US-based travel search engine Kayak enters India, launches Kayak.in
15 July, 2008
US-based travel meta search engine Kayak.com has launched its India specific website Kayak.in that currently offers its users flight search and fare alerts facilities. A Kayak spokesperson has told AlooTechie, “Our business development team has made several trips to India and we are in active negotiations with several travel providers.”
According to the spokesperson, Kayak.com was already receiving significant traffic, about 300,000 searches per month, from Indian IP addresses and Indian origins. Through its India website, Kayak aims to serve this demand through local currency and by applying the correct POS (point of sales).
On being asked about the market potential that the company sees in the Indian market, the spokesperson said, “After the US, India is Kayak.com’s second biggest market. Indians have been using the UK or US site until now. We were anxious to launch a local site for savvy online travellers of India.”
Currently, Kayak doesn’t have its office in India. According to the spokesperson, travel providers interested in partnering with Kayak.in may contact Annie Wilson, director of business development, Kayak Europe. Annie Wilson is based in London.
ixigo.com is much better in my opinion, i still dont see the facination with Kayak.in
Mobissimo launched in India ages ago and have never been seen every since.
Kayak is a great site in the USA. But I still love ixigo and rediff for all my travel needs. kayak has a long way to go to crack it here..
I thought someone would implement the same in india too and I then discovered ixigo.com 6-8 months back.
really i dint know abt kayak.com...thanks..
Well well ..
1) They dont have all the airlines yet
2) Their site's title still says Kayak.com
3) Mobissimo launched in India ages ago and have never been seen every since.
Kayak is a great site in the USA. But I still love ixigo and rediff for all my travel needs. kayak has a long way to go to crack it here..
ixigo is faster and simpler to navigate than them for sure.
Kayak.in is in India for almost 3 months now.
This was my favorite web application for years. I thought someone would implement the same in india too and I then discovered ixigo.com 6-8 months back.
Now finally original portal is here.
Cleartrip almost copied Kayak's design and now dang! Kayak comes to India.
Cleartrip guys gonna change their UI?
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