court and eat with everyone else. And this in no way is an isolated example. Because the company is their own baby and the customers are its bread and butter. Capt G's efforts are appreciable and his intentions are good, but his flights still run several hours late, the logistics seems out-of-sync with reality. Maybe your flight went on time, but remember that one fly in the soup was enough for a MacDonald's to lose his franchise. Customer's expect high quality service today, low cost or not. Can C G do it?Read More

Reviewed 7 Habits Of Highly Effective People, The - Steven R Covey

A Must Read

Writing a great piece ofliterature requires both perspiration and inspiration in acogent mix and Covey's 7-habits is an illustration of this. This book is generally seen as Covey's seminal work and many of his later works can be seen as expansions of this one. The book is not written in ascholar...Read more

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Why is Air Deccan crashing?
Simplifly Deccan

Thanks for the comments - i appreciate your opinion. It may be true that other Airlines also made losses (I make no claim to the contrary) but one must realize there could be different factors in each case..(For example, in the Kingfisher example, please consider that they will need time to settle i...n). Rising fuel prices may have been a common factor for everyone, but in the case of Air Deccan, their attitude towards the customer stands out stubbornly...sadly towards the wrong side. This is substantiated not only by the example I have given, but also by a large number of other reviewers on this own site, as well as some people I personally know who have flown the airline. It makes a huge difference with the kind of competition AD is facing. Secondly if you havent already done this, just visit www.yatra.com and compare flights across various routes. On some, AD is the cheapest, on others it is not...And even where it is the cheapest, the difference with the next airline is only a few hundred rupees - which is not significant for a typical flyer (the huge tax above the displayed base fare is almost same for all, so that further minimizes the impact of the difference). In any case, the difference is not significant enough to outweigh their culture of arbitrarily cancelled and postponed flights, particularly for people with serious business. Before I study Aviation companies, please think over this: If you along with your family were on one of those suddenly cancelled flights with the money bluntly refunded to you and nowhere to go next, would your comments read the same? Anyway the main point I was making was something constructive: Just imagine AD decides to improve their punctuality, not cancel flights at whim, be a bit accomodating and try to reach the customer on time. Take responsible action for cancelled flights by arranging alternatives. No frills needed. Just 'Deliver'. Where would it be now? Its high time AD starts thinking along these lines.Read More

Reviewed Simplifly Deccan

Why is Air Deccan crashing?

This is an attempt to provide some constructive criticism. As I understand Air Deccan was intended to provide low cost air travel, in exchange for what other airlines offer as “frills” – items such as free food, soft drinks and smiles on the flight. The airline flew out under the facade of a “lo...Read more

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