GURGAON, India and NEW YORK, August 21,
2017 /PRNewswire/ --
Yatra Online, Inc. (NASDAQ: YTRA, OTCQX: YTROF), India's leading online travel company, has
launched a first for the Indian travel industry - a 'Smart Watch
Wear App' for Android devices. The app gives users access to the
booking flow of flights, hotels, buses, trains, homestays,
activities and cabs.
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The application is designed to be extremely user-friendly,
allowing travelers to process their airline web check-in as well as
check real time flight status.
Mr. Dhruv Shringi, Co-Founder
and CEO, Yatra commented on the ongoing innovation at Yatra
Labs, "With the ever-evolving landscape of technology, the Android
smart watch wear app will be an easy-to-use solution for all
travelers. Catering to the needs of the modern-day traveler, the
app is built to literally help them wear their travel schedule on
their sleeve. We believe that this app will help Yatra in reaching
out to a wider and more diversified customer base, and are
confident that it will be well received by all."
With the goal to be 'India's
travel planner', Yatra.com has been providing a 'best in class'
customer experience. The smart watch wear app has been exclusively
designed to make one's travel experience seamless. The app is
currently available on the Android Play store.
The app should help Yatra to further drive growth in its B2C
business. A culture of Innovation is now well embedded in Yatra's
DNA.
The Smart Watch Wear App resonates well with Yatra's commitment
to innovation in the travel landscape and further expands its suite
of Industry leading innovations such as Xplore (launched recently),
Voice-led search, Booking Chat Bots and UBER app integration.
About Yatra Online, Inc.
We are the second largest online travel agent company in
India. Yatra, based in Gurgaon,
India, is a one-stop marketplace
for all travel-related services. The company provides information,
pricing, availability, and booking facility for domestic and
international air travel, domestic and international hotel
bookings, holiday packages, buses, trains, in city activities,
inter-city and point-to-point cabs, homestays and cruises. As a
leading consolidator of accommodation options, Yatra provides
real-time bookings for more than 65,000 hotels in India and over 500,000 hotels around the
world. Through our website, http://www.yatra.com , our mobile
application and our other associated platforms, leisure and
business travelers can explore, research, compare prices and book a
wide range of services catering to their travel needs.
Safe Harbor Statement
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Company's future growth prospects and forward looking statements,
as defined in the safe harbor provisions of the U.S. Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking
statements are based on the Company's current expectations,
assumptions, estimates and projections about the Company and its
industry. These forward-looking statements are subject to various
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terminology such as "anticipate," "believe," "estimate," "expect,"
"intend," "will," "project," "seek," "should" and similar
expressions. Such statements include, among other things,
management's beliefs as well as our strategic and operational
plans. Forward-looking statements involve inherent risks and
uncertainties. A number of important factors could cause actual
results to differ materially from those contained in any
forward-looking statement. Potential risks and uncertainties
include, but are not limited to, the slow-down of economic growth
in India and the global economic
downturn, general declines or disruptions in the travel industry,
volatility in the trading price of our shares, our reliance on our
relationships with travel suppliers and strategic alliances,
failure to further increase our brand recognition to obtain new
business partners and consumers, failure to compete against new and
existing competitors, failure to successfully manage current growth
and potential future growth, risks associated with any strategic
investments or acquisitions, seasonality in the travel industry in
India and overseas, failure to
successfully develop our corporate travel business, damage to or
failure of our infrastructure and technology, loss of services of
our key executives, and inflation in India and in other countries. These and other
factors are discussed in our reports filed with the U.S. Securities
and Exchange Commission. All information provided in this release
is provided as of the date of issuance of this release, and we do
not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking
statement, except as required under applicable law.
For more information, please contact:
Manish Hemrajani
Yatra Online, Inc.
VP, Head of Investor Relations
manish.hemrajani@yatra.com
+1-646-875-8380
SOURCE Yatra Online, Inc.