Yatra.com nominated for the prestigious 16th Annual World Travel Awards

Yatra.com, India’s leading online travel company has been nominated for the world’s highest global honours ‘Annual World Travel Awards 2009’ under the 'Asia's Leading Travel Agency' category. Yatra.com is the only online travel company to be nominated from India.

The Annual World Travel Awards is the worlds most comprehensive and prestigious awards program in the global travel industry. The awards acknowledge and celebrate excellence in the world's travel and tourism industry. Winners are decided through voting and recommendations are made by the travel industry professionals across the globe. The voting for this year’s awards is on till 27th July 2009.

Speaking on the nomination, Dhruv Shringi, Co founder & CEO, Yatra.com said, "We are extremely delighted to be nominated for this internationally recognized award. At Yatra.com, each and every employee strives consistently to provide the best in class services to our customers. I thank the entire Yatra team for their persistent efforts in making Yatra.com one of the fastest growing travel companies in India".

Yatra.com has been the recipient of numerous prestigious awards and recognitions in the past. From being declared the ‘Best Online Travel Agency’ of the year 2008 at the Galileo Express Travel World’s awards to being the only Indian travel company among the ‘Top 100 start ups in Asia’ awarded by Red Herring and also being recognized as the ‘most used travel website’ by Juxt Consult in their India Online Survey 2008, Yatra.com has captured a distinct mindshare of consumers.

Yatra.com also has been the first online travel company in India to offer unique and innovative services such as cash-on-delivery of domestic and international flight tickets, compensation to the customers for flight delay, partial payment options for hotel bookings and international flight booking. Yatra.com currently has eleven premium Holiday Lounges spanned across the country, located in Bangalore, Ahmedabad, Baroda, Mumbai, Delhi, Gurgaon (Delhi NCR), Noida (Delhi NCR), Chennai, Chandigarh, Ludhiana, & Pune. These holiday lounges allow customers to book their travel best suited to their needs apart from establishing Yatra’s strong offline presence across different centres in India.