Yatra.com, one of India’s largest and leading online travel companies, has been declared the ‘Best Online Travel Agency’ of the year 2008 at the Galileo Express Travel World’s awards on December 10, 2008 in New Delhi. In line with the Galileo Express Travel World belief that excellence and responsibility must go hand in hand and that responsible action will not only ensure a better future but also good business prospects, the theme for the awards this year was climate change and responsible tourism.

The Galileo Express Travel World Awards recognize the best in the industry every year. The winners are chosen through a transparent process which is certified by leading management consultants - Deloitte Touché Tohmatsu India Pvt. Ltd. These awards were first incorporated in 2003 with the objective of promoting professionalism and encouraging the travel & tourism industry to attain higher levels of performance. In their sixth edition now, the Galileo Express Travel World Awards continue to be endorsed by the Indian travel and tourism fraternity as the most credible industry awards and are considered the voice of the tourism industry.

Speaking on being awarded, Dhruv Shringi, Co founder & CEO, Yatra.com, said, “I am truly honored and humbled to win an award of this magnitude. On behalf of Yatra.com, I would like to thank our loyal customers who continue to use our services regularly. At Yatra.com, each and every employee strives consistently to understand and provide services that we think customers look for not from just a travel portal but a travel specialist.”

Established in August 2006, Yatra.com has fast grown to become India’s leading travel company, serving over 1 million customers. Yatra.com believes in providing the best in class services to its customers and reaches out to them through its website, 24x7 call centre and 15 retail Holiday Lounges spread across the country. Yatra.com has an employee base of more than 700. The Company achieved a turnover of $120 million in the year 2007 and projects a turnover of US $ 220 million by the end of calendar year 2008.

Yatra.com has received a lot of prestigious awards and recognitions. It is the only Indian travel company among the ‘Top 100 start ups in Asia’ awarded by Red Herring. It has also been recognized as the ‘most used travel website’ by Juxt Consult in their India Online Survey 2008. Yatra.com has been declared to have the ‘best brand recall’ in the travel segment and the ‘most user friendly website’ according to the recent studies conducted by Juxt Consult and Phocus Wright, which are independent research organizations. Yatra.com has also been awarded for ‘Excellence’ in August-07 by TTF-OTM (India’s biggest travel show). 

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