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E-Business Assignment 1 makemytrip.com c c c c c c
By, Suneet Jain (309) MBA(Tech) CS Shirpur Campus c
rndex c Business Model Values Revenue Model Customer Value Preposition Market Place Major Competitor Competitive Advantage Marketing Strategy Organization Structure Future Growth Conclusion Appendix References c c c c c c c c c c c c c
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c cc MakeMyTrip.com is online travel agency founded by Deep Kalra in 2000 providing online air tickets, rail tickets, bus tickets, hotel reservation to their customers. They sell over 12000 flight tickets, 1000 hotel room nights and over 100 holiday packages every day. They fall under B2C business model in which they provide online booking of tickets to their customers as their product and wide variety of services round the clock on a single click of mouse. They also provide various holiday packages to their customer which saves the time of the people in planning their vacations. rt is expected that by 2010 MakeMyTrip will capture 23% of the total travel market in rndia. MakeMyTrip has also opened offline retails outlets to promote their holiday packages and to create a brand image of them. MakeMyTrip currently launched a US based operation rndiaAhoy, a B2B portal which sells rndia tours packages through travel agents and tour operators.
cc MakeMyTrip is a combination of several values such as: c c : They are focusing on their customer both externally and internally. : MakeMyTrip is maintaining a consistency between their words and action. They are maintaining. : MakeMyTrip is combining innovation in business as well as in technology to provide best products and services to their customers. : MakeMyTrip believes in teamwork for achieving goals of providing best service to their customers. : MakeMyTrip feels the responsibility and accountability which they promise to their customers and stakeholders. c c : MakeMyTrip believes in ³can do´ attitude and believes that nothing is impossible.
c cc The turnover for MakeMyTrip for the fiscal year 2010 was Rs 1000 crore which has risen to Rs 1500 crore in 2009. 66% of MakeMyTrip busiesss is from air and 34% from non air. One of the sources of revenue of MakeMyTrip is the commission charge which they take on online bookings. MakeMyTrip provides cheapest airline tickets. Corporation purchases tickets from private airline agencies on a large scale thus lowering down the cost and sell these tickets to their customers with added commission charge. The percentage of commission is maximum ÷
incase of airline tickets while it¶s very low in case of railway tickets because of only one supplier. MakeMyTrip has eight airs, around 5 to 10000 in hotel and around a thousand in buses. A major portion of their revenue comes from marketing of various companies such as Kingfisher, Tata, Spicejet on MakeMyTrip website by showing e-banners of various offers, products etc which these companies offer. Many hotels in rndia have tied up with make my trip to promote their holiday packages on MakeMyTrip website. Some revenue is also earned from this area. But online hotel booking is not a big market in rndia as rndians prefers to call directly to hotel for booking rather than booking from MMT which will charge 10-15% commission on it. 15-20% of their revenues also comes from their retail offline outlets across rndia.
c c c Makmytrip core preposition to customer is best deals at customers convenience. MakeMyTrip is a reliable, efficient and uses latest technology for its business. MakeMyTrip believes that it¶s not the cheaper air tickets which will bring customers to them. MakeMyTrip believes in creating an experience for the customer. The advantage that a customer gets while visiting MakeMyTrip.com is that it lists all available options available in a glance thus saving his valuable time. Booking is also very flexible through MakeMyTrip which allows customers to make amendments and cancellation at any moment .MakeMyTrip also provides various payments facility ranging from net banking, debit cards to credit cards of almost every bank. rn case of any refund money is automatically transferred back to same account through e-transaction. Besides all these advantages MakeMyTrip also provides many value added services to customers such as various discounts and offers on various booking.
ccc MakeMyTrip started its business from rndia-USA travel market in year 2000. Following its success in US MakeMyTrip started its operation in rndia in 2005 and within 5 years it captured almost 50% of all online sales of travel market in rndia. Although MakeMyTrip operates purely on internet initially but in 2008 they decided to open their offline retails stores in rndia to promote their holiday packages and to create a brand value. Currently there are 20 offline stores running in major cities of rndia.
