Travel to now fly off the shelf
Tripshelf is offering travel agents an online marketplace to brand and promote holiday packages. They've launched a festive sale which assures a free gift upon booking.
Tripshelf is essentially an online marketplace for holiday packages connecting tour operators and travellers. Tour operators can list their holiday packages on Tripshelf. com and the travellers can discover, compare, enquire or buy these packages from the tour operators. Dhruv Raj Gupta, Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder, Tripshelf elaborates on the benefits that travel partners can get out of Tripshelf and says, “Firstly, the primary growth factor is that the tour operators get an online platform. Secondly, there is an increase in conversion percentage of online enquires converting to bookings from 0-1 per cent to 7-10 per cent. Thirdly, the agents have a brand online which is more like an online mall where the agents can display their product, use their logo and customer reviews and then gain traction from it.” Currently, the company is catering to 325 established businesses online, promoting their holidays from the nearest domestic destinations like Manali and Kerala to the farthest destination like Antarctica.
Gupta further informs that the company has launched a massive Diwali Dhamaka Sale and through this campaign, it aims to reach out to around five million holiday goers across India. “The idea is that from September 15 to October 15, every time a consumer books on Tripshelf for a tour operator’s holiday package, they get an assured gift which could be a smart TV, mobile phone or refrigerator etc. thus adding on to the festival season,” adds Gupta.
Agents have a brand online which is more like an online mall where they can display product, use their logo, reviews and then gain traction from it