Ixigo.com

iXiGO.com is a travel search engine headquartered in Gurgaon, India. iXiGO is an infomediary that aggregates searches for flights, hotels and buses, by searching across 40 different websites to deliver results. They do not handle booking of tickets (unlike Online Travel Agencies)but instead redirect the user to book directly from the travel provider’s page.iXiGO.com was founded by Le Travenues Technology Pvt Ltd comprising of travel search enthusiasts and veterans who combine over 25 years of experience in the travel industry. Their aim is to be the “Google of all travel in India”. iXiGO’s revenue model is based on pay per click advertising, tie ups with prominent airlines and hotels in India and selling advertising spaceon their website. They work with over 40 hotel aggregators such as [http://www.travelguru.com Travelguru.com] and [http://www.hostelworld.com hostelworld.com] and all the leading airlines in the Indian aviation sector such as Jet Airways, Kingfisher Airlines and [http://book.goindigo.in/ Indigo Airlines] . They have been voted as India’s fastest growing travel search engine. [http://www.indiaprwire.com/pdf/pressrelease/200802207520.pdf | India's fastest growing search engine]

Infobox_Company | company_name = iXiGO.com
company_

company_type = Travel Meta Search
foundation = flagicon|India Gurgaon, India (June 3, 2006)
location_city = Gurgaon
location_country = India
key_people = Aloke Bajpai, CEO/Founder
Dharmendra Yashovardhan, COO/Co-Founder
Rajnish Kumar, CTO/Co-Founder |
industry = Travel, Internet, Metasearch
company_slogan = your travel search begins here
homepage = [http://www.ixigo.com www.iXiGO.com] |

Team

Aloke Bajpai, CEO, ex-Amadeus technologist, IIT Kanpur, INSEAD MBA.Rajnish Kumar, CTO, ex-Amadeus technologist, IIT Kanpur.Dharmendra Yashovardhan, COO, ex Perot Systems, MERI Calcutta, INSEAD MBA.Jens Schutter, CPO, ex-Amadeus products expert.

Awards

Prior to their launch they were chosen as one of the top six startups in the internet space in India and showcased their product in the country’s premier startup showcase event, [http://www.proto.in/ Proto.in] . They were recently funded by [http://bafspectrum.com/ BAF spectrum] for an undisclosed sum [http://www.bafspectrum.com/press/iXiGO_%20Press_Release_20080220.pdf | BAF Spectrum funds iXiGO] . iXiGO.com was chosen a finalist at the Red Herring Magazine Global 100, 2007 [http://www.herringevents.com/global07 /redherring100_finalists.html | Red Herring Global 100 Awards] . and the Red Herring Asia 100, 2007 [http://herringevents.com/asia07/redherring100.html#200 | Red Herring Asia 100 Awards] , the prestigious lists of innovative companies in the World and Asia respectively. iXiGO.com was also chosen as one of NASSCOM’s ( India's National Association of Software & Services Companies) 100 IT Innovators 2007 [http://www.nasscom.in/Nasscom/templates/NormalPage.aspx?id=53050#I |NASSCOM top 100] as well as Business Today (India)'s 10 hottest startups to watch out for in 2008 [http://www.ixigo.com/static/media/Business_Today_%20Hottest_Startups_in_India.pdf | Business Today] .

References

1. [http://www.indiaprwire.com/pdf/pressrelease/200802207520.pdf India's fastest growing search engine] .
2. [http://www.bafspectrum.com/press/iXiGO_%20Press_Release_20080220.pdf BAF Spectrum funds iXiGO]
3. [http://www.herringevents.com/global07/redherring100_finalists.html Red Herring Global 100 Awards]
4. [http://herringevents.com/asia07/redherring100.html#200 Red Herring Asia 100 Awards]
5. [http://www.nasscom.in/Nasscom/templates/NormalPage.aspx?id=53050#I NASSCOM top 100]
6. [http://www.ixigo.com/static/media/Business_Today_%20Hottest_Startups_in_India.pdf Business Today's hottest startups]

External links

* [http://www.ixigo.com iXiGO.com] - official website