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A major competitor of MakeMyTrip is started in 2006 in rndia. Their marketing strategy was to target market through TV and online. Yatra.com has over 1 million registered users with a sale of over 1,100 Crores. Yatra.com has got 10 offline offices in 10 major cities of rndia. Yatra.com is been declared as the ³Best Online Travel Agency´ of the year 2008 at the Galileo Express Travel Awards and was also in ³Top 100 start ups in Asia´ awarded by Red Herring. Yatra.com has a market share of 30%.
c Another major competitor of MakeMyTrip is cleartrip.com started in year 2006 by Hrush Bhatt. rt has unique feature travel feature for both air and trains i.e. the air and train calendar which displays fares between destinations for upto 3-6 months ahead.
c cc A strong competitive advantage of MakeMyTrip is to think beyond customer satisfaction and to create an unforgettable experience for the customer. MakeMyTrip has customer testimonial which provide a very strong feedback about their customer care executives. All other online travel agencies provide basic services of booking but it¶s the experience the customer feels gives MakeMyTrip a competitive environment. Another competitive that MakeMyTrip posses is the technology which they implement in their products. They are making continuous upgrades in their processes to enhance their customer experience. Being advance in technology provides them an extra edge over other competitors in Online Travel Agency market. MakeMyTrip is not only focusing on their customers to create an experience but also on their suppliers. MakeMyTrip is focusing on providing the best and most suitable environment to their suppliers to showcase their products.c
c cc At 40% growth rate every year, online travel agency is rndia is a rapidly growing space. MakeMyTrip marketing strategy is focusing on making MakeMyTrip an elite brand rather than product. To attain this target they are focusing on all four P¶s of marketing i.e. Product, Price, Place and Promotion. Their product i.e. online tickets are greatly accepted by customers and their value added services is providing customer satisfaction. As far as Price goes they are providing online tickets to their customers at an affordable price. MakeMyTrip is using e-market as the place for their business which is accessible to customers from anywhere. Although internet penetration in rndia is only 7%, MakeMyTrip is taking it as a challenge or opportunity for their business. As far as promotion goes MakeMyTrip is communicating and making people aware about their
products and services through electronic banners on websites, television commercials and also through their offline retails stores. Online advertisements are meant to drive transactions while offline transaction i.e. through television is helping MakeMyTrip to emerge as a brand. The reason MakeMyTrip going for offline marketing because building a brand online is very difficult. A person when online, he is busy surfing information and checking mails. User rarely puts his eye on the online advertisements.c
c cc MakeMyTrip is an organization of young people employing over 700 employees from travel, tourism, technical and hospitality industries. MakeMyTrip believes in empowerment policy. This means they give freedom to their employees the opportunity and freedom to think and act in ways that will allow them to get the job done and still be consistent with their services. Details of senior management are as follows: Ôc Ôc Ôc Ôc Ôc Ôc
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% c# cc MakeMyTrip is focusing on domestic travel tickets as the growth rate is over 100% from last three years. On a larger scale MakeMyTrip is expecting a higher growth in the outbound travel segment. Now more rndians want to go overseas for holidays and vacations. MakeMyTrip is thinking of converting domestic travelers into international holidayers by offering them holiday packages at an affordable price. MakeMyTrip is currently planning to raise upto $100 million through an initial public offer on US stock exchange Nasdaq. MakeMyTrip is intending to expand its operations by selling its share and also investing in strategic assets.
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c makemytrip.com is a good example of Business to consumer e-business model.This rt¶s a good example of how to do marketing of a product online and offline. Online travel industry has a growth rate of 40% in rndia and with many players entering this market, makemytrip market share shows its marketing strategy is efficient and effective. They focus more on creating a customer experience rather than providing product at a cheaper price.
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