New inbound packages for agents
After expanding its horizons to include leisure and MICE packages for Jordon, Egypt and Turkey for agents, Clickurtrip.com has introduced inbound packages for Kerala, the Golden Triangle and a few Indian metros. It will soon follow these with halal packag
Muhammad Imran, Founder and CEO, ClickUrTrip.com, says, “Our Egypt and Turkey packages were launched some time ago, when we were witnessing good demand. Unfortunately, due to the slowdown in market, the numbers have not been as satisfactory as expected. However, after participating in TTF Ahmedabad, Dubai has picked up and queries for Saudi Arabia, Dubai and Turkey have increased significantly.”
Haj figures
Imran reveals that the company did good numbers for Haj from India, Malawi, UK and a few from Canada and South Africa. Most of the demand from India for Mecca and Medina comes from South India, Mumbai and Gujarat. “We also sell a lot of room nights for these two destinations. We are the exclusive GSAs for three hotels in Mecca and one in Medina with a total inventory of 280-300 rooms,” he added.
Clickurtrip.com has also recently upgraded its system and has launched inventory from local DMCs and local suppliers on the site this year. The CEO says, “We are doing good room nights because of our competent pricing, especially for five-star hotels where the rates differ anywhere between Rs 1,000-Rs 5,000 per night as compared to other online suppliers. We are looking for some good allotments in big hotels this year.”
He adds that some of the largest DMCs are also looking to upload their inventories on its site, which will happen soon. “We have upgraded our site quite a bit and made it as simple as possible to keep it fast and user-friendly for our agents. We have also introduced franchisee and PSA module for India and abroad. They will have special rates and access to our extensive fix departures to many destinations including Saudi Arabia, Dubai, Turkey and Egypt,” he says. There is a special login for franchisee which enables them to create sub-agents under them and earn impressive mark-ups defined by them.
Clickurtrip currently owns a fleet of 52 luxury vehicles ( including Mercedes and GMCs) in Saudi Arabia along with Lamia Tourism. “We had planned to boost our fleet but we were too busy with Haj bookings. We will start expanding our fleet inventory in November and December to 100-plus vehicles with some exclusive services from the airport, as by 2015 we plan to have travel counters or boots at Jeddah and Medina airports,” Imran reveals.