EaseMyTrip


EaseMyTrip is an Indian online travel company founded in 2008 by Nishant Pitti, Rikant Pittie and Prashant Pitti. Headquartered in New Delhi, the company provides hotel bookings, air tickets, holiday packages, bus bookings, and white-label services. EaseMyTrip has overseas offices in Singapore, Dubai, Maldives, and Bangkok.

History

The idea for EaseMyTrip came when the brothers, Nishant Pitti and Rikant Pitti used to book air tickets for their father's frequent business trips, and saved money in the booking process. Initially based out of their home garage as a travel agency, the duo lost all of the initial investment within the first three months. Later on, references from family and friends helped and a major turnaround came when an airline noticed multiple bookings coming from a single email id and contacted the Pitti brothers to become its travel partner.
EaseMyTrip has a network of 42,000 travel agents, 1200 franchise outlets, 640 white-label solutions, and 1600 distributors. Nandan Jha joined as the COO in 2017 and Abani Kant Jha as the CFO in 2019.

IPO

EaseMyTrip has filed for a ₹510 crore initial public offering with the Securities and Exchange Board of India, making them the first online travel agency to be listed on the Indian share market. The issue is managed by Axis Bank and JM Financial.

Partnership

On 14 September 2019, FoodforTravel announced its partnership with EaseMyTrip to provide special offers like free ready-to-eat meal to its customers.

Controversy

In 2018, MakeMyTrip sent a notice to EaseMyTrip for trademark violation.