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Paytm invests Rs 250 crore to boost its travel business
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SME Times News Bureau | 19 Sep, 2019
Digital payments firm Paytm on Thursday announced to invest Rs 250 crore
in its travel business over the next six months to scale up product and
technology team and set up new business verticals.
According to
the company, owned by One97 Communications, it has sold over 100 million
tickets within just three years of operations.
"We continue to
witness strong growth in tier 2 and 3 cities, which accounts for over 65
per cent of our new customers. This investment will help us further
bolster our position as a dominant player in the travel booking space,"
said Abhishek Rajan, Senior Vice President at Paytm Travel.
The
company claimed that it sells more than six million travel tickets every
month and is targeting to grow by 100 per cent in the current financial
year.
With a customer base of more than 15 million and annual
GMV of $1 billion, Paytm has quickly risen to become a leading online
travel booking destination in India.
Since its inception, Paytm
Travel has launched several product innovations like free cancellation
that starts as low as Rs 99 for flights and Rs 9 for bus, zero
cancellation-processing fee on flight tickets and instant refunds among
others.
"Our users have saved more than 60 crore from our free cancellation feature on flight and bus ticket bookings," added Rajan.
The company has chosen Bengaluru as the base of operations for its travel Business with a teame of over 300 members.
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