Travelyaari Explained

Travelyaari.com
Type:Private
Foundation:April 2008
Founder:Aurvind Lama, Parthasarthi Sinha, and Prateek Nigam.[1]
Location:Bengaluru[2] [3] [4]
Location Country:India
Area Served:India
Industry:Travel services
Products:Bus booking, Travel Agent booking, Bus ERP
Current Status:Active
Language:English

Travelyaari.com is an Indian bus booking company headquartered at Bangalore, India.[5] With a network of over 3,500 bus operators[6] on its website and 150,000 bus options per day on 45,000 routes, it has served over 150 million bus travelers[7] till date.[8] [9] It books 150,000-200,000 bus tickets daily through Mantis Technologies platform. It also enables 8,000-9,000 offline travel outlets to help them book bus tickets.

About

Travelyaari.com is the flagship brand of Mantis Technologies Pvt. Ltd. Mantis, through its wide range of online products (i.e. Travelyaari, BusCRS.com, IamGDS.com, BusTicketBooking API) has drastically shifted the entire bus industry in India to the Internet.[10] [11] Thus, making the industry more accessible, organised, transparent, efficient and collaborative. Travelyaari.com also has a tours section which offers handpicked travel packages at affordable prices.

Travelyaari is an Indian online bus ticketing website with its offices in Bangalore and other major cities like Ahmedabad, Delhi, Mumbai, Pune, and Chandigarh.

It claims to have 1.54 million monthly visits as per Similarweb.[12] [13] and expects a turnover of about $200–250 million for the financial year ending March 2018.[14]

Travelyaari has features in their online booking system that maintain the safety of single women passengers. It also provides insurance that provides bus travelers protection against last minute cancellations and accidents.[15]

History

Travelyaari.com started operations in year 20 April 2007[16] by IIM Ahmedabad Graduates and industry professionals,[17] Parthasarthi Sinha, Aurvind Lama and Prateek Nigam.[18]

Mantis Technologies, Travelyaari's parent company, also develops a global distribution systems for bus operators to manage their inventories and operations.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Agency . IIMA grads to share travellers' notes . DNA Newspaper . Feb 1, 2010 . 2013-03-26 .
  2. Web site: Contact Us - Travelyaari.com. Travelyaari.com. Dec 24, 2015.
  3. News: Vinay Umarji . Travelyaari to add cabs bookings to its platform . Business Standard India . Business Standard . December 8, 2015 . 21 December 2015.
  4. Web site: Bloomberg TV . Booking Bus Tickets In A Click . Business Standard . December 18, 2015 . 21 December 2015.
  5. Web site: Travelyaari secures $7 million from existing investors. Pai. Vivek. August 11, 2016. Medianama. en-US. 2016-09-20.
  6. News: Travelyaari offers cashless ticket, food bookings for bus travellers. Das. Mamuni. 2017-01-24. The Hindu Business Line. 2017-11-15. en.
  7. News: 2017 will be an acid test for travel tech startups: Travelyaari's Lama. 2017-01-09. Techcircle.in - India startups, internet, mobile, e-commerce, software, online businesses, technology, venture capital, angel, seed funding. 2017-11-15. en-US.
  8. News: Vinay Umarji . Travelyaari to add cabs bookings to its platform . Business Standard India . Business Standard . December 8, 2015 . 21 December 2015.
  9. Web site: Bloomberg TV . Booking Bus Tickets In A Click . Business Standard . December 18, 2015 . 21 December 2015.
  10. Web site: Pradeesh Chandran . Travelyaari may close Rs.50 crore deal this month . The Hindu . December 1, 2015 . 1 December 2015.
  11. Web site: Avik Das . FLYING-START-Its been a fascinating journey . Times of India . https://web.archive.org/web/20151222235140/http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Article.aspx?eid=31806&articlexml=FLYING-START-Its-been-a-fascinating-but-lonely-30112015017041 . dead . December 22, 2015 . November 30, 2015 . 30 November 2015.
  12. Web site: travelyaari.com Traffic Statistics. SimilarWeb. en. 2017-11-15.
  13. Web site: Venkatesh Ganesh . No more missing the bus . The Hindu . March 15, 2012 . 2013-03-26 .
  14. News: Vinay Umarji . Travelyaari to add cabs bookings to its platform . Business Standard India . Business Standard . December 8, 2015 . 21 December 2015.
  15. Web site: TYSURE is Travelyaari's reliability assured service. A Promise of Assured Travel.. Travelyaari. 2017-11-15.
  16. Web site: MANTIS TECHNOLOGIES PRIVATE LIMITED - Company, directors and contact details Zauba Corp. www.zaubacorp.com. en. 2017-11-15.
  17. Web site: ET Bureau . How three IIM-A graduates solved the problem of booking bus tickets . The Economic Times . Nov 12, 2012 . 2013-03-11 .
  18. Web site: Agency . IIMA grads to share travellers' notes . DNA Newspaper . Feb 1, 2010 . 2013-03-26 .