Startup Story: TravClan | Best Deals For Travel Agents
The Indian Travel sector is growing at a rapid speed. Indians spent over $94 billion on travel expenses (transportation, consumption, lodging) in 2018. And around 2 billion domestic and international trips were made by Indian travellers (in 2018).
With this growth, Indian Travelers are forecasted to spend over $136 billion by 2021. as per a report by Google and Bain & Company. As India has the second-highest number of active Internet users in the world, many Travel Tech startups have emerged due to this growth. Among such startups is TravClan.
Startup Story: TravClan | Best Deals For Travel Agents
TravClan has emerged as one of the top B2B Travel startups in India.
TravClan Founders
This Delhi-based B2B travel startup was founded by Chirag Agrawal, Ashish Thapliyal, and Arun Bagaria in October 2018.
How TravClan Was Founded?
TravClan is a B2B Travel Platform that helps Travel agents grow their business by providing the best rates for B2B Flights, Hotels and Holiday Packages.
With a rise in growth in the Travel Industry, the founders saw a multitude of opportunities in the B2B segment of the Indian travel industry. That was the main reason TravClan was started.
The company provides travel agents with a dedicated Account Manager and 24*7 Support for all its services. It helps the agents grow their business with a free website, marketing material and learning opportunities. The company has a DMC in 18+ Destinations where it provides live quotes on the platform and gives on-ground support to the travellers.
TravClan aims to bring technology and innovation to the Indian Travel Sector.
TravClan Present Situation
With the experience of three seasoned professionals, TravClan has a monthly growth rate of 30%. Presently, TravClan is hosting over 15000 travel agents on its platform. TravClan crossed Rs 100 crore in annual sales within just 14 months of its starting and is now clocking much higher numbers.
As per their founders,
“We had crossed Rs 100 crore in annual sales run rate within 14 months of starting up, owing to rapid partner on-boarding and super-high repeat on the platform.”
TravClan Future Plans
Talking about their plans, the founders said,
“We are confident that we can continue to grow at a rapid pace of 10x every year and reach 5-7 percent of market share in India within the next couple of years. We have recently launched operations in Europe and plan to expand into many newer geographies.”
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