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MSN moves into online travel market

MSN moves into online travel market

Hotel Booking MSN India is forming a partnership with New Jersey-based online travel company Desiya in a bid to capture a share in the online travel market.

Groople (www.groople.com), the leader in group travel planning, has partnered with Go10000, a travel focused development and hosting firm, to bring to market a new group collaboration site for the travel space. GroopVine will provide the solution to the complex communication and booking problems group travel planning can create. Enhancing the online travel space by combining the key elements of social networking such as invitations, forums, messaging, photos and video posting, with the best in online travel booking, GroopVine is the only place for group travelers to shop, plan and book together online.

Travel Agency As per the agreement, MSN will provide travel bookings and services including travel services, including air tickets and hotel bookings for India and worldwide to its users through Desiya.

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Cheap Hotel "The online travel market has grown widely in the recent past due to low cost airlines and widespread use of internet in the country. So, there are huge opportunities present in this segment," Rajnish, Digital Marketing Revenue and Strategic Business Head, MSN, said. "India is the fourth largest internet market in the world with about 40 million Internet users and is poised to capture the third slot globally by 2010."

8mong many firsts for the group market, the new technology platform enables consumers to do something that other sites haven k allowed to book travel and accommodations for more than five rooms in a single online session. Featuring more than 56, 000 hotels, including 7, time group rates, Groople is primed to become the industry largest automated solution for unmanaged group leisure travel, a market estimated at $18 billion to $24 billion. Under its hosted inventory and commission models, Groople generates group bookings niche by niche for hotels and plans to add air, car, cruise, bus and rail later this year.

Flight Booking Amit Taneja, Managing Director, Desiya, said, "With our association with MSN India, we will be able to deliver the best online travel services to the Indians here as well as abroad."

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Travel Agent "In India, the e-Commerce market is about $240 million, out of which $120 million constitute the travel market. This market is expected to grow to $1 billion by 2010 India."

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Hotel Chicago The agreement would enable us to offer composite packages for all travel related services to our customers, Rajnish concluded.

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