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Kapil Talking on revival plan for airlines, Kapil Kaul, CEO & Director, CAPA South Asia during the TravTalk Digital Conclave said that every airline right now is waiting for a government bailout. “Airlines need government support in terms of a bailout package at the earliest. Airlines almost have no cash flow or no excess cash reserves. The revival of airlines posts COVID-19 crisis must be conditional based on international best practices. They need to have the cash for 2-3 months to function efficiently,” he said. Kaul further said, “If the crisis continues for a longer duration, we will have a smaller, shrinking industry. Possibly some exits possible as well. We might see consolidation in the market and possibly the repair would begin from thereafter.”

Ezeego1.com has opened a second franchise store in Delhi to cater to the city’s growing travel demands. Managed by Neha Malhotra, the outlet is located at Spaze i-Tech Park, Sector 49, Gurgaon and will provide a bouquet of travel services like flight tickets, hotels, packages, rail and cruise holidays. Speaking at the launch, Neelu Singh, CEO & Director, Ezeego1, said, “Distribution is the key to success in the growing travel market and the opening of our new franchise will help us gain a foothold in this market. Our offerings are curated from a slew of travel aggregators and we enable and distribute it through our platform.” It now has a total of 60 franchises including one in Chennai and Chandigarh each. Ezeego1 will provide the franchisee with an active marketing, technical and store development support. The marketing activity will include print and radio advertising, attractive and preferential commercials. Store development support will include store designing to reinforce the brand’s look and feel. Training and technical support will be provided to all franchisee staff to effectively address the changing technology and enhance customer interface.  

Online travel company Ezeego1.com has announced its strategic partnership with PAYBACK, a multi-brand loyalty programme, to expand its offerings into online travel category. With its wide range of travel products available in the market, Ezeego1.com offers a comprehensive ‘one-stop platform’ to the suppliers, travel agents, and travel partners for them to distribute, promote and sell their products. Under this partnership, PAYBACK’s 110 million members will be able to use their PAYBACK Points when making flight, hotel and holiday bookings on Ezeego1.com. In addition, they will also be able to earn 2 PAYBACK Points for every Rs. 100 spent on the same transaction done on Ezeego1.com with real time enrolment and registration. The partnership is aimed at driving loyalty and stickiness at the Ezeego1 travel domain by offering members a chance to earn points on their spends as well create a rewarding experience for them through redemption opportunities. Neelu Singh, CEO & Director, Ezeego1, said, “Creating memorable travel experiences and adding overall value to our customer’s travel process is at the core of our business. Our partnership with PAYBACK reiterates our commitment in providing customers best travel products as well as value- added benefits through reward points that can be redeemed on Ezeego1 for travel services around the world, from airlines to car rentals, hotels and cruises.”

Ezeego1.com has opened a new franchise store at Charni Road, Mumbai, to cater to the growing travel demands in South Mumbai. The outlet will be managed by Pranit Shah. Speaking at the launch, Neelu Singh, CEO & Director, Ezeego1, said, “Distribution is the key to success in the growing travel market and the opening of our new franchise will help us gain a foothold in this market. Our offerings are curated from a slew of travel aggregators and we enable and distribute it through our platform.’’ Ezeego1 will provide the franchisee with an active marketing, technical and store development support. The marketing activity will include print and radio advertising, attractive and preferential commercials. Store development support will include store designing to reinforce the brand’s look and feel. Training and technical support will be provided to all franchisee staff to effectively address the changing technology and enhance customer interface. Travellers can choose from a wide variety of group tour summer packages to domestic destinations like Ladakh, Andaman, Sikkim, Himachal, Goa and Kashmir and international destinations like Europe, South Africa, Dubai, Thailand, Mauritius, Hong Kong, Singapore, amongst many others. The store will also offer only- veg tours for travellers who have a vegetarian or Jain food preference.

Ezeego1 has introduced a new alliance program calling out entrepreneurs for franchise partnerships across India. Ezeego1’s unique franchise/ business partnership program aims to give entrepreneurs an opportunity to own and operate a franchise successfully, leveraging the brand’s knowledge and expertise. Commenting on this new program, Neelu Singh, CEO & Director, Ezeego1 said, “We continue to build on our success of introducing innovation in our franchise network programs. Our new franchise partnership program is a great opportunity for qualified individuals to own a business and be involved in the core of the activities while taking benefits from Ezeego1’s collective market expertise. Ezeego1’s management experience, training and support lay a solid foundation, upon which a franchise owner can build and sustain a successful business, at low costs.” Ezeego1‘s growing franchise network is dedicated to the success of all its franchises and partners, and provides them with the right tools to make it big in the business of travel. Ezeego1 has many benefits to offer such as authority to use the Ezeego1 brand, guidance and support for helping make the business successful, marketing programs for helping drive traffic to stores, training programs for staff, good margins, and end to end travel solution products.

Ezeego1 has launched an advanced B2B web portal for travel agents in North East India. Neelu Singh, CEO & Director, Ezeego1, said, “We see strong potential in the North-East India, that is set to witness rapid progress in the travel and tourism industry. The advanced portal aims to support the need of the growing client base of travel agents and tour operators in North-Eastern cities of India. Our portal will give travel agents access to our strong distribution network and technological expertise to market their products and expand their travel business.” The portal’s characteristics assign agents with unique login credentials and allows them to sell their products to customers with their own branding. Further, it enables agents with optimal flexibility through GDS and LCC integration as they can access schedule, fares and make flight and hotel bookings instantly. The ‘Hold’ option feature allows agents to book flights in advance, lock-in the flight fares for a specific time period while they confirm the bookings with the customer. Additionally, travel agents will get access to 5,00,000 hotels worldwide, can review and choose hotels based on suppliers and deals. The advanced B2B portal was introduced at an event in Guwahati and saw an overwhelming response from more than 50 leading travel agents and leading domestic and international airline partners including Air India, Vistara, Jet Airways, Singapore Airlines, Thai Airways, Etihad, Emirates, Qatar Airways, and Cathay Pacific.