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Interview: Experiential travelling is the next big trend in India

Loknath Das , , , , , , , , ,

The Indian tourism industry is evolving but fails to score well on customer satisfaction. The industry needs certain regulations and interventions in aspects like safety for women travellers, keeping the tourist sites clean and creating a great experience only then people will look upon India as a promising tourist destination, said Saurabh Sharma, the founder and director of Travel Unravel Holidays Private Limited, in an email interview with Yahoo India.

Travel Unravel is a UK-based organisation, working to create a better travel experience for every traveler. Here are some edited excerpts from the interview:

Saurabh Sharma feels that travelling places is a journey to ‘self- discovery’.

1. What is Travel Unravel all about? How would you convince a traveller to use Travel Unravel services?

Travel Unravel Holidays Pvt Ltd. is an Online Travel Agency (OTA) based in the United Kingdom, USA and India. The company specialises in services ranging from hotel bookings to ticketing and hassle-free holidays.

The travellers are convinced on account of the facilities like, ‘Price-match guarantee’, ‘Price Drop Policy’ and Travel Trust Association (TTA) & Air Travel Organiser’s License (ATOL) protection. These factors are the major reasons for making bookings on Travel Unravel. Above all, we are a value-based travel company promoting integrity and delivering excellence.

2. What is the revenue model of Travel Unravel? Kindly throw some light on the same.

The current focus of Travel Unravel is on corporate travels and the organisation is constantly trying to strengthen that up. So, the major revenue source is from corporate bookings which the company provides through its best-offered services in the form of special offers and discounts to the corporates as their trusted travel partners.

3. What are the unique services provided by Travel Unravel? How is it different from other online travel companies like MakeMyTrip?

The major USP of Travel Unravel is the personalisation feature on all the travels. Personalisation feature allows the travellers with the best possible solution to all their travel-related queries. The major centre is on complete customer satisfaction. This feature is not being offered on most of the other OTAs in India, presently.

4. What is your take on the Indian travel industry? How is the travel industry responding to the rising demand for vacations and individual journey needs?

With the evolution of Indian traveller, the travel industry has matched up to their expectations in a seamless fashion. The focus now is majorly on experiential travelling instead of budget-friendly travels. The companies are now offering the customers the freedom to compare the prices and a simple booking process. All these factors are contributing and completing the demand-supply chain of vacations.

Currently, experience-based travel is gaining momentum; The Indian market is emerging as travellers are getting matured. Trends are changing; people are now exploring new destinations like South Africa, Tunisia, Jordan. Fiji, and Mexico. Cruises have taken a huge leap, people are into experiencing good. Now people between 30 years and 40 years are travelling more. People travel for experience be it food, fitness or adventure, sports for their favourite cuisines, yoga or sports. More and more people are opting now for destination wedding the cost remains the same and it is better coordinated.

In the last 7-8 years, the buying power of Indians has increased along with the internet and mobile technology giving thrust to the travel and tourism industry. Blockchain technology ensures complete automation and it is changing the game in terms of ease of travel. Indians are now among the top five spenders for abroad trips.

[“source=in.finance.yahoo”]

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