Chandigarh Dials in on Cleartrip Mobile:63% Bookings from Chandigarh Come from Mobile Devices

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Chandigarh 23^rd June:- India's planned city sure carries travel at its fingertips. Hotel bookings made on Cleartrip Mobile (Cleartrip.com/mobile) from Chandigarh, have seen a magnificent 912% y-on-y growth, according to an insight shared by Cleartrip (Cleartrip.com) – India's foremost, simple, no-fuss and sexy travel portal for flight, hotel and rail bookings. Similarly, Air bookings made on Cleartrip Mobile from Chandigarh, have seen an exceptional 185% y-o-y growth.   

While interacting with media, Amit Taneja – Chief Revenue Officer at Cleartrip sadid that Chandigarh plans travel on-the-go. At Cleartrip, we're seeing extraordinary uptake in bookings made from mobile devices. According to Cleartrip's Insight on Mobile Travel Behaviour in Chandigarh, over 63% bookings from Chandigarh come from Mobile devices. The mobile growth on hotels for Chandigarh has been the highest across the country, and we're very excited about the adoption of our Mobile app, here. He further added that impulse travel lies at the core of Chandigarh as we know it. For Advance Purchase Patterns in Chandigarh, we've witnessed a steady graph around last-minute travel. A noteworthy highlight in Cleartrip's insight showed that over 38% bookings from Chandigarh happen 0-7 days from the actual date of travel. Pegging travellers from Chandigarh as last-minute bookers, this average is pretty close to the National Average of 43% last-minute bookers across India, which indicates that Chandigarh travels much at the last minute.

Giving more detail about Cleartrip he said that Company has 500+ employees, four major offices in the big cities of India. Cleartrip has operational offices in the 07 countries. Amit Taneja said that cleartrip's annual Turnover is 800 millions. In terms of visitors it has 100 millions visitors, whereas 70% customers are repeated customers. Chandigarh welcomes Bangkok, Toronto, and Dubai amongst the top few International destinations from the city. Other International holiday spots from Chandigarh that make it to the top 10 include Hong Kong and San Francisco. Closer to home, Mumbai, Chennai and Kochi are the top 3 domestic destinations from Chandigarh, while New Delhi, Kolkata, Hyderabad and Bhopal are not too far from the list.

Entrepreneurs, corporates or home-makers, Chandigarh knows when and how to take its well-deserved breaks. Weekend Getaways therefore become the perfect 'power-nap' in-between hectic, stressful, work-lives. Fortunately, Chandigarh is quick in waking up to the benefits of short breaks and extended weekends. While most of the city heads to Jaipur, Manali and Mussoorie for their weekend break, other destinations like Chail and Kullu are also witnessing strong y-o-y growth.