MakeMyTrip: Keeping a start-up culture as it scales
To Amit Saberwal, Employee 62 at MakeMyTrip, India, the biggest achievement of the company is not the successful NASDAQ listing in 2010 but that it’s been consistently rated among the best places to work in India and its talent management practices are recognized by peers.For three years in a ro [...]
What travel agents and start-ups could learn from each other
As the travel agency business gets more complicated and competitive, the winners will be the ones who care about productivity and are focused on the end traveler experience and, dare I add, the vision to embrace technology and recognise what it can do for their business.Brett Henry, Abacus’ vice [...]
Who says innovation has to happen in a garage?
Even though he himself developed his idea in one, Dr Ravi Mehrotra, president and co-founder of revenue solutions company IDeaS, believes it’s a myth that innovation can only happen in a garage.A passionate mathematician, his logic is – “one in 1,000 people are innovative. If you have an org [...]
Japanese start-up Trippiece allows like-minded people to plan together
Meet Trippiece, a Japanese start-up that allows people to share their travel plans and plan trips with like-minded people. It received investment from Tokyo's Samurai Incubate in 2011.While the website is in Alpha stage in Japanese, Ryutaro Yokoyama (Manager) says they are aiming to make the web [...]
WIT Start-Up: TripFlick launches in Singapore, think Lonely Planet-meet-Tripit
TripFlick, a new travel app (for Android users) wants to be your personal travel guide – think Lonely Planet-meet-Tripit, says its founder Nishant Johri (left). It launches in Singapore today and the Singapore-based start-up nFlick wants to launch it in 100 cities within a year.Q: Describe the bu [...]
