Stop that bus! Ticketvala wants you to jump onboard
MUMBAI – India’s only real time, comprehensive online bus ticket booking service www.ticketvala.com, has launched its online booking service for consumers.
The service allows travellers to book bus tickets anytime and anywhere at the click of a button at no extra cost.
Ticketvala.com says the new online service will eliminate “the tedious process of standing in long queues to book tickets or finding a travel agent” and provides the convenience of door step delivery of tickets booked on the website through a simple six step procedure.
Headed by Haranath Lokanadham, a 20-year management veteran in IT, shipping and travel, Ticketvala.com has received funding by Footprint Ventures, a leading Bangalore based venture capital firm.
Ticketvala.com covers a large network of destinations across India and says it will “provide the structure and organisation in the largely unorganised bus travel segment”.
Ticketvala.com provides real time quotations, real time bus booking services for round trips, and multiple payment as well as doorstep delivery of tickets.
In their annual report 2006-07, the Department of Road Transport & Highways noted that road networks carry nearly 85 percent of passenger traffic in India.
Lokanadham said, “The bus ticketing system is a largely unorganised sector and we saw a clear gap which we could address for our consumers. Also, in order to reach the non-English speaking and non-internet travellers, Ticketvala.com has launched its call centre services in both English and other local languages.”
Neill Brownstein, co-founder of Footprint Ventures, said that with the growth of the travel industry and the combination of the Internet, the online travel industry was helping to create vast opportunities in India.
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