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Makemytrip Inc. is an Indian online travel company, founded by Deep Kalra in 2000. Headquartered in Gurgaon, Haryana, the company provides online travel services including flight tickets, domestic and international holiday packages, hotel reservations, rail and bus tickets. In 2011 and 2012, MakeMyTrip made strategic acquisitions in pursuit of growth through new channels and markets in Southeast Asia. Recently, it launched Travel Apps for mobile devices.〔("MakeMyTrip launches mobile apps" ), ''The Hindu Business Line'', 11 July 2012〕 The company has been consistently recognised as one of India's best travel portals.〔("Jet Airways, MakeMyTrip sweep inaugural Times Travel Honours" ), ''The Times of India'', 18 October 2011〕 In addition to a full-service online portal, the company also operates through 59 retail stores〔("MakeMyTrip's retail store now in Coimbatore" ), ''The Hindu Business Line'', 12 June 2012〕 across 37 cities in India along with international offices in New York City and Sydney. == History == MakeMyTrip was founded by Deep Kalra, an alumnus of Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad.〔Subroto Bagchi, ("Making His Own Trip" ), ''Forbes India'', 23 March 2010〕 Prior to setting up MakeMyTrip, Deep had worked with GE Capital as vice president of business development (retail), as well as serving stints with ABN AMRO Bank and AMF Bowlinghai. MakeMyTrip was launched in the US market〔Maggie Rauch, Travel Daily China,("The making of MakeMyTrip, and what will drive future growth" ) ''WebInTravel'', 2 May 2011〕 in 2000 to cater to the overseas Indian community for their US-to-India travel needs. The founding team consisted of Deep Kalra, Keyur Joshi〔("Keyur Joshi: Co-Founder and COO, MakeMyTrip.com Pvt. Ltd." ), ''PhoCusWright Conference''. Retrieved 20 March 2013.〕 (Co-Founder & Chief Commercial Officer), Rajesh Magow〔("Makemytrip Ltd (MMYT:Consolidated Issue Listed on NASDAQ Global Select)" ), ''Bloomberg Businessweek''. Retrieved 18 June 2013.〕( Co-Founder & CEO - India, formerly Chief Operating Officer & Chief Financial Officer) and Sachin Bhatia (ex-Chief Marketing Officer). After serving a long tenure of 10 years, since the company's inception, Sachin Bhatia〔Robin Thomas, ("Sachin Bhatia quits MakeMyTrip to start own venture" ), exchange4media.com, 14 January 2010〕 quit MakeMyTrip as an active member and decided to work as an independent advisor and a prime shareholder in the company. With the success of IRCTC (Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation)'s online business model which enabled the Indian traveller to purchase railway tickets〔("Deep Kalra, 38, IIM-A: IRCTC online business" ), Outlook India.com, 17 September 2007〕 on the Internet, things started to look brighter for the travel market in India. This was also the time when Low-Cost Carriers entered the Indian Aviation space. MakeMyTrip started its Indian operations in September 2005,〔("MakeMyTrip launches India Travel Site" ), SmartSurat.com. Retrieved 20 June 2013.〕 offering online flight tickets to Indian travellers. To broaden its travel portfolio, the company also started to focus on non-air businesses like holiday packages and hotel bookings. On 13 August 2010, MakeMyTrip was listed on the NASDAQ〔("MakeMyTrip soars after Nasdaq listing" ), hindustantimes.com, 14 August 2010〕 and went public, making a debut in the US market. Trade Analysts believed that this was an encouraging sign for both the investors and other Indian firms. In 2011, the company strengthened focus on the mobile route by creating several travel-related Apps〔("MakeMyTrip launches comprehensive mobile suite" ), ''The Hindu Business Line'', 11 July 2012〕 for all types of mobile devices (smartphones and basic cellphones). In the same year, MakeMyTrip also made three acquisitions,〔P.R. Sanjai,("MakeMyTrip seeks to diversify business through small acquisitions" ) livemint.com, 24 July 2012〕 namely, Luxury Tours and Travel Private Limited (Singapore), Le Travenues Technology Private Limited (Gurgaon, India) and My Guest House Accommodation (New Delhi, India). MakeMyTrip's other acquisitions include travel operators like ITC Group and Hotel Travel Group to enter new markets in the South-East Asian region in the year 2012. In June 2015 MakeMyTrip invested $3 Million Dollars in Inspirock, a vacation itinerary planning website to improve trip planner.〔("Inspirock Gets $3M Seed Funding To Make Vacation Itinerary Planning Easier" ), ''TechCrunch''. Retrieved on 20 July 2015.〕 Rajesh Magow was appointed as CEO - India in August 2013. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「MakeMyTrip」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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